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2007.24.198Description
Legendary boxing trainer Homer Amundsen spent 30 years as a trainer and proprietor based in Tacoma. Amundsen would go on to open his own gym in his own name, as well as manage "Irish" Pat McMurtry, who went on the become the No. 5 ranked heavyweight boxer. Amundsen also became the first boxing coach at the College of Puget Sound, where he coached McMurtry, Virgil Larson and Gary Featherstone.Lexicon
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Amundsen, Homer