What is Mickey Duff?
'''Mickey Duff''' (born '''Monek Prager'''; 7 June 1929 &ndash; 22 March 2014) was a [[Poles|Polish]]-born [[English people|English]] [[Boxing|boxer]], [[manager]] and [[promoter]]. He promoted and managed many [[British people|British]] boxers, including [[Frank Bruno]], [[Joe Calzaghe]], [[John Conteh]], [[Terry Downes]], [[Lloyd Honeyghan]], [[Maurice Hope]], [[Charlie Magri]], [[Alan Minter]], [[John H. Stracey]], [[Jim Watt]] and [[Howard Winstone]]. After retiring in 1999, he was added into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]]. He was born in [[Kraków]] to a [[Jewish]] family. His [[rabbi]] father fled with his family to the [[United Kingdom]], escaping the [[Nazi]]s, in the late 1930s. Later in life, Duff had [[Alzheimer's disease]]. Duff died from [[natural causes]] on 22 March 2014 in [[Aldgate]], [[London]]. He was 84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/boxing/26700744|title=Mickey Duff: Boxing manager and promoter dies aged 84|date=22 March 2014|accessdate=23 March 2014|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2586891/Legendary-boxer-manager-promoter-Mickey-Duff-dies-aged-84.html|title=Legendary boxer, manager and promoter Mickey Duff dies aged 84|first=Mike|last=Dawes|date=22 March 2014|accessdate=23 March 2014|newspaper=[[Daily Mail]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=202784&cat=boxer Mickey Duff]{{Dead link|date=October 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [http://boxrec.com/index.php BoxRec] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508221946/http://boxrec.com/index.php |date=2006-05-08 }} * {{IMDb name|1389186}} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Duff, Mickey}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:British boxers]] [[Category:British Jews]] [[Category:Businesspeople from London]] [[Category:Boxing coaches]] [[Category:Jewish businesspeople]] [[Category:Jewish sportspeople]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of the