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  IBHOF / Ray Arcel
In September 1953, in front of a Boston hotel, Arcel was struck on the head with a lead pipe.
Arcel capped his career with three years of work with Larry Holmes, training him for his title defense versus Gerry Cooney in 1982.
Arcel trained over two thousand boxers and won the admiration and respect of his fighters, his peers, and the media.
www.ibhof.com /arcel.htm   (474 words)

  
 Boxingfanatics.com
The stage was set for the first super fight of the eighties, a Sugar Ray Leonard-Roberto Duran showdown.
The undefeated media darling Sugar Ray was the slight gambling favorite, and all the hype surrounding Leonard genuinely bothered Duran.
If Sugar Ray Robinson is the boxing God, Roberto Duran would have to be Jesus for after the rise and fall, there would be redemption in grand style.
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 Ray Leonard vs. Carlos Monzon, at 160 - Page 2 - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board   (Site not responding. Last check: )
No complaining in the corner, no pain, no grimacing nothing..Ray arcel said himself to Cossell that he did not know of this after the fight and that he would not work Duran's corner again....Later he recanted this, but the fact is Duran never had cramps etc..he simply was humiliated...
Is Duran a professional and his job, the reason he got paid millions is because we the paying public should assume that he knows his job is the be at 147 or less on the night of the fight or when they weigh in.
Hagler could have won if he pressed ray when he had all his energy first, then kept up the pressure, because ray did not have the strength nor stamina to keep hagler at bay or stay away.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /cbzforum/showthread.php?p=32557   (2248 words)

  
 Trainer Ray Arcel: Ring Poet and Doc of Sock | TheSweetScience.com Boxing   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Arcel trained to be a boxer at Grupp's Gymnasium on 116th Street and Eighth Avenue for the same reason people train to be boxers today.
Ray Arcel was born to Russian-Jewish immigrants in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 30, 1899.
Arcel's mother died when he was four and his father moved the family from the Midwest to the mean streets of turn of the century New York, first to the Lower East Side and then to Harlem.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1770/trainer-ray-arcel-ring-poet-doc-sock   (1071 words)

  
 Ray Arcel
Ray Arcel trained 20 World Boxing Champions—his first in 1923 and his fighters won World titles.
Ray handled more than 2,000 fighters during his 70-year career in the ring, and none of them was ever seriously hurt.
Arcel was elected to The Ring magazine’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 1982 and most recent in 1982.
www.jewishsports.net /biopages/RayArcel.htm   (162 words)

  
 Senior Women Web > Articles
Stephanie then told me she was married to Ray Arcel, a trainer, who trained most of the great boxers of our time.
It was a thrill for me to listen to Ray and Eddie talk boxing, and although Eddie was then handicapped by Parkinson's disease, his memory was still strong, and the two of them dredged up long forgotten names of the past.
Ray would spar with Eddie, telling him to keep up his dukes and although Ray was then 90 and Eddie 75, Ray was definitely in charge.
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 Amazon.com: "Ray Arcel": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whitey Bimstein and Ray Arcel were the most famous trainers of any ethnic group.
When a fighter had Ray in his corner it was like having his mother, his father, and a Saint Bernard.
Watching him charge at opponents produced an effect that Ray Arcel, a great trainer who was also a lover of A. Housman's...
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 Roberto Duran, Born to be Champion
Veteran trainers Ray Arcel, who had worked with the likes of Benny Leonard, Tony Zale, and Ezzard Charles along with Freddie Brown, a former cut-man of Rocky Marciano and student of Charley Goldman, were brought in to help develop Roberto into a complete fighter.
Duran succeeded in the graduate school of pugilism that Arcel and Brown instructed.
He took control, attacking and driving Leonard to the ropes, bulling him back, hitting him with lefts and rights to the body as he maneuvered the champion against the ropes from corner to corner.” Duran was relentless as he pressured, mauled, and pounded his way to a unanimous decision.
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 Jewish Sports Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ray Arcel trained 20 World boxing champions--his first in 1923 and his most recent in 1982.
Ray was elected to Ring Magazine’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 1982 (the first trainer), and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
Arcel handled over two-thousand fighters during his 70-year ring career, and none of them was ever seriously hurt.
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 RAY ARCEL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ray Arcel trained 20 world champions in his boxing career - the first in 1923 and the last in 1982.
In 1982, Ray became the first of only two trainers elected into the Boxing Hall of Fame.
Ray handled more than 2,000 fighters in his career (70 years in the ring), and non of these fighters was ever seriously hurt.
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 The Great Trainers and Fighters on Dempsey: Simply The Best - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Arcel’s verdict on the Manassa Mauler was thus: “Dempsey would have absolutely beaten any fighter who came after him — without a doubt.
Ray Arcel was also a witness to the chilling incident and recalled that the punch nearly decapitated Galento.
Upon reading allot of what Arcel and others had to say about Dempsey a fresh observer would find it hard to believe he was ever beaten, but what they constantly underline is much of what his detractors (the modern scene) don't see.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /cbzforum/showthread.php?t=2052   (5754 words)

