What great  boxer formerly known as Cassius Clay along with American former professional boxer and commentator trained at Gleason's Gym?
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Gleason's Gym Gleason's is a boxing gym located on the Brooklyn waterfront. Since 1937, when the gym was founded in the Bronx, boxers with their eyes on Olympic glory or a shot at the title have been training at Gleason's. Fighters who trained at the gym include Jake LaMotta, Roberto Durán, Benny "Kid" Paret, Paulie Malignaggi, Gerry Cooney, and Mike Tyson. Before his first title fight against Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, also trained at Gleason's.
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Paulie Malignaggi Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi ( ; ; born November 23, 1980) is an American boxing commentator and analyst, and former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF junior welterweight title from 2007 to 2008, and the WBA welterweight title from 2012 to 2013. Malignaggi was particularly known for his fast hand speed, athleticism, and durable chin.
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José Nápoles José Ángel Nápoles, nicknamed "Mantequilla" ("Butter", referring to his smooth boxing style), (born April 13, 1940), is a Cuban-Mexican boxer and former World Welterweight Champion. He is frequently ranked as one of the greatest fighters of all time in that division and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. After debuting professionally in Cuba, he fought out of Mexico and became a Mexican citizen.
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Vaughn Bean Vaughn Bean (born September 3, 1974) is an American former professional boxer. Nicknamed "Shake & Bake", Bean is known for making several challenges for world heavyweight titles, each time coming up short.
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Kevin Randleman Kevin Christopher Randleman (August 10, 1971 – February 11, 2016) was an American mixed martial arts fighter and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. Randleman's background was in collegiate wrestling, and he competed in the heavyweight and light heavyweight classes. Randleman had fought in the UFC, PRIDE, WVR, and Strikeforce. He was previously associated with Mark Coleman's Team Hammer House, before training at Randy Couture's gym in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Willie Jorrín Guillermo Jaime Jorrín (born November 12, 1969 in Sacramento, California), known as Willie Jorrín, is a retired Mexican American professional boxer and former WBC Super Bantamweight Champion. Jorrín was trained by five-time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach.
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Buster Douglas James "Buster" Douglas (born April 7, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1990, and 1996 to 1999. He is best known for his stunning upset of Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990 in Tokyo to win the undisputed heavyweight title. At the time Tyson was undefeated and considered to be the best boxer in the world, as well as one of the most feared heavyweight champions in history due to his domination of the division over the previous three years. The only casino to make odds for the fight (all others declining to do so as they considered the fight such a foregone conclusion) had Douglas as a 42-to-1 underdog for the fight, making his victory, in commentator Jim Lampley's words, "The biggest upset in the history of heavyweight championship fights." Douglas held the title for eight months and two weeks, losing on October 25, 1990 to Evander Holyfield via third-round knockout, in his only title defense.
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Angelo Dundee Angelo Dundee (born Angelo Mirena; August 30, 1921February 1, 2012) was an American boxing trainer and cornerman. Best known for his work with Muhammad Ali (1960–1981), he also worked with 15 other world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, José Nápoles, George Foreman, George Scott, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Manuel Rodríguez and Willie Pastrano.
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Gerry Peñalosa Geronimo "Gerry" Peñalosa (born August 7, 1972) is a Filipino former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2010. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC and lineal super flyweight titles from 1997 to 1998, and the WBO bantamweight title from 2007 to 2009. Originally from San Carlos City, Peñalosa currently resides in Manila. He was trained mainly by Freddie Roach, and went on to become a boxing trainer himself after retirement. Peñalosa's older brother, Dodie Boy Peñalosa, is also a former boxer and world champion.
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Donald Curry Donald Curry (born Donald Sample; September 7, 1961) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1991, and in 1997. He held the undisputed welterweight title from 1985 to 1986; the WBC super welterweight title from 1988 to 1989; and challenged once for the IBF and lineal middleweight titles in 1990.
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Joey Gamache Joey Gamache (born May 20, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who held the WBA super featherweight and lightweight titles.
