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Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Matt Donovan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler

Matt Donovan

Marvelous Marvin Hagler (62-3-2) and Matt Donovan (2-12 across 14 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Hagler

62

Wins52 KO · 84%

3

Losses

2

Draws68 tracked bouts

Donovan

Tracked record

2–12

counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Hagler leads 1–0

Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Matt Donovan have met 1 time; Hagler leads 1–0.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Matt Donovan have met 1 time; Hagler leads 1–0.
Met1976Feb 7Series
Marvelous Marvin HaglerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Matt DonovanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Hagler 7 · Donovan 0 of 7 measurable rows
HaglerDonovan
Record†
62-3-2 (edge)2-12
Win %0–100%
94% (edge)
14.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
52 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
83.87%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
83% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 8
0 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.9
4.9 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
68
14

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Marvelous Marvin Hagler: 5′10″
Matt Donovan: No height on file
Reachnot held
Marvelous Marvin Hagler: 75″
Matt Donovan: No reach on file
Agenot held
Marvelous Marvin Hagler: Died aged 66
Matt Donovan: No date of birth
Stance
Marvelous Marvin Hagler: Southpaw
Matt Donovan: Not recorded

Marvelous Marvin Hagler left, Matt Donovan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Marvelous Marvin Hagler63 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Marvelous Marvin Hagler: 63 tracked wins — 52 by KO/TKO (83%), 10 on the cards (16%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

52 by KO/TKO 83%10 on the cards 16%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Matt Donovan2 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

Matt Donovan: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marvelous Marvin Hagler 68, Matt Donovan 14 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Hagler better on 1

Hagler

Opponent

Donovan

  • Marvelous Marvin Hagler

    Win, RTD 8

    1976

    HartHagler better

    Matt Donovan

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO

    1976

    Loss, KO

    1972

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Marvelous Marvin Hagler had won four in a row before losing a decision to Sugar Ray Leonard. Hagler last boxed on Apr 6, 1987.WWWWL

Roldán Mar 1984Hamsho Oct 1984Hearns Apr 1985Mugabi Mar 1986Leonard Apr 19874.9 tracked bouts per year

Matt Donovan last boxed on May 26, 1977 — 18,053 days ago. Donovan had lost 11 straight.LLLLL

Rossman Jan 1975Rossman Feb 1975Hagler Feb 1976Hart Aug 1976Jones May 19772.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Matt Donovan ever fought each other?
Yes. Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Matt Donovan met once on February 7, 1976, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WFeb 7, 1976 · Hagler · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hagler or Donovan?
Marvelous Marvin Hagler is 62-3-2 and Matt Donovan is 2-12 across the 14 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Marvelous Marvin Hagler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hagler62–3–294%

Donovan2–1214.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hagler or Donovan?
Marvelous Marvin Hagler has 52 knockout wins and Matt Donovan has 0. Marvelous Marvin Hagler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hagler5283.9%

Donovan0

The Numbers ↓
Do Hagler and Donovan have any common opponents?
Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Matt Donovan share 1 common opponent: Eugene Hart. Marvelous Marvin Hagler fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Eugene HartWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hagler and Donovan?
This comparison is drawn from 68 bouts tracked for Marvelous Marvin Hagler and 14 bouts tracked for Matt Donovan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hagler68bouts

Donovan14bouts

How They Win ↓

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