Terry Lawless died he was 76

Terry died he was 76. Lawless trained the British boxer Frank Bruno to challenge Mike Tyson for the world title. Although he lost the fight, Lawless won several fans with Bruno's great effort. The London-based manager in fact has a distinction of guiding 4 other English fighters to big titles.

Lawless's world champions were John H Stracey, Maurice Hope, Jim Watt and Charlie Magri. He trained Frank Bruno for many years, and Bruno went on to win the title after leaving Lawless to join the stable of rival promoter, Frank Warren. Lawless also managed Joe Calzaghe early in his career.

"Born in West Ham on 29 March 1933, Lawless first took out a boxing manager's licence after completing his National Service in the mid-1950s," Giller wrote. "During the following 45 years, he managed more than 50 boxers.

"Throughout his managing career, Lawless was based at the Royal Oak gym in Canning Town, close to where he was born. He worked closely with promoters Mickey Duff, Jarvis Astaire, Harry Levene and Mike Barrett when they were the powers in British boxing throughout the 1960s and into the 1980s."

Lawless resided in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain after his retirement and he succumbed after a surgery to his gallbladder at a hospital. Lawless has been known to suffer from longstanding illness.

His career spanned for over 40 years and he managed 50 odd boxers during his active career.

Lawless is known for his knowledge of boxing as well as safety-first attitude. He was extra cautious when it came to protecting his fighters from exposure to dangers. He was also known as a very compassionate managers of his times; who other managers emulate
now.

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