Marvin Hagler, middleweight boxing's towering champion, dies aged 66
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- Hagler held undisputed middleweight title from 1980 to 1987
- Longtime champion at 160lbs inducted to Hall of Fame in 1993
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler - a life in pictures
Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a decision to Sugar Ray Leonard stolen, he claimed, by the judges that he never fought again.
One of the great middleweights in boxing history, Hagler died Saturday at the age of 66. His wife, Kay, announced his death on the Facebook page for Hagler's fans.
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