VaBeach_Eagle Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Marvelous Marvin Hagler, boxing legend and former undisputed champ, dead at 66 Quote Hagler's wife made the announcement in a Facebook post Saturday By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the boxing legend who was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987 and recorded 52 knockouts during his career, has died, his wife announced Saturday. He was 66. His wife, Kay G. Hagler, made the announcement on Facebook. "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. Our family requests that you respect our privacy during this difficult time. With love," she wrote. His cause of death was not immediately known. Hagler is known for being one of the greatest middleweight fighters of all time. He finished his boxing career with a 62-3-2 record. He was known for his wars with Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard during his career. The last fight of his career was against Leonard in 1987 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Leonard beat him via split decision and took Hager’s WBC and The Ring middleweight titles. The split decision victory for Leonard is one of the most-debated decisions in the sport’s history. Several writers from various publications scored the fight in favor of Hagler despite the boxing judges’ own scorecards. Other tributes began to pour in on social media as word of Hagler’s death trickled out. The New Jersey southpaw is an International Boxing Hall of Famer and World Boxing Hall of Famer. Ring Magazine had previously ranked him as the fourth-best middleweight of all-time. After his career in the ring was over, he appeared in the movies "Indio" and "Indio 2" as well as "Virtual Weapon." Hagler had five children and married his second wife, Kay, in 2000. My favorite fighter, while I was growing up in the 80's. His fight with Thomas Hearns was legendary. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrPhilly Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I just watched that round one on Friday. Showed it to a neighbor. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wentz_Era Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 2 hours ago, DrPhilly said: I just watched that round one on Friday. Showed it to a neighbor. RIP. One of the most insane things I've ever seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 27 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said: One of the most insane things I've ever seen. It was a real life Rocky fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrPhilly Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 The 1st round. Ranked the best round of all time. The heavy action starts 20 seconds in. There are a few lulls of course but not many. The last minute is insane. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillyterp85 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Damn that sucks. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sameaglesfan Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 RIP Mr. Hagler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVeagle Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesfandan Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 14 hours ago, DrPhilly said: The 1st round. Ranked the best round of all time. The heavy action starts 20 seconds in. There are a few lulls of course but not many. The last minute is insane. Too bad Hearns broke his right hand in the first round. It might have been a different outcome/fight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Boxing is my 3rd favorite sport behind NFL and MLB. RIP to a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannan Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Way too young. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greend Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 One of my favorites RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha_TATEr Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 in my top 5 of all time. damn man. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eaglesfandan Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: This one is longer but pretty good also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=396c6NrTjLQ&t=1s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Guinness Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 All these years I didn't know he was from NJ. I remember that fight vs Hearns and also vs Sugar Ray. Also thought he was older than 66. RIP, Marvin. Thanks for the entertaining fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 11 hours ago, Eaglesfandan said: This one is longer but pretty good also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=396c6NrTjLQ&t=1s Thanks, I'll check it out. 10 hours ago, Green_Guinness said: All these years I didn't know he was from NJ. I remember that fight vs Hearns and also vs Sugar Ray. Also thought he was older than 66. RIP, Marvin. Thanks for the entertaining fights. I thought he was from Massachusetts. I went to the Leonard fight... well, not the fight itself, but a closed circuit broadcast of it at the old Capital Centre (where the Washington Capitals and Washington Bullets played). To this day, I maintain that Hagler won that fight and was robbed. But I also acknowledge my bias, as he was my favorite boxer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha_TATEr Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 hour ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: I went to the Leonard fight... well, not the fight itself, but a closed circuit broadcast of it at the old Capital Centre (where the Washington Capitals and Washington Bullets played). To this day, I maintain that Hagler won that fight and was robbed. But I also acknowledge my bias, as he was my favorite boxer. agreed 100%. judges fell for leonard's flash over substance. also, F leonard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hunt Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 back when boxing mattered. RIP mr. hagler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha_TATEr Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: back when boxing mattered. RIP mr. hagler pretty much every weight class was stocked with great fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said: agreed 100%. judges feell for leonard's flash over substance. also, F leonard. I met him (sort of...) back when I was in 1st or 2nd grade (75 to 76ish). My elementary school was only a block or two from his childhood home and he came to the school to speak once. I also met his son, back in the 80's. He played on the same little league team as one of my friends. Of course, being Ray Leonard's son, he had a 'superiority complex', even as a kid and was an idiot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha_TATEr Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: I met him (sort of...) back when I was in 1st or 2nd grade (75 to 76ish). My elementary school was only a block or two from his childhood home and he came to the school to speak once. I also met his son, back in the 80's. He played on the same little league team as one of my friends. Of course, being Ray Leonard's son, he had a 'superiority complex', even as a kid and was an idiot. im def a bit hagler biased, but do realize leonard was a great boxer. just not the type that i could be a fan of. there are two times that i thought a fighter really, truly got robbed by the judges or a ref. this one and the chavez/taylor fight. i know there are others out there, but those two stand out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglesfandan Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said: im def a bit hagler biased, but do realize leonard was a great boxer. just not the type that i could be a fan of. there are two times that i thought a fighter really, truly got robbed by the judges or a ref. this one and the chavez/taylor fight. i know there are others out there, but those two stand out. Part of the problem was Taylor's corner. They told him he needed to win the last round and fight. All he needed to do was survive. Terrible advice. I agree he that he should have earned those last two seconds and won. Jump to 17:45. It from the same series above: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 36 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said: im def a bit hagler biased, but do realize leonard was a great boxer. just not the type that i could be a fan of. there are two times that i thought a fighter really, truly got robbed by the judges or a ref. this one and the chavez/taylor fight. i know there are others out there, but those two stand out. I have 3 older brothers, the oldest being 10 years older than me, but he got married and moved out while I was still fairly young (10). But the other two brothers were there through all of my childhood and into the mid 80's when one joined the Army, then a few years later I joined the Army. Anyway, of the two who were there, we each had different favorite boxers. One liked Leonard, one liked Duran and I liked Hagler... and both of them were Redskins fans (my oldest brother is a Raiders fan). So there were always sports rivalries going back and forth while I was growing up lol... which continues to this day, to an extent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha_TATEr Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 17 minutes ago, Eaglesfandan said: Part of the problem was Taylor's corner. They told him he needed to win the last round and fight. All he needed to do was survive. Terrible advice. I agree he that he should have earned those last two seconds and won. Jump to 17:45. It from the same series above: true. no doubt his corner had a brain fart. still. my old supervisor was a boxing trainer, he tried to work with taylor a while after that fight. said he couldn't get beyond that loss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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