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Ramil "Ray" Arcel (August 30, 1899 – March 7, 1994) was an American boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s. He trained 20 world champions.
- Ray Arcel’s Boxing Background
- Ray Arcel Becomes A Trainer
- Benny Leonard
- The Meat Wagon
- Ray Arcel vs The Mob
- Roberto Duran
- Fighters Trained by Ray Arcel
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One would be hard-pressed to find a trainer with a resume that comes close to that of Ray Arcel, who trained a record 22 world champions during a career which stretched from the 1920s to the 1980s, and included stints in charge of such all-time greats as Benny Leonard, Ezzard Charles, Roberto Duranand Larry Holmes. One of two children of David and ...
The lessons the young Ray Arcel would learn under the stewardship ofDai Dollings and Frank ‘Doc’ Bagley might not have set him on the road to fistic glory, but they laid the foundations for him becoming one of New York’s most in demand young trainers. In fact, Arcel proved to be such a precociously talented boxing coach that while still in his earl...
Before the advent of Roberto Duran, Benny Leonard was almost universally recognized as the greatest lightweight of all time. Leonard was one of the first “boxer-punchers”, possessing superb skill, speed and footwork, but also blessed with KO power. Leonard KO’d Freddie Welsh to win the world lightweight title aged just 21 in 1917, and was virtually...
If most boxing experts believe that Muhammad Aliwas the greatest heavyweight champion of all time, the man usually coming in second is Joe Louis. Louis reigned as world heavyweight champion for 11 years from 1937 to 1948 and made a record 25 title defenses. Ray Arcel trained 13 fighters who faced Louis 14 times, before he became champion, in title ...
At the start of the 1950’s Arcel was keen to move into the more lucrative promotional end of boxing. Arcel along with two of his colleagues came up with the idea for a regular Saturday night boxing slot on TV, then pitched it to the ABC network, who loved the idea. “The Saturday Night Fights” was first broadcast in January 1953, and proved an insta...
In 1971, Ray Arcel had been outside of the boxing game for 16 years. He had been fully focused on the steel industry, and had done very well for himself financially – earning far more than he had as a boxing trainer. However that September he got a call from an old friend of his named Carlos Eleta. Eleta was a Panamanian who managed Latin fighters,...
Ray Arcel trained literally dozens of fighters, at least 20 of them world champions. In no particular order they were: Ezzard Charles, Jim Braddock, Bob Olin, Tony Zale, Barney Ross, Billy Soose, Ceferino Garcia, Lou Brouillard, Teddy Yarosz, Freddie Steele, Jackie (Kid) Berg, Kid Gavilan, Alfonso (Peppermint) Frazer, Abe Goldstein, Frankie Genaro,...
Learn about Ray Arcel, the legendary boxing trainer who worked with 22 world champions, including Benny Leonard, Ezzard Charles, Roberto Duran and Larry Holmes. Discover his early career, his training methods, his famous fights and his legacy in this comprehensive biography.
Mar 8, 1994 · Ray Arcel, a boxing trainer who handled numerous champions in a career that dated back to the 1920's, died yesterday. He was 93.
One of the most respected men in the history of boxing, Ray Arcel trained a record twenty world champions. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1899, Arcel grew up in a tough New York City neighborhood.
Arcel, Ray (b. 30 August 1899 in Terre Haute, Indiana; d. 7 March 1994 in New York City), boxing trainer who handled twenty-two world champions, including Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Jim Braddock, Tony Zale, Billy Soose, Ezzard Charles, and Roberto Duran.
Mar 9, 1994 · Ray Arcel crouched under thousands of corners peering up at thousands of fighters. And with his death Monday, the not-so-sweet science will never have another quite like him.
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Oct 6, 2005 · Ray Arcel, one of the most successful boxing trainers in a career spanning six decades, died Monday in New York City at the age of 94, his wife said. Arcel trained 19 champions, including...
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