Question: Facts: - sport: boxing - death date: 10 october 2001 - birth date: 09 august 1911 - name: eddie futch - nationality: usa american - birth place: hillsboro , mississippi Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eddie futch .
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eddie futch -lrb- august 9 , 1911 -- october 10 , 2001 -rrb- was a boxing trainer .among the fighters he trained are joe frazier , ken norton , larry holmes , and trevor berbick , four of the five men to defeat muhammad ali .futch also trained riddick bowe and montell griffin when they handed future hall of fame fighters evander holyfield and roy jones , jr. , their first professional defeats .in baltimore , maryland , the futch gym boxing gymnasium is named after the trainer .