Tommy Brooks
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Tommy Brooks (born June 6, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a boxing trainer and a former boxer. He is best known as the trainer of Evander Holyfield.{{cite book|last=Dunn|first=Katherine|title=One Ring Circus: Dispatches from the World of Boxing|url=https://archive.org/details/oneringcircusdis00dunn|url-access=registration|accessdate=25 May 2015|year=2009|publisher=Schaffner Press, Incorporated|isbn=9780980139426|page=[https://archive.org/details/oneringcircusdis00dunn/page/187 187]}}
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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- Evander Holyfield
- Mike Tyson
- Michael Grant
- Larry Donald
- Vitali Klitschko
- Wladimir Klitschko
- Vassiliy Jirov
- Mike McCallum
- Johnny Bumphus
- Meldrick Taylor
- Charles Murray
- Freddie Pendleton
- Rocky Lockridge
- Junior Jones
- Shaun George
- Yuri Foreman
- Tony Jeffries
- David Price
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References
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External links
- {{boxrec|id=066509}}
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Category:Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers
Category:American boxing trainers
Category:Sportspeople from Knoxville, Tennessee
Category:Boxers from Tennessee
Category:Light-heavyweight boxers
Category:African-American boxers
Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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