Marvin Hagler

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Marvin Hagler
Information
Name:	Marvin Nathaniel Hagler
Nickname(s):	Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Nationality:	USA
Weight Class:	Middleweight
Height:	177 cm 5 ft 9 1⁄2 in
Stance:	Southpaw
Background
Birth Date:	May 23, 1954
Birth Place:	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Date:	March 13, 2021
Boxing Record
Total Matches:	67
Wins	62
Wins by KO:	52
Losses:	3
Draws:	2

Marvelous Marvin Hagler was an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1987. He reigned as undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, making twelve successful defences of that title, and currently holds the highest knockout percentage of all undisputed middleweight champions, at 78%, while also holding the second-longest unified championship reign in boxing history at twelve consecutive defences. At six years and seven months, his reign as undisputed middleweight champion is the second-longest of the last century, behind only Tony Zale, whose reign included several years of inactivity during his service in World War II. In 1982, annoyed that network announcers often did not refer to him by his nickname "Marvelous", Hagler legally changed his name to "Marvelous Marvin Hagler".

On March 13, 2021, Hagler's wife, Kay, revealed that Hagler passed away at his home in New Hampshire.

References in Hajime no Ippo

• In Round 123, during the Ippo Makunouchi vs. Keigo Okita match, Okita remembered when Eiji Date complimented him on becoming strong. Okita thought it was just because he learned to copy Date. However, Date believed there were plenty of other boxers to model after like Sugar Ray Leonard or Hagler.
• In Round 226, after Mamoru Takamura heard that he might have a world title match soon. He was focused on training by hitting the sandbag. Masaru Aoki asked Mari Īmura on her opinion on Takamura. Mari thought Takamura punching power and muscles were all exceptional and natural. He has good balance, and he resembles Hagler, who had been hailed as the greatest of the middleweights.
• In Round 1143, the Kamogawa gym members wondered who Kurita Baron's ideal was. They believed that it was Hagler, Leonard, or Muhammad Ali since it seems like Baron had high standards.
• In Round 1335, the announcer for Takamura and Keith Dragon's match quoted Hagler's answer when he was asked who will knockout who.
• In Round 1336, Ichirō Miyata claimed that Hagler is an example of an ideal fusion of both speed and power at a higher weight class, where usually a boxer's speed would go down and power would go up.