Ali Trainer Dundee Dead at Age 90

WSJ sports columnist Gordon Marino checks in on Mean Street to remember legendary boxing cornerman Angelo Dundee, who has died at the age of 90. Photo: AP.

Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee died Wednesday night from heart-related issues, according to his son, Jimmy. He was 90 years old.

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Angelo Dundee in Miami Beach, Fla. March 14, 1969.

The son of Italian immigrants, Dundee was born Aug. 30, 1921, in Philadelphia. He trained such boxing luminaries as Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and George Foreman.

Hours before he died Wednesday, Dundee was still enthusiastically talking about boxing with The Wall Street Journal, including about the match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto scheduled for May 5 in Las Vegas.

"It is a great bout," Dundee said, "but for the good of boxing, the winner has to fight [Manny Pacquiao]."