Gilbert Thomas Clancy (May 30, 1922 – March 31, 2011) was a Hall of Fame boxing trainer and one of the most noted boxing commentators of the 1980s and 1990s. He worked with such famous boxers as Muhammad Ali,

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, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman, as well as

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in his fight with Foreman. In the 1990s, he worked with

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, coming out of retirement to do so. Another fighter who Clancy trained was

Emile Griffith Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013) was a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who won world titles in three weight divisions. He held the world light middleweight, undisputed welterweight, and middleweight ...

. Clancy was Griffith's first and only trainer and guided him to world championships in the welterweight and middleweight classes. He is a member of the

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. In 1983, he won the

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for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism. As a broadcaster, he worked for

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and HBO and was ringside for the famous " No Mas" fight between Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard, as well as the " One For The Ages" fight between Michael Moorer and George Foreman. Clancy also hosted and produced ''Gil Clancy's Boxing Journal'' on the FNN/ Score cable TV network.

Personal life

Clancy and his wife, Nancy, had six children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

References

External links

Ken Buchanan website
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