Author Dave Wedge "Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler's Battle for Glory

Authors at the Pope: DAVE WEDGE

There was a time when Marvin Hagler was a normal part of the Valley fabric - seen out and about doing his errands, grocery shopping, or grabbing dinner. Before that life, he was one of the best boxers in the ring - and Dave Wedge would argue certainly one of the greatest middleweights in history. Before all of that, he was a fatherless teen in Brockton, and a boy surviving the riots in Newark, NJ. Wedge has put together the whole story to show how Hagler overcame incredible odds to become the 'Marvelous' man that we knew in town.

About the book:  Most know Marvelous Marvin Hagler from his epic battles against Thomas Hearns and John Mugabi and his controversial split-decision loss to Sugar Ray Leonard. But it is his escape from riot-torn Newark in the late 1960s, the unbreakable bond he built with the…