Marvelous Marvin Hagler passed away over the weekend. He was one of my favorite boxers of all time - although this is not a painting of him in the ring. But his death reminded me of my enjoyment of watching boxing on tv as a kid with my dad. That continued through the 80’s when I watched Hagler’ major fights that were shown on tv. They were classic all out brawls - my favorite being his battles with Thomas “Hitman” Hearns.
This interest in boxing continued to a point where I did a series of boxing paintings and drawing and had a show with a number of the works. The painting shown here was one of those paintings and one I had decided to keep around for a while.
The boxing painting is in storage but, as I remember, it is 36” x 36” acrylic on stretched canvas
