R.I.P Angelo Dundee

One of the great men of boxing a hero to me.Life will seem strange he's just one of those characters who always seemed to be there,and such a nice man. R.I.P. Angelo

 

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Duo, well said: "a completed life well lived."

With Angelo, I always got the impression that he felt privileged--and happy--for the chance to make a living doing something he loved. And he enjoyed the ride. That, right there--if the old Ecclesiastes is to be believed--is what life is about. I have tried to follow his example: bring the passion when you're up, because you have chosen your occupation--what you do in life--well.

Ali, the man born to box, once stumped when asked what occupation he would have chosen other than boxing, was, of course, a Dundee kindred spirit.

Thank you, Angelo, and Godspeed: the joyous surprise of encountering an avuncular Muhammad Ali's magical smile at a restaurant eating my favorite childhood dish is a special moment, reminiscent of the eternal morning of youth.

By letting Cassius be Cassius, you had a hand in making joy in the world possible.

 

First frazier, now dundee. Too many of the good ones are leaving us.

 

RIP. It always seemed like he'd live forever.

A true legend.

 

RIP, great man, great trainer.

 

RIP Angelo. A fantastic trainer.

 

First Frazier, and now this.

Rip. Boxing seems to be loseing a lot of stars as of late.

 

Ans yet the devil himself, LaMotta survives...

I hope Angelo was chuckling at that near the end.

I know Smokin Joe and Angelo going at roughly the same time seems bad, but it is a statistical coincidence. Both the Dundee brothers had good innings, Joe was unlucky. It shows we must continue the fight against cancer.

 

Rip

 

That's a great little tribute that I wouldn't try to top.

Angelo was wise enough to let the ride be about the fighter, and that shines through in all of his interviews that I've seen.

He had that critical quality that no trainer I had could boast of -understanding human nature and the importance of letting who the fighter is sway where his style goes. Ali didn't take instruction well. So Dundee made "suggestions." He painfully, I'm sure, allowed Ali to make his mistakes because to correct them would alienate the fighter and possibly disrupt those Miles Davis compositions that Ali was creating in the 60s.

Dundee came out of Stillman's. I don't know if there is another trainer still alive who has that gem on his pedigree.

God bless him.

 

RIP to a great trainer, great man, and all around class act.

 

Is Dundee the last link of Charley Goldman?

Now that I am thinking of it. He was train under the man himself.

 

Dundee was a great guy, and perhaps the best corner man of his time as talked Ali out of quitting, did everything legal and illegal to help Ali come to in the 1st Cooper fight. He also urged Sugar Ray Leonard to pick up the pace vs. Tommy Hearns. " You're blowing it son " Leonard switched tactics from boxing to brawling, and won late.

Dundee lived a full life. May he rest in peace.

 

Seems a bad period
RIP A.D

Weve lost Cooper, Lyle, Frazier and Dundee now

 

Thats a great commercial. Angelo Dundee is one of the greatest trainers of all times and his death saddens me.