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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. [1]
As an amateur Brooks was the 1975 National AAU Middleweight champion.
Brooks turned pro and had a reported career record of 7-3. After his boxing career he became a trainer.
Among the boxers/boxing world champions who have trained under Brooks at some point of their career are:
- ^ Dunn, Katherine (2009). One Ring Circus: Dispatches from the World of Boxing. Schaffner Press, Incorporated. p. 187. ISBN 9780980139426. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- Boxing record for Tommy Brooks from BoxRec (registration required)
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- Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers
- American boxing trainers
- Living people
- 1954 births
- Sportspeople from Knoxville, Tennessee
- Boxers from Tennessee
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- American male boxers
- African-American boxers
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
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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. [1]
As an amateur Brooks was the 1975 National AAU Middleweight champion.
Brooks turned pro and had a reported career record of 7-3. After his boxing career he became a trainer.
Among the boxers/boxing world champions who have trained under Brooks at some point of their career are:
- ^ Dunn, Katherine (2009). One Ring Circus: Dispatches from the World of Boxing. Schaffner Press, Incorporated. p. 187. ISBN 9780980139426. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- Boxing record for Tommy Brooks from BoxRec (registration required)
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| This biographical article related to an American boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers
- American boxing trainers
- Living people
- 1954 births
- Sportspeople from Knoxville, Tennessee
- Boxers from Tennessee
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- American male boxers
- African-American boxers
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- American boxing biography stubs