Arcel attended Stuyvesant High in Lower Manhattan -- a school requiring stiff academic entrance exams -- and often rode to the school by bike. Ray Arcel trained 20 world champions in his boxing career – the first in 1923 and the last in 1982. Ray Arcel (August 30, 1899 – March 6, 1994) was a boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s. The credibility of it as a sport would have been greatly lessened. Arcel dogged the fighter during that period, leaving him no margin for slacking off. "He was a master fighter," Mrs. Arcel said of Leonard, "and Ray liked brains over brawn. His widow said yesterday that he had trained 22 champions, and that his favorite was Leonard, a lightweight who became champion during World War I. Ray Arcel, a boxing trainer who handled numerous champions in a career that dated back to the 1920's, died yesterday. In 1982, Ray became the first of only two trainers elected into the Boxing Hall of Fame. By the time you realized where you were, he'd bang the hell out of you. Tags: … He was unfailingly courteous and well-spoken and carried himself as though an attache case rather than a corner man's satchel belonged in his hands. But he began fighting in weekend amateur bouts, and his interest shifted to boxing. and his fighters won World titles. At one point he intended to be a doctor. "The trainer," Arcel once said, "is the boss. Welterweight, 1980), and Larry Holmes Garcia, and Kid Gavilan are in The Ring magazine’s Jackie Berg, Sixto Escobar, Frankie Genaro, Ceferino Long List of Champions. Tony Marino (Bantamweight, 1936), Freddie Steele (Middleweight, 1937), His trainers Ray Arcel and Freddie Brown knew the answer to that. ‘Resistance’ Pivots To Digital Release, ‘Tape’ Sets Virtual Premiere, Kino Lorber And Music Box Films Launch Online Exhibitions – Specialty Streaming Preview, In This Corner... Boxing's Legendary Heavyweights, Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing, Fighting the Mob: The Story of Carmen Basilio, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. He is survived by his second wife; a son-in-law, Clem Bloch of Ossining, N.Y., and two granddaughters, Mrs. Ed Malloy of Stormville, N.Y., and Jill Bloch of Schenectady, N.Y. See the article in its original context from. He had a genius for devising the right battle plan for his fighters. There's just something about it. " He'd take you by surprise. 1934), Bob Olin (Light-Heavyweight, 1934), James J. Braddock (Heavyweight, 1934), Whitey Bimstein to form the most successful training Arcel was more than a taskmaster, though. ", Rosenberg later promised, "After this fight I'm going to kill Arcel and throw myself in a tub of ice water." none of them was ever seriously hurt.
I burst out laughing.". He talks about running with his fighters and trying to encourage them to live a clean life. Ray Arcel was born on August 30, 1899 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.
When Rosenberg would go to the bathroom to gargle water, Arcel would follow. "I'm watching your Adam's apple," he warned. Ceferino Garcia (Middleweight, 1939), Billy Soose (Middleweight, 1941), Tony Zale (Middleweight, 1946), Ezzard Charles (Heavyweight, 1950), Kid "So don't swallow. ", "It was about the fifth or sixth fight I had against Louis," said Arcel, "and when I took my fighter to the middle of the ring for instructions, Joe looks at me and says: 'You heah again?' Arcel handled 14 of Louis's opponents, and carted so many of them out of the ring that he became known as "The Meat Wagon. and Charley Phil Rosenberg are in He cooked his meals. Ray handled more than 2,000 fighters during his 70-year career in the ring, and Arcel, a former high school cross-country runner, did roadwork with Rosenberg. Values as Well as Fisticuffs, But fighters like Rosenberg would amend their dark mutterings once victory was theirs: the tyrant-trainer would become a redeeming figure. I said: 'The minute he starts backing up like that, don't follow him. According to Ray's wife, Stephanie Arcel, of the 22 champions her husband trained, his favorite was Benny Leonard, a lightweight boxer who became champion during World War I. In 1982, he became the first of only two trainers elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame. It's like watching a child grow day to day. Boxing Hall of Fame. (Bantamweight, 1925), Jackie “Kid” Berg (Welterweight, 1930), His wife, Stephanie, said she brought him to Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan during the morning when he complained of feeling ill. Arcel, who lived in Manhattan, died several hours later. When Rosenberg got his title shot, against Cannonball Martin, he was 39 pounds above the 118-pound bantamweight limit and had only three months to make the weight. He was 93. The night of the fight, the place is mobbed. So Arcel dressed up like a local -- in dark glasses, army shoes, a work shirt and a Panama hat -- and attended a public workout of Loche's. He did the tasks with a disciplinarian's rectitude. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. For instance, when Alfonso Frazer was to fight an Argentine, Nicolino Loche, for the junior welterweight title in Panama in 1972, Arcel had no idea of what strategy would work because he had never seen Loche fight. Arcel was born in Terre Haute, Ind., , on Aug. 30, 1899, but grew up in New York's East Harlem -- he liked to say his was the only Jewish family living there. ", Arcel's approach was to validate his fighters by being involved in every facet of their hard profession. the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. You never heard screaming and hollering like that in all your life.
