Boxing: Marvelous Marvin Hagler dead at 66


  • Boxing
  • Sunday, 14 Mar 2021

Former boxing world champion Marvin Hagler of the U.S. waves before a WBA Middleweight World Championship match between Gennadiy Golovkin of Kazakhstan and Nobuhiro Ishida of Japan in Monte Carlo, early March 31, 2013. Golovkin successfully defended his title, knocking out Ishida in the third round. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (MONACO - Tags: SPORT BOXING)

(Reuters) - Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who dominated boxing's middleweight division in the 1980s, has died at the age of 66, his wife Kay Hagler said on Saturday.

The cause of death was not immediately known. Celebrity website TMZ reported Hagler was taken to hospital in New Hampshire on Saturday with chest pains and trouble breathing.

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