Dan Birmingham

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Dan Birmingham is a boxing coach . He lives in the US Saint Petersburg , Florida . Former IBF - WBA - WBO - and WBC world champion at light middleweight . Ronald Wright was trained exclusively by him, as was former IBF super middleweight world champion Jeff Lacy .

Since 2009 he has coached the current WBC world champion and WBA welterweight champion , Keith Thurman , who suffered his first and so far only defeat on April 4, 2017, Danny García (33-0-0).

In addition, Birmingham was the first coach of the IBF and two-time WBC light heavyweight champion , Chad Dawson .

Awards

In 2004 and 2005, Birmingham was named Trainer of the Year by the BWAA .

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