But he chose to turn pro rather than seek Olympic fame and was forced to take the long road toward gaining respect and riches by being forced to repeatedly prove himself inside the ring. The fact that Hagler wasn't as celebrated as his rival Leonard, who won Olympic gold in , helped build a resolve that only made him tougher.
Hagler's first shot at the middleweight title also ended in disputed fashion when he claimed robbery after settling for a split draw against Vito Antuofermo in Rest In Peace, Marvelous One. One year later, Hagler would finally have his moment when he traveled to London in to claim the undisputed middleweight championship by stopping Alan Minter. The celebration proved short lived, however, as Hagler was pelted with trash and debris by the partisan crowd.
He was also named Fighter of the Decade in the s by Boxing Illustrated. A father of five children with his first wife, Bertha, Hagler was also the half-brother of former middleweight boxer Robbie Sims.
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Hagler would go on to stop Hearns in the third round, crumpling him to the canvas with a barrage of punches even as blood poured from a large gash on his own forehead that nearly caused the referee to stop the fight earlier in the round.
Hearns said Saturday that he was thinking about Hagler and their historic fight. He fought his heart out and we put on a great show for all time.
Hagler would fight only two more times, stopping John Mugabi a year later and then meeting Leonard, who was coming off a three-year layoff from a detached retina, in his final fight in Hagler was favored going into the fight and many thought he would destroy Leonard — but Leonard had other plans.
While Hagler pursued him around the ring, Leonard fought backing up, flicking out his left jab and throwing combinations that didn't hurt Hagler but won him points on the ringside scorecards. Still, when the bell rang at the end of the 12th round, many thought Hagler had pulled out the fight — only to lose a controversial split decision.
He moved to Italy to act, and never really looked back. Hagler was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved with his family to Brockton in the late s.
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