Angelo Dundee is a world-famous boxing coach with fifteen pupils who have become world champions in different weight categories. These include George Foreman, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonardo.
Life before the war
Dundee Angelo was born on August 30, 1921 in Florida. His real name is Angelo Mirena. Following the example of his older brother, he took the name Dundee in honor of the famous Italian boxer.
During the Second World War, Dundee Angelo served in the army, where he realized such a strong love for boxing. Very often he took part in competitions, but not as a fighter, but as a second. An interesting fact is that the boxer himself did not take part in these fights. The only exception was a couple of fights during the service.
Life after the army
After Dundee Angelo completed his military service, he, like his brother, moved to New York. At that time, Chris Dundee had already achieved good results - he became a strong and experienced manager in the boxing field. Working together, the guys have achieved incredible results. And soon all the doors were open for them.boxing business.
Great results at World Championships
During his coaching career, Dundee gradually began to acquire promising students. One of his first famous students was Bill Bosio. And after a while, Carmen Brasilio appeared, who repeatedly became the world champion under the leadership of Angelo Dundee. The coach brought up his ward with high quality and helped him become the world champion not only in the welterweight, but also in the average.
Call from an unknown guy
The victory of young Carmen Brasilio is just the beginning of success. The most interesting was yet to come. Angelo Dundee, whose biography is briefly described in this article, became the coach of a young and unknown guy in the sixties of the last century.
One day he heard a young unfamiliar voice on the telephone, saying that Angelo should start training a certain Cassius Clay. The guy said that in a few years he would become world champion, so Dundee could not refuse him. Instead of sending the unknown teenager to hell, Angelo told him to come.
As soon as the guy entered the gym, Angelo Dundee (boxing coach) immediately realized that he was in front of a future champion. Angelo was never able to answer the question of why he allowed the young impudent man to come into his hall. He could have simply refused him.
Important victories
Subsequently, Cassius Clay became known as Mohammed Ali. His claims turned out to be true. Two years later, young Ali was able towin the olympiad. And at the age of 22, he became the world champion among professionals.
Angelo Dundee and Mohammed Ali have become real allies, having gone through the toughest fights with Sonny Liston and George Foreman.
An interesting fact is that in 1974 Foreman accused Dundee of stretching the ropes. But after a few years they became employees and allies. This couple amazed everyone: 73-year-old Dundee, a veteran trainer, and 45-year-old Foreman, who was the oldest active boxer. Despite their age, the couple showed very good results. In 1994, the boxer was able to win the IBF and WBA champion titles.
Students
Angelo Dundee is a famous trainer who worked with Muhammad Ali until 1980. During all this time they have experienced a huge number of victories. But there were also failures.
Besides Ali, Dundee also taught many other athletes who later became world champions. Here are some of them: Sugar Ramos, Luis Rodriguez, Ralph Dupas, Willy Pastrano. Dundee also coached José Napoles, who became world champion in 1969. Another famous student is Sugar Ray Leonard.
During his coaching career, Dundee Angelo raised fifteen students who became world champions. The coach is famous all over the world. In 1994, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
And even at the age of ninety, not being a coach, he still continued to advise youngboxers and really enjoyed it.
Dundee had a unique gift to motivate and inspire to fight despite the circumstances. At the same time, we are talking not only about the ring, but also about other branches of human life. Angelo could inspire anyone, regardless of gender, age or life circumstances.
Angelo Dundee on Tyson
A famous coach, having seen the fight between Mike Tyson and Trevor Berbick, said that Mike is shooting completely new and previously unseen combinations. He was completely blown away because he believed that having worked with such strong boxers as Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, he had already seen all sorts of technical and strength indicators of boxers. But Tyson's three-hit combination amazed the whole world, including Angelo. Only he alone in the entire history of boxing was able to hit the kidneys with his right hand, then the body with the same hand, and the head with his left hand. There was no such boxer before Mike, nor after him. The boxer brought a lot of new and interesting things to the sport, achieved incredible results.
Death of famous coach
In 2010, the coach's wife, Helen, died, and he decided to move closer to his children.
On February 1, 2012, famed mime trainer Angelo Dundee died at the age of ninety. He died on Thursday night at his home in Tampa, Florida.
Dundee died surrounded by his friends and loved ones. He was very happy that he got the opportunity to celebrate his birthday on January 17 with Muhammad Ali. But througha few days after this event, he was admitted to the hospital due to the formation of a blood clot. After carrying out the necessary medical measures, he was sent home. However, his condition worsened at home due to breathing problems.
Until his last breath, the coach brought up young boxers and got real pleasure from it, because boxing was the meaning of his life. Dundee has been a coach for sixty years.
Angelo Dundee, whose funeral was organized in the state of Florida, was very happy that he chose a profession by vocation and was able to raise a huge number of strong personalities.
About six hundred people came to the funeral, including Muhammad Ali and other famous boxers. According to the coach's son, his father was a simple and unique person. He treated everyone equally well, and at the same time everyone felt his care and understanding. During his life, his father did everything he wanted, so dying was not at all scary for him.
Angelo Dundee left behind two wonderful children and six grandchildren who will never forget the unique talents of the famous coach.