Just stand there and look at him.' of Fame. "Because of that, as a kid I was in a fight every day," said Arcel. Without Ray Arcel (1899–1994), the 20th century world of boxing would have been markedly different. At night, when the weary fighter went to sleep, Arcel retired in an adjoining bed. In 1982, he became
Ray Arcel was born on August 30, 1899 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. Ross (Lightweight, 1933, and Welterweight, 1934), Sixto Escobar (Bantamweight, That meant being part psychologist, part warden, part boxing savant. Ray Arcel, Self: Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts. Ray Arcel Interview Dick Cavette interviews legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel, who discusses getting his start in boxing all the way back in 1916 when he saw Jack Dempsey fight. When the fight began, sure enough Loche started to back up, but Frazer just stood there and waved his glove. Berg, Ross, Arcel trained the boxing champions Ezzard Charles, Jim Braddock, Bob Olin, Tony Zale, Barney Ross, Billy Soose, Ceferino Garcia, Lou Brouillard, Teddy Yarosz, Freddie Steele, Jackie (Kid) Berg, Alfonso (Peppermint) Frazer, Abe Goldstein, Frankie Genaro, Sixto Escobar, Charley Phil Rosenberg, Roberto Duran, Larry Holmes and Benny Leonard. The other guy couldn't fight anymore. In a sport of rough-and-tumble sorts, Arcel was an anomaly. He trained eighteen world champions. Arcel was elected to The Ring Magazine’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 1982, and International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. He died on March 7, 1994 in New York City, New York, USA. In 1934, five of Arcels´ fighters won world titles. He was 93. Gavilan (Welterweight, 1951), Roberto Duran (Lightweight, 1972, and (Heavyweight, 1982). Consider his handling of Rosenberg, who won the bantamweight crown in 1925. The trainer is the pillar of hope for every fighter. His World Champions are: Frankie Genaro No. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. "Then he had an uncanny ability to twist you into the ropes. Was Roberto Duran Ray Arcel's favorite among the champions he trained? Parade of Losers to Louis, To be sure, Arcel had his share of bad nights, too, particularly against the heavyweight champion Joe Louis.
Looking for something to watch? He was 82 years old when he worked his last championship bout -- in Larry Holmes's corner, assisting the trainer Eddie Futch in a successful title defense against Gerry Cooney. Ray Arcel, a boxing trainer who handled numerous champions in a career that dated back to the 1920's, died yesterday. He died on March 7, 1994 in New York City, New York, USA. Ray Arcel trained 20 World Boxing Champions—his first in 1923 and his fighters won World titles. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. tandem in boxing. In fact, he was a success in business as a purchasing agent for the Meehanite Metal Corporation, but it was for what he wrought as a fight trainer that he is best remembered. The fight took place in Madison Square Garden before 18,000 fans. Lou Brouillard (Middleweight, 1933), Teddy Yarosz (Middleweight, 1934), Barney "That night I talked to Frazer. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. As Soose said at a 1988 dinner honoring Arcel: "He not only taught me boxing, he taught me values.". the first of only two trainers elected to the Boxing Hall "He was a master fighter," Stephanie said of Benny, "and Ray liked brains over brawn." Ray Arcel, Trainer Who Handled Many Boxing Stars, Is Dead at 94. At one time, Arcel teamed with trained 20 World Boxing Champions—his first in 1923
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Frazer won the fight right then and there. "Loche would feint you and keep backing up until he got near the ropes," Arcel told Dave Anderson in the book "In The Corner.". Ray Arcel Arcel’s prominence is all the more interesting because he made his mark not as a fighter, promoter, or manager, but as a trainer. In his book "The Sweet Science," A. J. Liebling wrote that "Arcel is severe and decisive, like a teacher in a Hebrew school.". Champions Barney Ross, Tony Ray Arcel Zale, Ezzard Charles,
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