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<div>[[file:Eddiefutch.jpg|left|Eddie Futch (Photo courtesy of silversurfer91.homestead.com) ]] <br />
'''Born:''' 29 Sept (?) 1911 (Hillsboro, MS, USA)<br><br />
'''Died:''' 10 October 2001 (Las Vegas, NV, USA)(natural causes)<br />
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== Boxing Career ==<br />
Eddie Futch boxed out of Detroit as an amateur, winning the Detroit Athletic Association Championship (1932) and the Detroit [[Golden Gloves]] (1933) as a lightweight. He was prevented from entering the professional ranks due to a heart murmur. He was a stablemate and sparring partner of highly-rated welterweight and middleweight [[Boxer:Holman_Williams:009968|Holman Williams]], and future world heavyweight champion [[Boxer:Joe_Louis:009027|Joe Louis]], before leaving the sport for over a decade.<br />
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== Trainer of Champions ==<br />
Futch re-emerged as a trainer of amateur and professionals in the 1950s. He guided his first pupil, [[Boxer:Don_Jordan:009709|Don Jordan]], to the world welterweight championship in 1958. Ultimately, he trained 21 world champions before retiring in 1998. He proclaimed [[Boxer:Joe_Frazier:000147|Joe Frazier]] as his favorite fighter.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
From the [[Boxing Writers' Association of America]]:<br />
*Manager of the Year (1975)<br />
*Long and Meritorious Service (1982)<br />
*Trainer of the Year (1991, 1992)<br />
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== Stable Trained ==<br />
*[[Boxer:Joe_Frazier:000147|Joe Frazier]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Riddick_Bowe:001640|Riddick Bowe]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Ken_Norton:000168|Ken Norton]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Duane Bobick:015810|Duane Bobick]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Trevor Berbick:000247|Trevor Berbick]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Marvin Camel:000854|Marvin Camel]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Virgil Hill:000479|Virgil Hill]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Montell Griffin:004966|Montell Griffin]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Don_Jordan:009709|Don Jordan]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Bob_Foster:009000|Bob Foster]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Larry_Holmes:000150|Larry Holmes]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Marlon_Starling:000955|Marlon Starling]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Leroy_Haley:002891|Leroy Haley]]<br />
*[[Boxer:Michael_Spinks:001286|Michael Spinks]]<br />
* Willie "The Worm" Monroe<br />
* James Shuler<br />
* Mike McCallum<br />
* Maurice Blocker<br />
* Hedgemon Lewis <br />
* Bruce Curry<br />
* Alexis Arguello<br />
* Cubanito Perez<br />
* Antonio Gomez<br />
* Patrick Ford<br />
* Wayne McCullough<br />
* Johnny Tapia<br />
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Source:Ring Magazine, Great Boxing Trainers - Ronald Fried, In The Corner -<br />
Great Boxing Trainers Talk About Their Art - Dave Anderson<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
International Boxing Hall of Fame [http://www.ibhof.com/futch.htm Bio]<br />
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[[Category:IBHOF Members|Futch, Eddie]]<br />
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members|Futch, Eddie]]<br />
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