William Lee (born September 27, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former professional middleweight boxer who fought out of the fabled Kronk Gym in Detroit.
[1] He is best known for his win against John LoCicero and his unsuccessful challenge of undisputed world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler in 1982.
Televised on ESPN, their battle garnered a good degree of renown that year for its ebb, flow, ferocity and stifling conditions.
In an interview, long time boxing commentator Al Bernstein put it thus: "It was in the early Kronk gym days, in the Twenty Grand Showroom in Detroit with no air conditioning.
[4] On Sunday, March 7, 1982 in Atlantic City, NJ, Lee fought undisputed world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler in a nationally televised bout on ABC in which Keith Jackson provided solo commentary.