Also Angelo Dundee has been a major influence in my life and then my family - particularly my mum.

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"If I could find a boxer as good as Howard Winstone I would make millions, " said the great trainer Angelo Dundee after Winstone outclassed his Cuban fighter Baby Louis.

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At the suggestion of my friend, Bobby, who is Ali trainer Angelo Dundee's nephew, I driven 700 miles to Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, where Ali was preparing for a world title defense.

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Finding me at a bar in Las Vegas before or after some title fight, he would introduce me to the likes of Leon Spinks or Angelo Dundee or Gerry Cooney.

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