The Eddie Futch Interview

The Eddie Futch Interview is a conversation with one of the greatest boxing trainers and life coaches in sports history. This interview was tape-recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1993 and stored away for almost twenty-five years.

Recently discovered, the interview was recorded when Mr. Futch was training the World Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe. In his six decades in the sport, Eddie Futch had guided the careers of hundreds of fighters and is credited with creating over 20 world champions.

Part One of this book is the unedited transcription of our entire interview that has never been seen and/or read until now.

Part Two expands upon the topics Mr. Futch covered during our conversation and offers additional background information on the champions he was associated with throughout his storied career.

This interview is deeply personal and highly insightful. Mr. Futch discussed his early experiences in the fight game when few black fighters were allowed to fight for a championship. He offers first-hand testimony about some of these uncrowned champions of his era.

Eddie Futch also reveals some of the training secrets he used to give his fighters a marked advantage over their opponents. The "Futch Touch" enabled his boxers like Joe Frazier and Ken Norton to defeat "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali.

Some of the champions highlighted in this interview include:

Joe Louis  

Charley Burley

Henry Armstrong

Sugar Ray Robinson

Joe Frazier

Ken Norton

Alexis Arguello

Bobby Chacon

Riddick Bowe

Michael Spinks

Larry Holmes

The Eddie Futch Interview is a must for anyone interested in boxing history, sports in general, or inspirational life lessons from one of the greatest trainers of all time.