{"id":2869,"date":"2012-02-02T08:35:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T13:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1001harf.com\/W3\/?p=2869"},"modified":"2012-02-02T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:43:55","slug":"muhammad-alis-legendary-trainer-angelo-dundee-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1001harf.com\/muhammad-alis-legendary-trainer-angelo-dundee-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Muhammad Ali’s legendary trainer Angelo Dundee dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dundee, famous for working alongside Muhammad Ali for 20 years, is reported to have had a heart attack after being taken to hospital with a blood clot.<\/p>\n
He guided Ali through his greatest fights, including the\u00a0“The Rumble in the Jungle” with George Foreman<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n His son, Jimmy Dundee, said: “Thankfully, the whole family was with him. We have lost a great man. My dad led a wonderful life.”<\/p>\n While Dundee’s name was synonymous with Ali’s, he worked with 14 further world champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman and Jimmy Ellis, during a distinguished career.<\/p>\n But it was his partnership with Ali which became one of the most successful in boxing history.<\/p>\n Dundee, born in Philadelphia, teamed up with Ali after his Olympic gold medal success in Rome in 1960 and guided him to his first heavyweight title, against Sonny Liston in 1964.<\/p>\n He helped Ali to two further titles, travelling to Zaire for his fighter’s memorable victory over Foreman and to the Philippines in 1974 for the“The Thrilla in Manila” against Joe Frazier<\/a>\u00a0in 1975.<\/p>\n