On a chilly May night in 1955, Archie Moore defeated Nino Valdez in a 15-round heavyweight fight at the old Cashman Field in downtown Las Vegas. It was not a title fight, though its promoters tried to bill it that way. It was, though, if you take Las...

Then came their memorable verbal exchange, and Dundee’s lasting fame in boxing’s nefarious world was assured. Angelo still was in Ali’s corner Oct. 2, 1980, when his fighter, far over the hill at 38, absorbed a fearsome and fearful beating from Larry...

He also worked with George Foreman in 1994, when Foreman defeated then undefeated heavyweight champ Michael Moorer. He trained four of the five fighters to defeat Muhammad Ali; Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick. He also worked...

Hammer had scrambled them. He was in the corner for the Frazier trilogy, and when Ali came off the ropes (which Dundee was accused of loosening to assist the strategy) to knock out George Foreman in Zaire. He was still there at the gruesome end, when...

I also had a chance to meet Angelo Dundee in Canastota and interview him in my days as a sports writer. You're absolutely right. He was one of the nicest, friendliest guys you'll ever meet. One moment I'll always remember from his career happened when...

Four years later, Ali became the second-youngest heavyweight champion, beating Sonny Liston. Dundee was Ali's trainer and corner man through declarations of retirement and ill-conceived comebacks, including his 1980 return to fight heavyweight champion...