Hagler, Marvin

Hagler, Marvin

▪ American boxer
in full  Marvelous Marvin Hagler , original name  Marvin Nathaniel Hagler 
born May 23, 1954, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
 
 American boxer, a durable middleweight champion, who was one of the greatest fighters of the 1970s and '80s.

      Hagler began his boxing career in Brockton, Massachusetts, winning 57 amateur fights and the 1973 Amateur Athletic Union middleweight title before turning professional. He won his first 26 professional bouts, which included 19 knockouts, but his streak was broken in late 1974 when he fought Sugar Ray Seales to a draw. After losing two matches in 1976 to middleweights Bobby Watts and Willie Monroe, Hagler remained unbeaten for another decade.

      A powerful left-hander, Hagler stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 metres) tall and weighed 160 pounds (72.6 kg). In his first title fight, in 1979, he boxed world middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo to a 15-round draw. On September 27, 1980, in his 54th professional fight, Hagler took the world title from Alan Minter with a third-round knockout. Hagler went on to defend the title 12 times from 1981 through 1986. On April 15, 1985, in one of his finest bouts, he pummeled Thomas Hearns, dispatching him in three rounds.

      Hagler, who had legally changed his first name to Marvelous in 1982, was now ranked among the world's preeminent boxers. On April 6, 1987, in one of the most renowned middleweight title fights, Hagler lost his long-held crown to Sugar Ray Leonard (Leonard, Sugar Ray) in a controversial 12-round split decision. Unable to accept the defeat, Hagler retired from boxing. Although Leonard long commanded enormous earnings for his matches, the $11 million he received for this bout was $1 million shy of Hagler's $12 million purse. After his retirement, Hagler moved to Italy, where he began an acting career. He also served as a commentator for boxing telecasts on the British Broadcasting Corporation.

      Fifty-two of Hagler's 62 career wins were by knockout; he had three losses and two draws. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.

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