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Danny Cage Daniel McDonald (born December 19, 1973) is an American retired professional wrestler and trainer better known under his ring name, Danny Cage.
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Curtis Schuster Curtis Schuster (born December 9, 1968, is an American former Thai Boxer. He was a two-time world champion in kickboxing and Muay Thai. Schuster's last fight was in 1998 at the "K-1 World GP 1998" in Las Vegas.
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Randall Bailey Randall Bailey (born September 13, 1974) is an American professional boxer. A veteran of the sport for over twenty years, he is a former two-weight world champion, having held the WBO light welterweight title from 1999 to 2000, and the IBF welterweight title in 2012. Additionally, he held the WBA interim light welterweight title in 2002. Nicknamed "The Knock-Out King", Bailey is widely considered to be one of the hardest punchers in boxing.
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Billy Miske Billy Miske, alias "The Saint Paul Thunderbolt" (April 12, 1894 – January 1, 1924), was a professional boxer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. During his tenure as a pugilist he had multiple-bout series with a plethora of all-time greats including Harry Greb, Jack Dempsey, Jack Dillon, Tommy Gibbons, Bill Brennan and Battling Levinsky, among others. Despite a career shortened by illness and an early death, statistical website BoxRec still lists Miske as the No. 26 ranked heavyweight of all-time.
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Rickson Gracie Rickson Gracie (] ; born November 21, 1958) is a Brazilian 9th degree red belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and a retired mixed martial artist. He is a member of the Gracie family: the son of Hélio Gracie, brother to Rorion and Relson Gracie, and half-brother to Rolker, Royce, Robin and Royler Gracie. In November 2014 he became an inductee of the Legends of MMA Hall of Fame, alongside Big John McCarthy, Pat Miletich, and Fedor Emelianenko.
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Kronk Gym Kronk Gym is a boxing gym located in Detroit, once led by trainer Emanuel Steward. It was run out of the basement of the oldest recreation center of the City of Detroit, and became a household word in the sport of boxing and its gold shorts a magnet to young talent following the enormous success and high profile of multiple World Champion and Boxing Hall of Famer Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns in the 1980s.
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Bud Taylor Charles Bernard "Bud" Taylor (July 22, 1903 - March 6, 1962) was an American boxer from Terre Haute, Indiana. Nicknamed the ""Blonde Terror of Terre Haute"", he held the NBA World Bantamweight Championship during his career in 1927. "The Ring Magazine" founder Nat Fleischer rated him as the #5 best bantamweight of all-time. Taylor was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1986 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005. Taylor was trained for much of his career by former Black lightweight boxer, Jack Blackburn.
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Barry Audia Barry Alan Audia (born August 1, 1957) (alias "The Pennington Pounder") is a former professional boxer from Pennington Gap, Virginia. He began his boxing career in the early 1970s and turned professional in 1980. His professional career lasted until his official resignation in 1987. Audia fought as a middleweight for the duration of his career. His ranking as a boxer peaked in the mid-1980s at number 7 in the world.
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Julius Fogle Julius Fogle (born December 2, 1971 in Tacoma, Washington) is a former professional boxer. He was also a recruiter for the United States Army and served 20 years of active duty. After his military and boxing career were over, he started a career as a stand-up comedian and author. His book, which is an autobiography is called, "The Last Round".
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Sérgio Penha Sérgio Luiz da Penha (born August 20, 1959) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and instructor. He is most known for an epic fight against Rickson Gracie in the 1980s. Sergio currently is a coach for well known MMA fighters in Las Vegas such as Stephan Bonnar, Steve Cantwell, Anthony Njokuani among others. Sergio has just received one of the highest honors in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by obtaining his seventh degree red and black belt.
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Jason Dent Jason William Dent (born June 12, 1980) is an American mixed martial artist. The Lightweight competitor has held several regional championships, most recently he won the International Fighting and Boxing League (IFBL) Welterweight Championship. He runs the GriffonRawl MMA Academy in Mentor, Ohio, and previously hosted an MMA oriented radio talk show on WWGK Radio ("AM 1540 KNR2") in Cleveland. and was a competitor on SpikeTV's "".