<p>BROCKTON, Mass. — Middleweight boxing champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his Massachusetts hometown with a street named in his honor.</p>
<p>The Brockton City Council on Monday approved a proposal by two councilors to name a currently under-construction street Marvin Hagler Drive, The Enterprise <a href="https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/local/2021/04/28/brockton-new-street-trinity-development-petronelli-way-named-marvelous-marvin-hagler-drive/4854569001/">reported</a> Wednesday.</p>
<p>Hagler, who died in March at age 66, finished his professional career with a 62-3-2 record with 52 knockouts.</p>
<p>The street will intersect Petronelli Way, the site of the gym where Hagler was trained and managed by the Petronelli brothers, Goody and Pat.</p>
<p>“Growing up as a kid in Brockton, Marvin Hagler was a legend,” said Councilor Jeffrey Thompson, who made the proposal to name the street. “I never had the pleasure to meet the champ, but I watched his legendary fights and spoke to people who knew him. The lesson that I took was that Marvin Hagler had an obsession with sharing his boxing talent and his determination with the world. He literally got punched in the face and kept moving forward.”</p>
<p>Hagler was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved with his family to Brockton in the late 1960s. Some relatives still live in the city south of Boston.</p>
