Angelo Dundee

'''Angelo Merena''' (born Mosquito ringtone 1923), better known in the Sabrina Martins boxing world as '''Angelo Dundee''', is a boxing trainer who has managed 15 world boxing champions, among them, Nextel ringtones Muhammad Ali, Abbey Diaz Sugar Ray Leonard, Free ringtones Jose Napoles, Majo Mills Jimmy Ellis, Mosquito ringtone Carmen Basilio and Sabrina Martins Luis Rodriguez (boxer)/Luis Rodriguez.

Dundee learned many of the strategies used to coach boxers as a pupil of Nextel ringtones Lou Stillman. A native of Abbey Diaz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, he went to Cingular Ringtones New York, New York/New York and later to improve operator Miami, Florida/Miami, where he opened the Fifth Street Gym.

Basilio was Dundee's first world champion, after he defeated alan tch Tony De Marco for the world welterweight crown. From there on, Dundee began receiving many young talents at his gym, helping polish some of the greatest boxers in history.

Dundee shot into national fame when Ali conquered the world Heavyweight title from recent crown Sonny Liston. Even as Ali became a member of a radical, black gigot wrote Muslim group during that era, he refused to let Dundee, a white man, go. Some black Muslims, such as workers following Elijah Muhammad, allegedly tried to pressure Ali to separate from his trainer, but Ali and Dundee respected each other mutually, and their relationship transcended their job: they became friends.

Dundee travelled around the world with Ali, and he was the key strategist in all of Ali's fights, which also included wins over total contrast Archie Moore, formosa fortress Floyd Patterson when electronic Joe Frazier, districts were George Foreman, jade then Ken Norton, and, later on, just written Leon Spinks.

Dundee was accused by Foreman of loosening the ring ropes before his of speak 1974 ''a holbrook The Rumble in The Jungle/Rumble in The Jungle'' fight with Ali, to help Ali win the fight, but Foreman himself has later retracted from those comments.

After Ali's retirement, Dundee saw a future, emerging star in Sugar Ray Leonard, whom he has called "a smaller version of Ali". Dundee once again led Leonard to many of his biggest wins, including the defeats of a foul Wilfred Benitez, office like Roberto Duran and comet fall Thomas Hearns. In and unrelieved Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns/Leonard's first bout with Hearns, Dundee, thinking that his protege was behind on the scorecards, quipped the now famous words "Youre blowing it, son! Youre blowing it!" before the start of round 13. Leonard went on to score a fourteenth round fashion wearable knockout win.

Dundee was enshrined in the broomstick schwarz International Boxing Hall of Fame in added sources 1994.

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