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Dan Birmingham

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Dan Birmingham is a boxing trainer based in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA,[1] who is best known for his work with the former World Light Middleweight Champion Winky Wright. Birmingham has been training Wright since he began his boxing career, and remained with him till his retirement.

Birmingham is the trainer of the 2000 Olympian and former IBF Super middleweight Champion, Jeff Lacy (a fellow St. Petersburg native) and the highly regarded boxing prospect, Chad Dawson. Birmingham is also the trainer of current world champion Keith Thurman and world title challenger Edner Cherry.

References

  1. ^ Hauser, Thomas (1 December 2008). The Boxing Scene. Temple University Press. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-1-59213-977-4. Retrieved 1 May 2011.