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"His full story's never been told," hard-hitting Brockton author Dave Wedge said of Marvelous Marvin Hagler. What Wedge ...
The Untold Story of Marvin Hagler’s Battle for Glory” by Dave Wedge, a former Herald writer. The book, about Brockton’s ...
Marvelous' Marvin Hagler played his part in one of the greatest generations of boxing history alongside Roberto Duran, Sugar ...
I n the late 1970S, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and House Speaker Tip O’Neill were two of the most powerful people in national ...
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who became one of boxing’s greatest middleweight champions, wielding awesome punching power while shrugging off opponents’ blows, died on Saturday in New Hampshire. He ...
Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, left, moves in on “Sugar” Ray Leonard during the third round of a championship fight in April 1987 in Las Vegas. Leonard won with a split decision.
Hagler's slip after a glancing blow from Juan Roldan in 1984 was ruled a knockdown, but he never went down from a punch. That may be why his death Saturday, at 66, seems so implausible, so unreal.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler died Saturday. Soon after I heard the news that somebody once so indestructible had become simply mortal at 66, I thought about The Parking Lot and The Beer.
Boxing without Marvelous Marvin Hagler was never the same. LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 6: Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler fight for the WBC and Ring Middleweight titles on April 6, 1987 at Caesars ...
Getty Marvin and Kay Hagler attend the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards at Salle des Etoiles, Sporting Monte-Carlo on February 27, 2018, in Monaco. Hagler’s family has not revealed his cause of ...
Brockton will unveil a statue of boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler in a new park, on a street bearing his name, on Thursday, the city said in a press release.
Fans cheer middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler as he speaks outside Brockton City Hall on May 10, 1985. Trainer Goody Petronelli is on the right end of the platform.