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Angelo Dundee (born Angelo Mirena; August 30, 1921 – February 1, 2012) was an American boxing trainer and cornerman.Internationally known for his work with Muhammad Ali (1960–1981), he also worked with 15 other world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, Sean Mannion, José Nápoles, George Foreman, George Scott, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Manuel Rodríguez, and Willie ...
Kalinsky told him: "Do what you do in a training session: Act like a dope on the ropes." Ali then replied: "So, you want me to be a rope-a-dope?" [1] According to Angelo Dundee, Kalinsky told Ali: "Why don't you try something like that? Sort of a dope on the ropes, letting Foreman swing away but, like in the picture, hit nothing but air."
A theater ticket for the filmed staged match between Ali and Marciano. After Ali lost a fantasy fight in one of the radio broadcasts, he filed a $1 million lawsuit against Woroner for defamation of character, [3] stating his anger at his elimination at the second round to Jim Jeffries, a boxer Ali had previously called "history's clumsiest, most slow-footed heavyweight."
On 16 April 1966 Muhammad Ali signed to make the fourth defence of the title he had won against Sonny Liston in June 1963, against Henry Cooper. [2] Cooper had faced Ali in the bout immediately prior to him becoming the champion and had famously knocked down the American with a trademark left hook at the end of the fourth round, with trainer Angelo Dundee appearing to possibly to pop an ampule ...
Trainer then made Leonard the sole stockholder in Sugar Ray Leonard, Inc. Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali's trainer, was brought in to be Leonard's trainer and manager. Many of the people being considered wanted absolute control and a cut somewhere near the manager's traditional 33%. Dundee had a different proposition.
Muhammad Ali's recent passing has led many to pay their respects to the legendary athlete, and a number of people have headed to Hollywood's Walk of Fame to do so, reports the USA Today. However ...
Pacheco met Muhammad Ali in 1960, when he came to the 5th Street Gym in Miami, to train with Angelo Dundee. Pacheco became Ali's cornerman and fight physician from 1962 to 1977. Pacheco described Ali as anatomically the most physically perfect human being he had ever seen. [4]
Ali got his start in boxing after his bicycle was stolen. Wanting to report the crime, the 12-year-old Ali was introduced to Joe Martin, a police officer who doubled as a boxing coach at a local gym.