  
 Understanding Boxing Skill
Legendary trainer Ray Arcel once asked one of his fighter’s “What is your best weapon?” The fighter replied, “My left hook.” “No”, said Arcel.
Arcel pointed to his head to give the correct answer.
Benny Leonard, the great lightweight champion of the teens and 20's, was just the type of fighter that Ray Arcel considered as one who knew how to think in the ring.
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 Senior Women Web > Articles
Ray told us stories of the days before the Civil Rights era when he was trainer for Ezzard Charles, World Heavyweight Champion, and he couldn't get him a room at a downtown hotel in Salt Lake City.
Ray was expressing to us his outrage and his grief over the stupidity of human behavior.
When Stephanie and Ray Arcel went on a trip to Spain some years ago, I gave them Elke's phone number.
www.seniorwomen.com /articles/articlesHarrisFriends1.html   (1308 words)

  
 Duran the greatest - Boxing Forum
I believe when Ray wound up his right and smacked the crap out of Duran that Duran was looking foolish.Or when Ray with his hands down to his sides sticking his chin out there and daring Duran to try to hit him.THAT WAS FUNNY.
Arcel was one of several people in the corner.
Arcel was very close to a nervous breakdown over this fight.
www.eastsideboxing.com /forum/showthread.php?t=15095   (1595 words)

  
 Rob Pilger's Boxing Performance Blog Delivering Real World No BS Training Info
The taxing and over training that come with it withers fighters and their desire to fight more often as they must if they want to stay sharp and blossom.
Again, Floyd is a really good fighter, he has amazing skills when he wants to use them, but he doesn't take the risks that the true greats did to live in history.
A casual fan can name numerous Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman, Barrera, Holyfield,Tommy Hearns, and Roberto Duran opponents cause they took risks in tough fights.
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 Jokes lost in modern sport's chase for money and glory Independent, The (London) - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One night Arcel was in the corner of a boy pacifist whose repugnance for violence was aggravated by the punches his adversary kept bouncing off his chin.
His knees were wobbly, but he managed to stay upright for a full circuit of the ring.
Arsenal strode out for the 1950 FA Cup final without their Scottish international inside-forward Jimmy Logie, who had sneaked from the dressing-room to telephone for the result of a dog race at Hackney Wick.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20051202/ai_n15907662   (738 words)

  
 Jo Sports Inc.
History: Ray Arcel trained over 2000 fighters during his life and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
Presented here is a signed note Ray Arcel sent to Frank and Eve Shain.
Full description: Ray Arcel has boldly signed this 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" note in fl ink.
www.josportsinc.com /catalog/view.php?id=5387   (105 words)

  
 Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (1985) (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The relationship between Ray and his older brother made the movie more real.
An inspiration to any Italian kid who wants to be a boxer, The Boom Boom Mancini story is a forgotten movie that shouldn't be.
Maybe with some bonus feature and an interview with Ray Mancini, this movie could make its way to DVD someday.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0089261   (289 words)

  
 Joe Calzaghe Tête-À-Tête with Sugar Ray | TheSweetScience.com Boxing   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Brown, with a face like a battered ear, was seventy-three, Arcel, hugely respected in the business, was eighty-two when Duran and Leonard fought for Leonard’s title.
In his excellent book Sugar Ray Leonard and Other Noble Warriors, Sam Toperoff wrote: “Ray opted to brawl and maul, slug and mug with the man who had written the book on such tactics.
I disagree Major, although there is a lot of unknown variables as to why Duran QUIT in their 2nd fight, you can't deny that Leonard put on one of the most brilliant performances in boxing to date.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/4517/joe-calzaghe-sugar-ray   (1418 words)

  
 AP Wire | 12/07/2006 | Duran, Whitaker head boxing Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mostly a brawler who overwhelmed opponents in his early fights, Duran then came under the guidance of Hall of Fame trainer Ray Arcel.
Although Duran's opponents included a half-dozen Hall of Famers, his most famous fights were with Sugar Ray Leonard, whom he fought three times in the 1980s.
Duran defeated an unbeaten Leonard in Montreal in June 1980 to claim the WBC welterweight title.
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 The Official Web Site of Roberto Duran :: Biography
Eleta then hired renowned trainers Ray Arcel and Freddie Brown to streamline Duran's relentless style and teach him cunning defensive strategies.
In a career that spans five decades, Duran went on to be the WBC Lightweight Champion, WBC Welterweight Champion, WBA Light Middleweight Champion, WBC Middleweight Champion and WBA Junior Middleweight Champion.
Seemingly endless stamina and persistent ferocity have pitted him against many of the world's best light and middleweight fighters, arguably making Roberto Duran one of the 10 best boxers of all time.
www.cmgworldwide.com /sports/duran/bio.html   (312 words)

