The World Boxing Assn. rejected an appeal...
The World Boxing Assn. rejected an appeal by middleweight Marvelous Marvin Hagler and stripped him of his WBA title.
“The WBA Executive Committee unanimously ruled against the arguments presented by Hagler’s attorney,” WBA President Gilberto Mendoza told the Associated Press.
The committee is composed of 43 representatives. Twenty-three attended the meeting.
Last month, the WBA voted to withdraw Hagler’s title for not defending it within the mandatory six-month period and for not reporting his April 6 fight against Sugar Ray Leonard at Las Vegas, Mendoza said.
“We listened to Hagler’s legal representative’s arguments and then decided that our measure was entirely valid,” he said.
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