THE RANGERS. IF YOU NEVER SAW HIM FIGHT, YOU MISSED ONE OF THE GREATEST EFFORT — GREATEST EVER, MARVIN HAGLER HAS DIED HIS WIFE POSTING THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK TODAY. HE DUCKED THE LIMELIGHT FROM SO MANY JOBS BUT HE COULD NOT DUCKED THE FINAL OPPONENT. HIS REIGN LASTED FROM 1980 TO 1987. IN 1985 AGAINST TOM’S HERDS, THIS FIGHT WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING EIGHT MINUTES A BOX WILL EVER SEE. HAGLER WINNING BY KNOCKOUT IN THE THIRD ROUND. IT WAS ONE OF 67 PROFESSIONAL WINS. HA
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World champion boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66
A world champion boxer has died at the age of 66.Marvelous Marvin Hagler died unexpectedly at his New Hampshire home on Saturday, according to a statement from his wife, Kay, in a post made to Hagler’s official Facebook fan club page.Hagler, who began his boxing career in Brockton, Massachusetts, reigned as the undisputed middleweight champion of the world from 1980 to 1987.He successfully defended the championship belt twelve times, including a superfight against Thomas Hearns that is considered one of the greatest boxing matches in history.Hagler lost the middleweight title to Sugar Ray Leonard in another fight that was considered an all-time classic. It would be Hagler’s last professional fight.He finished his professional career with 62 wins, with 52 by knockout. He lost three fights, all by decision, and had two draws.Hagler is an inductee of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
A world champion boxer has died at the age of 66.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler died unexpectedly at his New Hampshire home on Saturday, according to a statement from his wife, Kay, in a post made to Hagler’s official Facebook fan club page.
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Hagler, who began his boxing career in Brockton, Massachusetts, reigned as the undisputed middleweight champion of the world from 1980 to 1987.
He successfully defended the championship belt twelve times, including a superfight against Thomas Hearns that is considered one of the greatest boxing matches in history.
Hagler lost the middleweight title to Sugar Ray Leonard in another fight that was considered an all-time classic. It would be Hagler’s last professional fight.
He finished his professional career with 62 wins, with 52 by knockout. He lost three fights, all by decision, and had two draws.
Hagler is an inductee of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.