• Eddie Futch (August 9, 1911 – October 10, 2001) was an American boxing trainer. Among the fighters he trained are Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes...
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  • match. Ali won by corner retirement (RTD) after Frazier's chief second, Eddie Futch, asked the referee to stop the fight after the 14th round. The contest's...
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  • American musician Eddie Futch (1911–2001), American boxing trainer Theodore Leslie Futch (1895–1992), American Army officer Truman Futch (1891–1960), American...
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    former trainer and mentor Eddie Futch as an unpaid assistant in 1986. He excelled in his new position and worked as Futch's assistant for five years....
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    Bing Futch (b. Hollywood, California, December 16, 1966) is a musician whose primary instrument is the mountain dulcimer. In 1986 he co-founded Christian...
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  • The Eddie Futch-John F.X. Condon Award, commonly referred to as the Futch–Condon Award and known alternatively as the Boxing Writers Association of America...
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    eventually going to Brewster Recreation Center, where Joe Louis and Eddie Futch trained. Steward began an amateur boxing career there. He compiled a...
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  • was smoothed out. The matter was only resolved when Spinks' trainer Eddie Futch was called in, and he accepted that Tyson's gloves were fine. Though...
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  • that Ali's jaw was broken in the first round, while Norton's trainer, Eddie Futch, claimed that it was the eleventh. Norton landed 233 punches (43% accuracy)...
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    Olympic loss. Highly regarded trainer Eddie Futch took on the job of developing Bowe, as he saw the talent. Eddie would say that Bowe had more potential...
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    off, Durham contacted Los Angeles trainer Eddie Futch. The two men had never met, but Durham had heard of Futch, who had a reputation as one of the most...
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  • Frazier pulled himself back up at the count of seven, but his trainer Eddie Futch jumped on the ring apron and ordered the referee to stop the fight to...
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    for his work with Muhammad Ali (1960–1981). Lou Duva Eddie Futch Robert Garcia Buddy McGirt Eddie Mustafa Muhammad Freddie Roach Kevin Rooney Abel Sanchez...
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    reported "... a fistic masterpiece". On October 10, 2001, boxing trainer Eddie Futch died at age 90. Tim Smith of the New York Daily News remembered an encounter...
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  • he lost the Heavyweight title to James J. Jeffries. Veteran trainer Eddie Futch, who had trained both fighters since 1981, opted to sit out the bout...
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  • of the Year) Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier Award (BWAA Fight of the Year) Eddie Futch Award (BWAA Trainer of the Year) Cus D'Amato Award (BWAA Manager of the...
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  • California and eventually Las Vegas, Nevada, to train with the legendary Eddie Futch. He won other fights by unexpected margins, including a 3-round defeat...
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  • train for "a bum". This did not sit well with Bowe's longtime trainer Eddie Futch, who was growing increasingly frustrated with Bowe's tendency to not...
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    practice" on Frazier's head. The fight was stopped when Frazier's trainer, Eddie Futch, refused to allow Frazier to answer the bell for the 15th and final round...
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    never fought each other, in part because they shared the same trainer, Eddie Futch, and also because they were good friends and didn't want to fight each...
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    assistant took over as Hopkins' head coach from 2005. Fisher won the Eddie Futch-John F.X. Condon Award, awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of...
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    Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Griffin was trained by the legendary Eddie Futch, who had taught him how to take advantage of Jones technical mistakes...
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  • known as the "Thrilla in Manila". Before the fight, Frazier's trainer Eddie Futch, who was concerned about potential officiating bias and had strongly...
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  • Chávez, Larry Holmes, Oscar De La Hoya, Sugar Ray Leonard, trainers Eddie Futch and Freddie Roach, referees Mills Lane and Joe Cortez, as well promoters...
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  • the rematch, with Arguello having fired Eddie Futch, blaming Futch for his loss. He later apologised to Futch, calling it "the biggest mistake of my life"...
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    (1990) Richard Kyle Fox (1997) Dewey Fragetta (2003) Don Fraser (2005) Eddie Futch (1994) Billy Gibson (2009) Charley Goldman (1992) Ruby Goldstein (1994)...
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    his boxing skills.[citation needed] Powell served as co-trainer with Eddie Futch,[citation needed] known for his work with Michael Spinks and Leon Spinks...
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    knows of it anymore, but it's the first thing I was taught by my trainer Eddie Futch, and it stuck with me my whole life: If you put yourself in a good position...
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  • American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1996) 1911 – Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (d. 2001) 1911 – John McQuade, Northern Irish...
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    practice" on Frazier's head. The fight was stopped when Frazier's trainer, Eddie Futch, refused to allow Frazier to answer the bell for the 15th and final round...
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