Angelo Dundee

So we're doing what I thought was quite innovative ways of doing it, but we're getting the results.

And then by the time it came for me to leave, I wanted to leave almost like the blueprint of what, i i'd seen happening so i wrote the book liquid thinking based on that and then i self-published it so and then just gave a copy to everybody in the factory so these guys could take it home and many of them we knew over the three years have been taking the stuff and using it with their kids football teams or you know using it but like a couple of guys ended up sort of talking to their local weight watchers clubs and things like that about what they're learning So what I did was I was lucky enough to interview people like Richard Branson and Angelo Dundee.

So I was calling on my own contacts to do it.

So I spent time with them and interviewing them.

I am Dano.

I am the Angelo Dundee of the hip-hop commentary sphere.

For those who don't know, that was Muhammad Ali's trainer.

That was Sugar Ray Leonard's trainer.

So what's gonna win? Uh, Hagler, of course, has the Petronelli brothers.

Leonard has, uh, Ali's trainer, the legendary Angelo Dundee as his trainer, and they devise a plan, and the plan is basically we are not gonna go toe-to-toe with Marvin Hagler.

Like, we will lose that fight.

We're gonna kinda dance, we're gonna jab, and then we're gonna try and steal rounds.

And if you listen to the fight, if you watch the fight, it's on YouTube, you can hear throughout the fight Angelo Dundee yelling, "30," when there's 30 seconds left in the round, and Leonard goes and tries to steal the round.

And literally that happens throughout the entire fight.

Um, [clears throat] but yeah.

Give me a $25 ticket.

I mean, I told him, tell Angelo Dundee to give me a $25 ticket.

And I'm wearing black tonight because he's going to lose.

Ooh.

He was always there for Bobby when he

needed.

Throughout the life, being around him, I have to give tribute to Angelo Dundee, who was his trainer and manager.

Anybody could take a fight and make a beluga out of him.

Now, with both fighters at the top of their respective divisions, it was inevitable that a big showdown was gonna be mentioned between the two.

Angelo Dundee went on record saying Arguello might be the only fighter who had the ability to beat Duran at lightweight.

Now, Alexis was aligned with Don King by 1978, and Duran fought under King Promotions in the third Esteban De Jesus fight.

Plus, both were aired live on the two major television companies in ABC and CBS.

And he's like, I can't go in like this.

So there was a lot of just kind of, you know, it was Angelo Dundee, you know.

Legendary trainer, yeah.

I was lucky enough to interview Angelo Dundee back in 2002 or 2001 2002 and he you know he was like it was like nothing i'd ever been involved with before like we'd been in some strange places with muhammad i'd never been involved in anything like this before

so how was it received by the crowd on the night

Well, those that were there enjoyed the heck out of it, I think.

Al Blue Lewis's trainer, Nathan Elbaum, was another guy whose name escapes me now.

Another guy in the corner gave him, there was brandy in his water at one point.