Angelo Dundee
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- Birth Name: Angelo Mirena
- Born: August 30, 1921, in Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Died: February 1, 2012, in Clearwater, FL, USA
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Angelo Dundee is considered one of the greatest trainers of all-time. He learned the intricacies of the sweet science watching the great trainers at Stillman's Gym in the late 1940s.
Dundee's first world champion was Carmen Basilio, who won the World Welterweight Championship from Tony DeMarco in 1955.
He moved to Miami Beach in the 1950s and helped his brother, Chris Dundee, run the 5th Street Gym. Miami became a prime location to work with Cuban fighters, and the Dundee brothers thrived and turned Miami Beach into a boxing powerhouse.
Dundee is best known for training Muhammad Ali. He was hired to work with Ali in 1960 and stayed with him until his last fight in 1981.
He is also well known for his association with Sugar Ray Leonard. Dundee was hired to work with Leonard after he won the Olympics in 1976. He guided Leonard to the three world titles.
Dundee trained the following world champions:
- Muhammad Ali
- Carmen Basilio
- Trevor Berbick (for the Mike Tyson fight)
- Ralph Dupas
- Jimmy Ellis
- George Foreman (during Foreman's comeback)
- Wilfredo Gomez (for the Rocky Lockridge fight)
- Slobodan Kacar
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- Jose Napoles
- Michael Nunn
- Willie Pastrano
- Sugar Ramos
- Luis Manuel Rodriguez
- Pinklon Thomas
Other boxers with whom Dundee worked:
- Tony Alongi
- Andy Arel
- Willi Besmanoff
- Bill Bossio
- Ruben Castillo
- Vinnie Curto
- Esteban De Jesus (for the Guts Ishimatsu fight)
- Mike DeJohn (for George Chuvalo fight)
- Oscar De La Hoya (as an adviser for the Manny Pacquiao fight)
- Dick DiVeronica
- David Estrada
- Glen Flanagan
- Anthony Hembrick
- John Holman
- Arthur Johnson
- Vonzell Johnson
- Billy Kilgore
- Jose Legra (briefly before Legra won the World Featherweight Championship)
- Jeff Merritt
- Charley Norkus
- Michael Olajide
- Marc Randazzo
- Terry Ray
- James Tillis
- Willie Troy (1956)
- Douglas Vaillant
- Joey Ruiz
- Tony Chiaverini
- David Love
Awards & Recognition
- Boxing Writers Association of America Al Buck Award for Manager of the Year (1968 and 1979).
- Boxing Writers Association of America James J. Walker Award for Long and Meritorious Service (1996).
- Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Non-Participant Category (1992).
- Inducted into the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame, Trainers/Managers Category (2009).