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Lou Duva, Boxing Promoter, Manager and Trainer, Dies at 94By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN-nytimes.com Lou Duva, front left, a trainer for Evander Holyfield, after Holyfield captured the heavyweight title with a knockout of Buster Douglas in 1990. Credit Douglas C. Pizac/Associated Press Lou Duva, one of boxing’s most formidable figures as a promoter, manager and trainer in a ring career spanning seven decades, died on Wednesday in Paterson, N.J. He was 94. Boxing legend Lou Duva dead at 94By George Willis - nypost.com In a sport known for colorful characters, there was none more gregarious than Lou Duva. Lou Duva, legendary trainer and boxing Hall of Famer, dead at 94BY Bryan Adams In boxing there are categories of interest that spark debates from the masses. There's the question of who is the greatest boxer, greatest puncher, best referee and best trainer but there is no debate on who is the best corner man. Wednesday the boxing world lost the greatest corner man ever in Lou Duva who was 94 years old. Legendary cornerman/manager Lou Duva dead at 94:"He was our Yogi Berra"Kevin Iole - yahoo.com Lou Duva was the quintessential boxing lifer: Gruff, hard-boiled on the outside and lovable and caring on the inside. Boxing Hall of Famer Lou Duva, who handled 19 champs, dies at 94Dan Rafael ESPN Senior Writer Lou Duva, the beloved International Boxing Hall of Fame manager and trainer who worked with 19 world titleholders and had about a million stories from his roughly 70 years of involvement in the sport, died on Wednesday of natural causes at a hospital in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey. He was 94.
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