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The CORNER MAN
Gary Smith
November 02, 1987
Angelo Dundee may be fresh out of top fighters, but he's still sticking and moving and keeping himself at the top of a very tough business.
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November 02, 1987

The Corner Man

Angelo Dundee may be fresh out of top fighters, but he's still sticking and moving and keeping himself at the top of a very tough business.

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THE WIFE: They're dying. One by one, all of Angelo's breed in boxing, they're dying.

THE BROTHER: All this screaming, he never used to do all this screaming. I don't know what's gotten into him. It's embarrassing.

THE BOXING WRITER: Ever see anybody tell a doctor to get the f——away from a patient on live television before? He scared that poor doctor to death.

THE CORNER MAN: It's not me! It's somebody else in there, trying to do his job. It's not me!

THE FRIEND: The perfect name. Angelo. An angelic man.

THE WIFE: Look at him. Working harder than he ever did in his life, getting more upset than ever at fights. I keep telling him to relax, that he's at the age to enjoy life. I'm afraid he's going to have a heart attack.

THE TV MATCHMAKER: Great television, isn't he? I try selling my bosses on a Troy Darrell fight, they say, "Who's he?" I tell them Angelo Dundee will be in his corner, and their eyes light up.

THE TV COMMENTATOR: Most amazing personality change I've ever seen. Outside the ring, the gentlest, sweetest man on earth. Put him in the corner of a ring and he's King Kong.

THE CORNER MAN: It's not me! I feel terrible when I see him on tape. It's not me!

THE FRIEND: Don't be fooled. That man knows exactly what he's doing and saying every second in the ring. Never been a motivator like him.

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