Mickey Duff

Mickey Duff (real name Monek Prager) born 7 June 1929 in Krakow, Poland is a former British boxer, manager and promoter.^[1]

Born Monek Prager in Krakow, Poland. His rabbi father saw the rise of the German Nazi party, so the family parents emigrated to England in the late 1930s.

Having turned professional as a boxer illegally aged 15, Duff retired aged 19. After working as a salesman, including selling sewing machines, Duff returned to boxing to make matches across the UK.

A new team began to form in the wake of Jack Solomons, with match maker Duff, manager Jarvis Astaire, and promoter Harry Levine becoming key via a media partnership mainly via the BBC.

Duff was involved with 16 world champions and many world class British fighters, including: Frank Bruno,^[2] Joe Calzaghe, John Conteh, Terry Downes, Lloyd Honeyghan, Maurice Hope, Charlie Magri, Alan Minter, John H Stracey, Jim Watt, and Howard Winstone.

After the rise of Frank Warren through his partnership with ITV and Sky TV, Duff retired. He has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Notes

1. ^ "Punch Drunk". New Statesman. 24 January 2000. http://www.newstatesman.com/200001240050. 
2. ^ Brian Viner (1 December 1999). "Duff still boxing clever into retirement". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/duff-still-boxing-clever-into-retirement-741663.html. 

References

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/11/13/somott13.html
• Mickey Duff with Bob Mee. Twenty & Out: a life in boxing. Collins Willow. ISBN 0002189267. 
• James B. Roberts, Alexander Skutt, James B. Roberts (2006). The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book. Collins. p. 709. 
• Alan Hubbard (20 June 1999). "Interview: Mickey Duff - Missing link in a haul of fame". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/interview-mickey-duff--missing-link-in-a-haul-of-fame-1101353.html. 

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