Academy member Marvelous Marvin Hagler poses at the Mercedes Benz Building prior to the 2020 Laureus World Sports Awards on February 16, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Simon Hofmann/Getty Images for Laureus) Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to "Sugar" Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday.
He was 66.Wife Kay G. Hagler confirmed the death on Facebook on the verified Marvelous Marvin Hagler Fan Club page."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.