- Ray Arcel
Ray Arcel (
August 30 ,1899 –March 6 ,1994 ) was a boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s. He trained eighteen world champions.Arcel was born in
Terre Haute, Indiana . He grew up inHarlem and graduated fromStuyvesant High School in 1917. [cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE5DD163DF93BA35750C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print |title=Ray Arcel, Trainer Who Handled Many Boxing Stars, Is Dead at 94 |date=1994-03-08 |first=Phil |last=Berger |publisher=New York Times |accessdat=2007-11-02] He began training fighters at Stillman's Gym, near the old location ofMadison Square Garden on 8th Avenue, in the 1920s. The champions he trained wereEzzard Charles ,Jim Braddock ,Barney Ross ,Bob Olin ,Tony Zale ,Billy Soose ,Ceferino Garcia ,Lou Brouillard ,Teddy Yarosz ,Freddie Steele ,Jackie Kid Berg ,Alfonso Frazier ,Abe Goldstein ,Frankie Genaro ,Sixto Escobar ,Charley Phil Rosenberg ,Roberto Duran andLarry Holmes . [cite book
last = Anderson
first = Dave
title = In the Corner
publisher = William & Morrow Co.
date = 1991
location = New York, New York
pages = 119
isbn = 0688094465]After some disputes with Jim Norris and the International Boxing Club in the 1950s, Arcel retired from training until returning in the 1970s to work with
Alfonso Frazier andRoberto Duran . After Duran quit in his second fight against Ray Leonard, Arcel helped prepareLarry Holmes for his fight againstGerry Cooney . He retired from training after that fight.He died on March 6, 1994, at the age of 94.
References
External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6859314 Ray Arcel at Find-A-Grave]
* [http://web.indstate.edu/community/vchs/wvp/!arcelra.pdf Ray Arcel at Wabash Valley Profiles]
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