FOR HOLMES, BUTLER WAS INSPIRATIONAL THE FORMER CHAMP’S FIRST TRAINER, EARNEE BUTLER DIES AT AGE 76.
By Andre D. Williams ·
Famed boxing trainer Earnee Butler used to like to corner former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes — in the ring and in the car. Butler always had a story about his own professional boxing career, which included 91 wins and 13 losses as a welterweight. “He used to tell me about…
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