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Posted on 04/29/2021 By: Sean Crose There is no doubt he was one of the greatest middleweights to ever slip on a pair of gloves. Some knowledgeable fans might conclude that he was THE greatest middleweight to ever slip on a pair of gloves. If you know something about boxing’s middleweight division, that’s really saying something. It’s little surprise then that the fight world is still mourning the loss of Marvellous Marvin Hagler, who passed rather suddenly last month at only 66 years of age. Now, though, Hagler fans have news to celebrate the memory of their hero. For the legendary fighter now has a street named in his honor. ....
On Monday night, the order was unanimously approved by the city council. It s the council s intent to honor Mr. Hagler s boxing achievements and status as a Brockton icon, Thompson said. The councilor said it s not common for the council to name new streets as he learned from the city clerk s office that it had been about 17 years since the council last did so. Hagler, who was 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts in his career and the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to April 6, 1987, died at the age of 66 in March. Hagler was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved with his family to Brockton in the late 1960s. Some of his family members still live in Brockton today. ....