succesful trainers with few/no fights

I can't think of any off the top of my head besides Lester Ellis's brother/trainer Keith.

Any more? (some bio info would be great too)

By the way, Keith Ellis fought once to my knowledge, because him and Lester had an argument about who had the harder job.

Enzo Calzaghe had no fights didn't he? Done very well considering.

Ray Arcel (maybe bopxing's greatest trainer ever)
Angelo Dundee (Ali, Ray Leonard, Jose Napoles)
Al Certo (Buddy McGirt among others)
Gil Clancy (Foreman among others)
Richie Giachetti (Holmes)
Panama Lewis (the Hawk)
Nacho Beristain (The Marquez Bros)
Cuyo Hernandez (Olivares and Zarate)

And that's off the top of my head in about three minutes.

Boxing and training boxers are very different skill sets.

I have a question related to this topic, but I am more interested in becoming a referee.

I have a passion for boxing, but know in my heart it's just good recreation and fitness for myself. That does not stop me from wanting to be part of the sport though.

So I was curious, where do you start in the world of 'reffing? I'm guessing just starting with local, but where do you get permitted or whatever?

I live in California if that helps lol. Thanks every one.

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Originally Posted by BigSkinny87

I have a question related to this topic, but I am more interested in becoming a referee.

I have a passion for boxing, but know in my heart it's just good recreation and fitness for myself. That does not stop me from wanting to be part of the sport though.

So I was curious, where do you start in the world of 'reffing? I'm guessing just starting with local, but where do you get permitted or whatever?

I live in California if that helps lol. Thanks every one.

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Have a look through this site About Us | USA Boxing. Most of the rules for officiating and coaching come down from the AIBA, filtered to w/e body runs the sport in your country. In your case, USA Amateur Boxing would be the place to begin. There are usually clinics held, where you can go, pay an amount to both learn, then be tested and receive a level of certification. Ofc being involved with a gym is a huge factor, because you'll need the experience outside of the day or 2 clinics to hone the craft throughout the year and to advance through the ranks.

I don't know much about the officiating part, so you'll have to do that research for yourself, but I'm sure there are links and e-mails on that site to get you going.

Cus D'Amato one of the famous trainers in the United States trained Rocky Graziano, but lost him to another manager. He went on to train and manage Jose Torres, Floyd Patterson, Vinnie Ferguson, and Mike Tyson (who later left him). He also toutored other trainers such as Teddy Atlas, Kevin Rooney and Joe Fariello.
Cus D'Amato had ONE amateur fight in his career which he won. After the match, it was discovered that D'Amato was blind in one eye and his boxing career was over. He then went on to open his first gym.