On April 6, 1987, the 32-year-old WBC and The Ring middleweight world champion, Marvelous Marvin Hagler (62-2-2, 52 KOs), faced a 30-year-old Sugar Ray Leonard (33-1, 24 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Hagler came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 27 days. Leonard was on a 6-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 years, 10 months, and 26 days.
Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Marvelous Marvin Hagler via split decision and wins the WBC and The Ring titles. Leonard improves his record to 34-1, while Hagler adds a loss to his record at 62-3-2.
On March 9, 1976, a 21-year-old Marvelous Marvin Hagler (26-1-1, 20 KOs) and Willie Monroe met in the ring.
Hagler came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 2 days.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler lost to Willie Monroe via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 26-2-1.
On January 13, 1976, a 21-year-old Marvelous Marvin Hagler (25-0-1, 19 KOs) and Bobby Watts met in the ring.
Hagler came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 24 days.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler lost to Bobby Watts via majority decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 25-1-1.