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Former undisputed middleweight champion and World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Marvin Hagler died unexpectedly at home in New Hampshire, his wife said.
March 14th, 2021
By Geoffrey Huchel
Sad and terrible news hit the boxing world with the passing of legendary boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler. The former undisputed middleweight champion died March 13, 2021, unexpectedly at his home in New Hampshire. He was 66. Hagler was an American professional boxer and film actor who competed in boxing from 1973-1987. He reigned as undisputed middleweight champion from 1980-1987.
Hagler’s early boxing career began after his family moved from Newark, New Jersey to Brockton, Massachusetts, where he competed at the National Golden Gloves in Lowell, Massachusetts, in March 1973, and the United States National Championships in Boston in May 1973. Since then, Hagler has been recognized as one of the greatest middleweight champions of all time.