Angelo Dundee
Angelo Dundee
Angelo Dundeewas an American boxing trainer and cornerman. Best known for his work with Muhammad Ali, he also worked with 15 other world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, José Nápoles, George Foreman, George Scott, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Manuel Rodríguez and Willie Pastrano...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 August 1921
encouragement criticism okay
Criticism is okay, encouragement is better!
boxing dundee reflexes
I just put the reflexes in the proper direction.
boxing pep
The nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep
boxing guy tanks
Both guys ran out of gas, only my guy had an extra tank.
son boxing blowing-it
You're blowing it, son! You're blowing it!
boxing guy looks
When she would walk, it was like rhythm. The guys' heads would bounce, but I wouldn't look because I was married.
boxing giving fighter
Trainers give of themselves. So, I learned and I projected it with my fighter.
boxing way earth
Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way.
thinking cost hey
There are positive and negative thoughts. And, hey, it doesn't cost you a cent more to think positively .
winning lockers rooms
Notice who is in the locker room after you lose, not after you win.
boxing forever muhammad
It's been like that forever. We got spoiled by Joe Louis, by Rocky Marciano. Muhammad ruined us for everybody. He was great outside [the ring]; he was great inside. We got so accustomed to it we thought we deserved it.
training trying technique
Training fighters is like trying to catch a fish. It's technique, not strength.
amazed best determination far greatest hook jim learned left noodle picked russell smart uses
I think I would have to go so far as to say Russell is Jim Braddock. I'm amazed the way Russell picked up his mannerisms, his smoothness, the legs, the way he slides, that slip, slide, block, slide, jab - boom! Like Jim, he has just about the greatest left hook I've ever seen. He's got the speed, the rhythm, the determination and especially the will. Best of all, he has learned to think like a fighter. One thing about Braddock is that he was a smart fighter, and Russell uses his noodle just like Braddock did. I do think if he wasn't an actor, Russell could have been a great fighter.
cutting hair
It will be like cutting the hair off a Goliath,