Marvin Hagler was born on May 23, 1954, in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was raised without his father, in later years his mother moved the family to Brockton, Massachusetts, following widespread riots in Newark in the summer of 1967. In Brockton, coincidentally the hometown of boxing great Rocky Marciano, Hagler dropped out of school in the 9th grade and worked construction jobs, spending his spare time “running a lot, stealing a little.” Hagler began boxing under the tutelage of