![]() ![]() After Hamsho tried to play rough in the early going, Hagler ended things early this time by flooring Hamsho twice in the third round (the second knockdown produced by a Floyd Patterson-like hook), thus forcing Hamsho's trainer to jump in and stop the fight. (The fight was not actually stopped on cuts Hamsho's corner stopped the fight due to a Hagler barrage in the 11th.) Sports Illustrated commended Hamsho, calling him courageous for his effort on that fight.Hamsho continued to fight, defeating Curtis Parker, future world champion Bobby Czyz, and former three-division world champion Wilfred Benítez during 19, then received a return visit to take on Hagler in a rematch in October 1984 in NYC's Madison Square Garden. Hagler methodically used right jabs and right hooks to bust up Hamsho's face (which needed 55 stitches) until the fight was stopped in the 11th. The Syrian Slugger racked up a winning record in the late 1970s defeated Wilford Scypion on Jand former world middleweight champion Alan Minter on Jto get a shot at then-champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler in October of that year, but showed no respect for the champion during their matchup - or at least for the time it lasted. Though he was not a winner in all of those fights, he did some things to make every one of his fights interesting and controversial in some regard. ![]() Mustafa Hamsho (Arabic: مصطفى حمشو born 10 October 1953) is a retired Syrian boxer who never won a world title but fought some big names in his career. ![]()
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