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Brockton Street To Be Named After Boxer

Famous boxer Marvin Hagler to be represented by the town he trained in with a street named after him.

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Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his Massachusetts hometown with a street named in his honor to be named "Marvin Hagler Drive."
Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his Massachusetts hometown with a street named in his honor to be named "Marvin Hagler Drive." (AP Photo, File)

BROCKTON, MA - Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the accomplished boxer, is to have a new street named after him. The boxer trained in Petronelli Gym, on Petronelli Way, which the new street will intersect.

The new street comes in response to the boxer's death on March 13, 2021.

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