Middleweight boxing great Marvin Hagler, seen here in a file photo acknowledging fans before a 2013 fight between Gennady Golovkin and Nobuhiro Ishida, has died at age 66, his wife said.
WASHINGTON: 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,…
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