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Special To The Chronicle demeanor also keep him
As the Larry Holmes- #?Pu^arGerrie
Coetzee press conference
in Los Angeles "He is one 9f the most
wound down, an elderly well-loved men in the progentleman
clad neatly in a fession," says former
three-piece suit, white Muhammad Ali trainer
flecks in his charcoal hair, Angelo Dundee,
stood off to the side.
Born in Mississippi,
Spotting him, a youth ex- Fu*ch grew up in Detroit
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lenaea nis nana, "it's nice a,,u ms amaicur duxto
meet a living legend," he *n8 career at the Detroit
said. The gentleman just Athletic Association,
smiled.
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, , , good fighters there," Futch
In the world of boxing, reca?ed ..Joc Louis>
Eddie Futch ? legendary. Ho,man wi|liams , had
His collaborations with always been on the top of
fighters Don Jordan, Joe , pLa(, , ,
? , my sport, basketball, but
Fraz.er, Ken Norton - and here , was ,ow man Qn (he
now Larry Holmes- have totem ,c s0 , trained
yielded champion after reijgious|y,"
champion, success after
success. Futch sparred with Louis
frequently. "Joe liked to
Futch is one of the most use me for speed." Futch
revered trainers in the fight remembers. "But I knew
game today. A keen sense his moves. That's how I
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After winning several amateurs he trained whc
local amateur titles, Futch ^ not# become profestook
a non-paying coaching s'ona| fighters. One is i
position in. 1939. Making dentist, the other a surgeon
his way through the
amateur ranks as a coach "I feel it's a trainer's jot
and trainer, Futch eventual- to encourage," Futch said
ly turned his sights to the "But, sometimes, it's hi;
pro ranks. In 1958, he saw job to discourage. I've tolc
Eddie Jordan ? one of his many amateurs that the pre
fighters -- win the world game is not for them."
welterweight title. Since
then, Futch's good judg- ''He's one of the greates
ment and experience have ira>ners 01 an ume, say
aided 13 champions. International Boxini
Federation heavy weigh
champion Larry Holmes.
Besides Holmes and
Frazier, Futch has worked And '"Holmes shouh
with Harold Johnson, know.
Michael Spinks, Marvin
Camel, Hedgemon Lewis, For the past three years
Antonio Gomez, Bobby Futch, 72, has been ir
Chacon, Mando Ramos strumental in Holmes' cor
and Alexis Arguello. tinued success in the ring.
"He's added a lot to m
"I usually become emo- corner since Day One,
tionally involved with the Holmes says. "He instill
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