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Marvelous Marvin Hagler was an American professional boxer....

'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to "Sugar'' Ray Leonard in 1987, died unexpectedly Saturday at his New Hampshire home.

He was 66.

Wife Kay G. Hagler confirmed the death on Facebook on the verified Marvelous Marvin Hagler Fan Club page.

One of the great middleweights in boxing history, Hagler died Saturday at the age of 66.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler was an American professional boxer.

He fought on boxing's biggest stages against its biggest names, as he, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran dominated the.

Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion between 1980 and 1987, died on Saturday.

"I am sorry to make a very sad announcement,'' she wrote. "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.''

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Hagler was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved with his family to Brockton, Massachusetts, in the late 1960s. He was discovered as an amateur by the Petronelli brothers, Goody and Pat, who ran a gym in Brockton and would go on to train Hagler for his entire pro career.

Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan