[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-6964-EN":3},{"published":4,"tags":5,"pk":6,"title":7,"summary":8,"news_id":9,"ex_artist":10,"tile_image":11,"pinned":10,"permalink":12,"posted":13,"ex_news":10,"body":14,"images":15},"2026-05-25T09:00:00","#editorial#sport#retro#magazine#dynamic#bold#butcher billy#comic art#boxing#","news","Final Defence","\u003Ca href=\"\u002FButcherBilly\">Butcher Billy\u003C\u002Fa> illustrates for Ring Magazine for a feature revisiting Marvin Hagler’s 1986 fight against John Mugabi.",6964,false,"blog_6964_639153858905607429.jpg","\u002Fnews\u002F6964\u002Ffinal_defence","2026-05-25T09:00:00#6964","\u003Cp>Marking forty years since the fight, the illustration reflects the force and intensity of a match remembered for its sheer physicality and pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>Butcher Billy has visualised the power and confrontation of two fighters meeting at full strength, in what became Hagler’s final successful defence of his middleweight title.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>Created to accompany Ron Borges’ article, the piece is a double-page spread that draws the eye in immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>",[16,17,19],{"filename":11},{"filename":18},"blog_6964_639153859718295777.jpg",{"filename":20},"blog_6964_639153859802486370.jpg"]