Boxing legend Marvin Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, died on Saturday at age 66, his wife said.

In a posting on the famed fighter’s Facebook page, Kay G. Hagler said her husband passed away at the family home.

“I am sorry to make a very sad announcement. Today unfortunately my beloved husband Marvelous Marvin passed away unexpectedly at his home here in New Hampshire,” she wrote. “Our family requests that you respect our privacy during this difficult time.”

“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler fought from 1973 to 1987 and delivered some of the epic bouts in a golden era of the sport, finishing with a record of 62-3 with two drawn and 52 knockouts.

The southpaw’s most heralded triumph came in a 1985 matchup at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas against Thomas “Hitman” Hearns that lasted only a tick over eight minutes but was regarded as a classic.

After a first round filled with power punches in which Hearns suffered a broken right hand, Hagler suffered a cut to the head early in the second.

A ringside doctor examined Hagler in the third round and the fight went on. Hagler wobbled Hearns with a powerhouse right and sent him to the canvas moments later, Hearns rising only to collapse into referee Richard Steele’s arms.

Hagler won the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association middleweight titles in 1980, stopping Britain’s Alan Minter in the third round at London’s Wembley Arena, and added the International Boxing Federation’s inaugural title in 1983.

Hagler defended the undisputed crown 12 times, including a 15-round unanimous decision victory over Panama’s Roberto Duran in 1983 and his final triumph, an 11th-round knockout of unbeaten Ugandan John Mugabi in 1986.

Over a decade from 1976 to 1986, Hagler went unbeaten with 36 wins and a draw and carried a 16-fight win streak into what proved to be his final fight, a showdown with “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987 at age 32.

Leonard, coming off three years of retirement at age 30, captured a controversial 12-round split decision and launched his return to the ring as Hagler bid farewell.

Hagler was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and after stepping out of the ring served as an actor and a boxing commentator.

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Odewaleadesoye:

Please remove the names of the mods

stupidmod4:
such an early age to go

Ahmed0336:

What is the appropriate years to go

naptu2:
This was the War! This is what is called, "We die here".

These two men fought as if they had forgotten that there would be other rounds. This was just the first round bu they fought as if this was going to lead to the end of the world.

There was no holding or defending. This was agidigbo. This was power for power, punch for punch. It was a slugfest. Some say that this is the greatest round in boxing history.


This is only the first round. I repeat, what you have in this video is only the first round, but it is more than enough.

Can you believe that Tommy Hearns broke his hand in that opening exchange? You would not believe it if you see the way he kept punching. These guys were dropping bombs on each other.


This is the first round of


Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs The Chicago Hitman Thomas Hearns (1985).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL2a2-8OHdg

Folabifreeman:
*Light's Kpoli*

All these Boxers no dey ok when they reach old age

Folabifreeman dey here so

Folabifreeman:
*Light's Kpoli*

All these Boxers no dey ok when they reach old age

Folabifreeman dey here so

Ahmed0336:

What is the appropriate years to go

naptu2:
I have written this list in the past, but I can't find it any more (maybe it was washed away by the data loss tsunami).

There was a period in the 1980s when the middleweight category was the most exciting category in boxing and these are the people that made it so.


Sugar Ray Leonard

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

The Chicago Hitman, Thomas Hearns

Roberto Duran

Julio Cesar Chavez

John The Beast Mugabi