Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Middleweight Champion, and All-Time Great, Dies at 66
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
New York, NY (March 14th, 2021)– Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who succeeded the late Carlos Monzon of Argentina as the dominant force in the middleweight division as its world champion in the 1980s, whose reign and career ended with a controversial split decision loss to Sugar Ray Leonard, has died at age 66, according to a family Facebook post.
Hagler was 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts from 1973 to 1987, after winning his title in England by stopping Alan Minter, who defeated Vito Antuofermo after Hagler drew over 15 rounds in his first attempt at the world middleweight title again Antuofermo. He was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to his loss to Mr. Leonard at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 6, 1987.
Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Roberto Duran, and Hector Macho Camacho were the famous name outside of the heavyweight division, and Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Larry Holmes, which kept professional boxing alive in the 1980s during its glitter glitz and attention-grabbing glory years. Hagler was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved with his family to Brockton, Massachusetts, home of the late undefeated world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, in the late 1960s. Hagler was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993, and spent his later years in the acting profession, primarily in Italy and Europe, while maintaining a low profile in the Americas and the Americas boxing scene after his ring retirement.
Hagler appeared in 14 of 15 middleweight title bouts during his era, winning all but the first and the last, with 11 world title defenses.
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