  
 Movie Info for Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story on MSN Movies
The career of boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is the subject of the made-for-TV biopic.
Son Ray carries on the tradition into the 1980s, battling his way towards the WBA crown.
Heart of a Champion's executive producer was Rocky star Sylvester Stallone, who (it says here) staged the boxing sequences.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=476576   (126 words)

  
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Burman, Joe: Bold inscribed to Ray Arcel ink signature on sepia 6 1/2 x 8 V2 photo in fight pose.
Phillips, Jackie: Bold white ink inscribed to Ray Arcel signature on sepia 4 1/4x 7 posed photo.
Ward, George: Inscribed to Ray Arcel signature on sepia 5 x 7 promo photo in fight pose.
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 Ringside and Training Principles -
It may not be 'Requiem for a Heavyweight', ' In This Corner' or ' Rope Burns', but 'Ringside and Training Principles', written under the auspices of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is a 174-page gem in its own right that belongs on the shelves of every boxer, trainer, manager and fan.
No, it won't turn young fighters (who this book is really geared for) into Sugar Ray Robinon or fledgling trainers into Ray Arcel.
But what this book does is dispense some good old-fashion common sense regarding the fight game from some of its biggest practitioners.
www.maxboxing.com /Kim/kim070601.asp   (1535 words)

  
 Boxing Memorabilia, Boxing Autographs, Boxing Collectibles, Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano from their famous fight, with Robinson turning his back on Graziano after knocking him down.
A 4 1/2 x 6 picture of Rocky Graziano during the fight, he is partly obscured by the referee in the picture.
A 4x5 color picture of Sugar Ray Robinson in casual clothes, on the reverse is a signed color picture of Graziano in a suit.
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 The Campaign For Stuyvesant - Think Backs and Memorials
The son of David and Rosa Arcel, Ray was born Aug. 30, 1899, at 812 S. Fourth St. His father managed Addie’s Confectionary (named after Ray’s paternal grandmother Adelia) at 113 S. Fourth St., next to Albert Fiess’ harness shop.
For several years Ray was a purchasing agent for Meehanite Metal Corp., serving as cornerman in his spare time.
and Ramel Arcel, an aunt and uncle, are buried at Highland Lawn Cemetery.
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 GRAND SLAM PREMIUM BOXING SERVICE
He has some moves that were re-invented in the art of boxing." A great ring mechanic and vicious body puncher, McCallum won his light-middleweight crown from Sean Mannion in 1984 and made quality defences against Luigi Minchillo, David Braxton, Julian Jackson, Said Skouma, Milton McCrory and Donald Curry.
MASTER OF DEFENCE: The wonderful Nicolino Locche of Argentina was once hailed by legendary trainer Ray Arcel as having greater talent than Willie Pep.
Locche's nickname was El Intocable (the untouchable one) and he certainly lived up to it in a career that saw him lose just four times in 136 fights.
grandslampage.net /44954.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*   (549 words)

  
 IBHOF / Boxing Bibliography
Subjects include Ray Arcel, Jackie Blackburn, Charley Goldman, Whitey Bimstein, Mannie Seamon, Freddie Brown, Al Silvani and Eddie Futch.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist from the New York Times interviews Kevin Rooney, Goody Petronelli, Angelo Dundee, George Benton, Jackie McCoy, Ray Arcel, Bill Slayton, Lou Duva, Emanuel Steward, Gil Clancy, Eddie Futch and Riche Giachetti.
Subjects include Riddick Bowe, Mike Tyson, Ray Leonard, George Foreman and others.
www.ibhof.com /ibhfbibl.htm   (1205 words)

  
 TIME.com: "iNo M -- Dec. 8, 1980 -- Page 1
It was how Duran fought: with a burning-eyed fury that was atavistic, nihilistic, merciless in his rage to win.
When he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard last June to strip the Olympic hero of his welterweight crown, Duran at last won recognition as not only the fiercest but perhaps also the finest fighter of his time.
The sneer was gone." Still, Ray Arcel, 81, Duran's cornerman, was stunned when his man quit.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,922184,00.html   (711 words)

  
 Pugilistica Boxing Memorabilia
Ray Arcel Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame Trophy
I have an interest in many of the Black and African American fighters of the 19th and early 20th century and also with the Victorian era of Bare-Knuckle Boxing in England and America so I will be offering lots of Interesting Items in these categories.
Boxing as many of you know has had more interesting characters involved in it then all the other sports combined, due to the ego involved and the supreme sacrifice the participants must make to become the best at what they do.
www.pugilistica.com   (541 words)

  
 RING 8 ROLL CALL
Sugar Ray Robinson said Levine hit him with the hardest punch of his career.
Had Sugar Ray down for 21 second long count before Robinson KO'd him in the 10th in 1946.
Trained at Stillmans Gym under the tutelage of Ray Arcel and Steve Klaus.
www.trufanboxing.com /ring_8_roll_call.htm   (3205 words)

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