Richie Giachetti

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Richie Giachetti is a boxing trainer who has worked with a number of world champions including Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson.

Giachetti first began working in boxing in 1961 and also helped Don King in his first promotion with Muhammad Ali.

Giachetti is most famous for guiding Larry Holmes to the heavyweight championship, Giachetti trained many other top fighters of the 70’s and 80’s including the like of Earnie Shavers, Aaron Pryor and Greg Page.

When Mike Tyson was dethroned of his heavyweight crown by James "Buster" Douglas in 1990 in a 10th-round knockout in Tokyo, King inserted Giachetti as Tyson's trainer. Giachetti trained Tyson for his next four fights, those against Henry Tillman, Alex Stewart, and the two fights against Donovan "Razor" Ruddock. Giachetti later returned to Tyson's corner for his second fight against Evander Holyfield, the infamous "bite fight".

Giachetti also trained two times world cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck and worked with another top cruiserweight Steve Cunningham as well former world contender Sal "Rocky" Cenicola in the late 1980s.

References

The Voice In Tyson's Corner By DAVE ANDERSON The New York times

External links

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/27/sports/the-voice-in-tyson-s-corner.html

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Fights	Tyson vs. Green Tyson vs. Frazier Berbick vs. Tyson Tyson vs. Smith Tyson vs. Thomas Tyson vs. Tucker Tyson vs. Biggs Tyson vs. Holmes Tyson vs. Tubbs Tyson vs. Spinks Tyson vs. Bruno Tyson vs. C. Williams Tyson vs. Douglas Tyson vs. Tillman Tyson vs. Stewart Tyson vs. Ruddock Tyson vs. Ruddock II Tyson vs. McNeeley Tyson vs. Mathis Bruno vs. Tyson II Seldon vs. Tyson Tyson vs. Holyfield Holyfield vs. Tyson II Tyson vs. Botha Tyson vs. Norris Tyson vs. Francis Tyson vs. Savarese Tyson vs. Golota Tyson vs. Nielsen Lewis vs. Tyson Tyson vs. Etienne Tyson vs. D. Williams Tyson vs. McBride

Important figures	Cus D'Amato Jimmy Jacobs Bill Cayton Teddy Atlas Kevin Rooney Richie Giachetti Don King Robin Givens

In popular culture	Film Tyson (1995) Black and White Tyson (2008) Television Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson Taking on Tyson Bad Crazy Miscellaneous Balrog Drederick Tatum I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Tiny Tiger The Tyson Zone WrestleMania XIV

Other	Peek-a-Boo

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