Marvin Hagler, one of the greatest boxers in the history of his sport – obituary
He reigned supreme among middleweights until defeat to Sugar Ray Leonard – then, believing he had been cheated, he retired in disgust Marvelous Marvin Hagler
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Marvin Hagler, the former undisputed world middleweight champion who has died aged 66, ruled the 160lb division for seven years; having participated in some of the most thrilling clashes of the 1980s he was voted Fighter of the Decade.
The hard-hitting shaven-skulled New Jersey southpaw (left-hander) exuded menace with his flint-eyed stare, chiselled body and old-school, no-nonsense approach to the hardest game of all.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a decision to Sugar Ray Leonard stolen, he claimed, by the judges that he never fought again. One…
Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and Joe Calzaghe are among those from the boxing world who have turned to social media to pay tribute to the iconic middleweight boxer.
Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday. He was 66. Hagler was 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts from 1973-87. He was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 until his loss to Leonard on April 6, 1987.