Editing Marvelous Marvin Hagler (section)

==Early life, family and education==
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Hagler was the first child of Robert Sims and Ida Mae Hagler, born on May 23, 1954. His birth year publicly came to light in 1982, when he had to state his date of birth in order to legally change from Marvin Nathaniel Hagler to Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Hagler was raised by his mother in the [[Central Ward, Newark, New Jersey|Central Ward]] of [[Newark, New Jersey]], [[United States]] along with five siblings: sisters Veronica, Cheryl, Genarra, and Noreen, and half brother [[Robbie Sims]], who, like Hagler, would also become a professional boxer. Hagler first put on gloves at the age of ten, for a social worker he knew only as Mister Joe, who taught him sports and got him involved in counseling other children. Hagler dropped out of school at the age of 14 and worked in a toy factory to help support the family. Ida Mae recalled her eldest son had always wanted to box and promised one day to buy her a home. Growing up, Hagler would pretend he was [[Floyd Patterson]] or [[Emile Griffith]].<ref name="The story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler">{{Cite web |url= https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/sites/default/files/associated_downloads/Marvelous%20Marvin%20Hagler%20SOFTBACK%20sample.pdf |title=The Marvelous Marvin Hagler Story|last=Hughes|first=Damian & Brian|date=August 23, 2018|website=p21. The Marvin Hagler Story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823174037/https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/sites/default/files/associated_downloads/Marvelous%20Marvin%20Hagler%20SOFTBACK%20sample.pdf|archive-date=August 23, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Following the [[1967 Newark riots|riots of 1967]] in which 26 people were killed and $11 million in property damage was caused, including the destruction of the Haglers' [[tenement]], his family moved to [[Brockton, Massachusetts]]. Hagler said that looking down on the streets at the looters was almost like watching ants on a picnic table. Ida Mae described the riots as "really terrifying" and nobody left the Hagler apartment for three days. The family lay under Veronica's bed during this time, with a pair of bullets smashing through the bedroom window, and shattering the plaster above the bed. Hagler and his siblings were forbidden from standing up by Ida Mae, who told her children to "stay away from the windows." The family crawled about the five-room apartment, sliding around on cushions to reach the bathroom and kitchen. Once the riot was over, the nearby neighborhoods were mostly in ruin, and many cars had been stripped for parts. After another riot nearly two years later, Hagler and his family got out of Newark and moved to Brockton, Massachusetts.<ref name="The story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler" />