Gilbert Thomas "Gil" Clancy (May 30, 1922 – March 31, 2011) was a Hall of Fame boxing trainer and one of the most noted boxing commentators of the 1980s and 1990s. He worked with such famous boxers as Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

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, Joe Frazier

Joe Frazier

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, and George Foreman

George Foreman

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, as well as Gerry Cooney

Gerry Cooney

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 in his fight with Foreman. In the 1990s, he worked with Oscar De La Hoya

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, coming out of retirement to do so. Another fighter whom Clancy trained was Emile Griffith

Emile Griffith

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. Clancy was Griffith's first and only trainer and guided him to world championships in the welterweight and middleweight classes. Clancy is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame

International Boxing Hall of Fame

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. In 1983, he won the Sam Taub Award

Sam Taub Award

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 for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism.

As a broadcaster, he worked for CBS and HBO and was ringside for the famous "No Mas

Leonard-Duran II

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" fight between Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard.

Clancy and his wife, Nancy, had six children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

External links

• Ken Buchanan - Lightweight Champion of the World - Ken Buchanan site with detailed bio, statistics, full fights and more
• http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=27571&more=1