Amilcar Brusa

Class of 2007
Non-Participant Category
Hall of Fame bio:click

World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee

Biography

Amílcar Brusa (October 23, 1922 - October 27, 2011) was an Argentinian boxing trainer, who is widely considered to be Argentina and South America's foremost boxing trainer. He began training boxers in his native Santa Fe, in 1950, discovering his first world champion in 1963 when Carlos Monzon asked him to be his trainer. Brusa would guide Monzon to the World Middleweight title in 1970. He had since trained many top Argentinian fighters, as well boxers from other South American countries. In 2003, he was hired by Golden Boy Promotions, as their head trainer and technical advisor. He was working out of the La Brea Boxing Academy in Los Angeles.

Fighters Trained by Brusa

• Carlos Manuel Baldomir
• Jorge Rodrigo Barrios
• Juan Domingo Cordoba
• Miguel Angel Cuello
• Antonio Esparragoza
• Miguel Lora
• Carlos Alberto Hernandez
• Luis Enrique Mendoza
• Tomas Molinares
• Carlos Monzon
• Eduardo Bartolome Morales
• Francisco Quiroz
• Rafael Pineda
• Sugar Baby Rojas
• Francisco Tejedor
• Robinson Pitalua

Awards & Recognition

• WBA Hall of Fame Member
• 1989 WBA Trainer of the Year
• 1995 Latin Trainer of the Year

External links

• Brusa discusses Carlos Monzon [1]
• fightnews.com article [2]