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Awards and Recognition
Named Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America for 1983 and 1985.
Named Fighter of the Year by The Ring for 1983 and co-Fighter of the Year for 1985 (along with Donald Curry).
Named Fighter of the ’80s by Boxing Illustrated in 1990.
Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.
Named the 3rd greatest middleweight of the 20th century by the Associated Press in 1999.
Named the 17th greatest fighter of the past 80 years by The Ring in 2002.
Named the 35th greatest puncher of all-time by The Ring in 2003.
Named the 4th greatest middleweight of all-time by The Ring in 2004.
Hagler’s reign as World Middleweight Champion was named the 7th greatest title reign of all-time by The Ring in 2005.
