George Benton

George Benton (born May 15, 1933 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA ; † September 9, 2011 ) was an American boxer and boxing coach.

Boxing career

Benton had his first bout as an amateur at the age of 13. At the age of 16 he got into professional business. He was active from 1949 to 1970. He was able to beat some notable opponents, including the later world heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis and the later world middleweight champion Joey Giardello , and was considered the best middleweight boxer in the early 1960s. Nevertheless, he never managed to achieve a world title. He played a total of 76 professional fights and was able to make 62 victorious (37 by knockout ), he lost 13 and one was a draw. Benton is one of the few boxers who never went down in their entire career.

Coaching career

Benton is without a doubt the best boxing coach of all time. So he led southpaw Johnny Bumphus in 1984 to the WBA light welterweight world champion. From 1984 to 1992 he trained with Lou Duva Evander Holyfield . He also trained Joe Frazier . Rocky Lockridge was under his wing in Superferdegewicht world champion of the WBA and the IBF and Meldrick Taylor champion of the IBF and the WBA welterweight Halbwelter-.

The three-time world champion in light, two-time world champion in the half welter and world champion in welterweight and Hall of Famer Pernell Whitaker was trained exclusively by him and Duva.

Benton was the first boxing coach to receive the Eddie Futch Award for "World Coach of the Year" from the BWAA in 1989 . The following year, Benton received this award again.

In 2001, George Benton was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a trainer .

Trained boxers

Web links

George Benton in the BoxRec database

personal data
SURNAME	Benton, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American boxer and boxing coach
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	September 9, 2011