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Adam Vinatieri squares off against Marvin Hagler in the first round of Boston’s Biggest Sports Legend tournament.
Big games and pressure situations turned Adam Vinatieri from being a placekicker to a household name. In 10 seasons with the Patriots, Vinatieri played in four Super Bowls, winning three, and becoming one of the most clutch performers in the history of the NFL. His 45-yard field goal against the Raiders during a blizzard in the 2001 playoffs helped send the game into overtime where he would win it with a 23-yarder. In Super Bowl XXXVI, he lifted the Patriots over the Rams with a 48-yard field goal on the final play of the game, and two years later, he nailed a 41-yarder with four seconds left in Super Bowl XXXVIII to give the Patriots a Super Bowl win over the Panthers. The league leader in scoring in 2004 with 141 points, Vinatieri finished his Patriots career as the team’s all-time leading scorer with 1,158 points.
After moving to Brockton, Mass., as a teenager, Marvin Hagler began training at the Petronelli brothers’ gym. Not long after, he was climbing the boxing ladder on his way to a storied career in the ring. In 1973, Hagler became the National AAU 165-pound champion by defeating Atlanta’s Terry Dobbs. Hagler was named the outstanding boxer of the tournament, winning four fights, and was soon on his way to dominating the professional ranks en route to being named champion. The former undisputed middleweight champion of the world, Hagler was named Fighter of the Year by Ring Magazine in 1983 and 1985. The 5-foot-9 southpaw posted a career record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts and was inducted into both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.
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