BOXER

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

1954 - 2021

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021) was an American professional boxer. He competed in boxing from 1973 to 1987 and reigned as the undisputed champion of the middleweight division from 1980 to 1987, making twelve successful title defenses, all but one by knockout. Hagler also holds the highest knockout percentage of all undisputed middleweight champions at 78 percent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marvelous Marvin Hagler has received more than 4,722,247 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Marvelous Marvin Hagler is the 67th most popular boxer (down from 58th in 2019), the 5,566th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,538th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Boxer.

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  • 49.75

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  • 24

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  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Marvelous Marvin Hagler ranks 67 out of 496Before him are Marijan Beneš, Joe Bugner, Nils Ramm, Vladimir Yengibaryan, Canelo Álvarez, and Janusz Gortat. After him are Alexis Argüello, Július Torma, Michael Spinks, Carmen Basilio, Frederick Grace, and Jess Willard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Marvelous Marvin Hagler ranks 248Before him are François Van der Elst, Ingrid Daubechies, Catherine Bach, Wolfgang Becker, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Louise Erdrich. After him are Mauro Baldi, Angelo De Donatis, Roy Jacobsen, Hansi Hinterseer, Dragan Vasiljković, and Yumi Matsutoya. Among people deceased in 2021, Marvelous Marvin Hagler ranks 310Before him are Kalyan Singh, Vassilis Alexakis, Sanpei Shirato, Dragan Pantelić, Fausto Gresini, and Almudena Grandes. After him are Patrick Juvet, Tormod Knutsen, Bernd Kannenberg, Budge Patty, Jim Steinman, and Agustín Balbuena.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marvelous Marvin Hagler ranks 5,566 out of 20,380Before him are Osceola (1804), Henry Clay Frick (1849), Gary Peacock (1935), Travis Barker (1975), Alfred Blalock (1899), and Darlene Cates (1947). After him are Maclyn McCarty (1911), Bruce Kulick (1953), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Adriana Caselotti (1916), Pearl White (1889), and George Bancroft (1882).

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Marvelous Marvin Hagler ranks 35Before him are Roy Jones Jr. (1969), James J. Corbett (1866), Rocky Graziano (1919), Buster Douglas (1960), Gene Tunney (1897), and Oliver Kirk (1884). After him are Michael Spinks (1956), Carmen Basilio (1927), Jess Willard (1881), Thomas Hearns (1958), Ernie Terrell (1939), and Oscar De La Hoya (1973).