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My Take
Hagler is my idea of what a champion should be: no glamour, no shortcuts, just relentless mastery. Coming out of hard streets in Newark, he had to fight twice as long for half the recognition his flashier peers got, yet he reigned over the middleweight division for seven years with twelve defenses, almost all by knockout. That 78 percent knockout rate among undisputed middleweight champions tells you everything about his cold efficiency. What earns my deepest respect is how he walked away after the disputed 1987 loss and never looked back. He let his fists, not his mouth, define his legend. A true craftsman.
Overview
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1987. He reigned as the undisputed champion of the middleweight division from 1980 to 1987, making twelve successful title defenses, all but one by knockout. Hagler also holds the highest knockout percentage of all undisputed middleweight champions at 78 percent.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- Name (Japanese)
- マービン・ハグラー
- Reading
- まーびん・はぐらー
- Born
- May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Horse
- Origin
- Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 177 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Brockton High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1993 International Boxing Hall of Fame
- WBC World Middleweight Champion
- IBF World Middleweight Champion
- WBA World Middleweight Champion
- The Ring World Middleweight Champion
- 1983 Sugar Ray Robinson Award
- 1985 Sugar Ray Robinson Award
- 1983 The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.