Angelo DundeeAlthough he trained 15 world boxing champions, Angelo Dundee will for ever be linked with Muhammad Ali, the self-styled "greatest" who is widely recognised as the finest heavyweight boxer of all time. From Ali's second professional fight in 1960 through to his 61st and final fight, in 1981, Dundee, who has died aged 90, was a constant presence in the corner as chief trainer.
He was hired by the syndicate of businessmen who backed Ali when the boxer - then known as Cassius Clay - turned professional after winning a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics. The relationship never faltered, even when Ali announced to the world that he was following the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam. As Ali wrote in a foreword for Dundee's autobiography, My View from the Corner: A Life in Boxing (2007): "Elijah Muhammad told us the white man was the devil, and I believed him. Angelo Dundee paid no attention to that talk. He never said I was wrong, he never asked why I joined the Muslims, he never said anything about it."
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