![]() “So we chose Dundee, ditching our real surname of Mirena.” Life and timesĪngelo was born in 1921 in south Philadelphia before moving to Miami.Ĭhris answered: “Well our favourite boxer at the time was the then-world featherweight champion Johnny Dundee. ![]() “Our parents were Italian immigrants and were very strict with the family so the only way we could box was to change our surname. “When Angelo and I were growing up we were forbidden to box by our father. In his broad Miami accent Chris answered: “Yes sir we are connected with your city of Dundee. “Tommy arranged for me to meet Chris after the bout, which Minus won, and I seized my chance to ask if he and Angelo were, indeed, connected to Dundee.” Boxer Muhammad Ali during a training session in 1963 before his fight with Henry Cooper. “I said I didn’t and Tommy then told me it was Chris Dundee, an older brother of Angelo, and the other part of the great training duo who coached Muhammad Ali and the other 15 world champs they had in their care. ![]() After one of the rounds had been completed, Tommy leaned over to me and asked if I recognised the rather elderly gentleman in Minus’ corner. ![]() “The promoter was Tommy Gilmour who I have known for many years. ![]()
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