Freddie Brown had trained Bob Pastor for this fight.
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and Freddie Brown was there for this one too
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The "Old School" Boxing Trainers
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Caractacus
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Re: The "Old School" Boxing Trainers
Whitey Bimstein was the trainer for Gene Tunney for the majority of his career.Caractacus wrote: ↑17 Apr 2025, 18:52 BTW Have you ever read the book ARMS FOR LIVING by Gene Tunney (published 1941)
when you read that it sounds a whole lot like Cus D'Amato's 'philosophy"
Gene Tunney has chapters in it on Courage, Fear and most important of all to him "Will Power".
be sure to check it out.
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Caractacus
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Re: The "Old School" Boxing Trainers
I dont think that Gene Tunney had even mentioned Whitey Bimstein once in either of his
two autobiographies.
two autobiographies.
Re: The "Old School" Boxing Trainers
Some guys work a corner a few times and later say they "trained" the fighter in question.
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