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Angelo Dundee – a life in pictures

The boxing trainer, Angelo Dundee, most famous for training boxing great Muhammad Ali, has died
  
  


Angelo Dundee: Carmen Basilio Held Up in Ring with Angelo Dundee
The new middleweight champion, Carmen Basilio, is held aloft in the ring by his trainer Angelo Dundee and manager John De John after he captured Sugar Ray Robinson’s title Photograph: Corbis
Angelo Dundee: Muhammad Ali, getting his poetic mouth taped by trainer Angelo Dundee
Muhammad Ali getting his mouth taped by Dundee during his weigh-in before the fight with Doug Jones Photograph: George Silk/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Angelo Dundee: Cassius Clay is lifted off the ring floor in Miami Beach
After beating Sonny Liston for the world heavyweight championship, Ali is lifted off the ring floor in Miami Beach as trainer Dundee reacts Photograph: AP
Angelo Dundee: Angelo Dundee adjusts Muhammad Ali’ss head protector
Dundee laughs as he adjusts Ali’s head protector in White City, London Photograph: James / Evening News / Rex Feat
Angelo Dundee: Angelo Dundee helps Muhammad Ali with his hand bindings
Dundee helps Ali with his hand bindings during a training session at Chris Dundee’s 5th Street gym, Miami Beach Photograph: Chris Smith/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Angelo Dundee: Muhammad Ali & Angelo Dundee at breakfast
Ali and Dundee at breakfast Photograph: Allstar
Angelo Dundee: Muhammad Ali in Switzerland with his trainer Angelo Dundee
Ali in Switzerland with Dundee Photograph: Charlie Phillips/Getty Images
Angelo Dundee: Angelo Dundee with Muhammad Ali during a massage after training session
Dundee with Ali during a massage after a training session Photograph: Corbis
Angelo Dundee: Sugar Ray Leonard at the weigh-in prior to his World Welterweight title
Dundee keeps over close watch at Sugar Ray Leonard at the weigh-in prior to his World Welterweight title fight in Las Vegas Photograph: Bob Thomas/Bob Thomas/Getty Images
Angelo Dundee: Angelo Dundee gives advice to Sugar Ray Leonard , Las Vegas
Dundee gives advice to Leonard between rounds at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas Photograph: AP
Angelo Dundee: Derek Williams trains with Angelo DUndee
Heavyweight boxer Derek Williams uses a punching bag as he trains with Dundee in Miami Photograph: Michael Brennan/Corbis
Angelo Dundee: George Foreman, Angelo Dundee, Charley Shipes in Atlantic City
Heavyweight challenger George Foreman, is tended by Dundee, left, and former welterweight Charley Shipes during a title fight against Evander Holyfield in Atlantic City

[• This caption was amended on 4 April 2025. The image shows former welterweight Charley Shipes on the right, not former light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore as an earlier version said.] Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP
Angelo Dundee: Bill Clinton presents boxer Muhammed Ali and Angelo Dundee with award
Then US President Bill Clinton presents boxer Ali and Dundee with the One America Award at the National Italian American Foundation Anniversary Award dinner in Washington Photograph: Reuters
Angelo Dundee: Angelo Dundee on set with Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man
Dundee on set with Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man Photograph: Rex Features
Angelo Dundee: Angelo Dundee at the new 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach
Dundee during an interview at the opening of the new 5th Street Gym Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP
Angelo Dundee: Angelo Dundee watches Tampa Bay Buccaneer practice
Dundee watches the Tampa Bay Buccaneer practice Photograph: Scott Keeler/ZUMApress/Action Images
 

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