The city of Brockton, Massachusetts, will honor boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler on Thursday.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler retired from boxing in 1987 and moved to Italy, where he pursued a career in the film industry. Six years later, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in New York.A"stunning" $150,000 statue of Hagler will be unveiled at 11 a.m. at a new park and street bearing his name near 28 Petronelli Way, city officials said.
The bronze statue, commissioned by Brodin Studios, was funded through a $150,000 grant secured by Massachusetts state Rep. Gerry Cassidy, according to officials.The public will be able to see the statue in the new Marvelous Marvin Hagler Park on the newly named Marvelous Marvin Hagler Way, which is next to the former Petronelli Brothers' gym, officials said.
Hagler fought and beat the"era's best," including Tommy"Hitman" Hearns, Roberto Duran, Vito Antuofermo and Mustafa Hamsho. Hagler held the middleweight title from 1980 to 1987 and was one of the biggest and most recognizable sports starts in the world throughout the 1980s, according to officials.
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