Tommy Brooks (born June 6, 1954 in

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the stat ...

) is a

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trainer and a former boxer. He is best known as the trainer of

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Amateur boxing career

As an amateur Brooks was the 1975 National AAU Middleweight champion.

Professional boxing career

Brooks turned pro and had a reported career record of 7-3. After his boxing career he became a trainer.

Boxing Trainer

Among the boxers/boxing world champions who have trained under Brooks at some point of their career are: *

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* Michael Grant *

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* Vassiliy Jirov *

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* Johnny Bumphus * Meldrick Taylor * Charles Murray * Freddie Pendleton *

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* Shaun George * Yuri Foreman *

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* David Price

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