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Dec 08, 1927 Tampa, Florida, United States Died on 16 Nov 2017 (aged 89)
American physician and boxing commentator
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About Ferdie Pacheco
- Dr.
- Fernando "Ferdie" Pacheco (December 8, 1927 – November 16, 2017) was the personal physician and cornerman for world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali as well as numerous other boxing champions.
- Known in popular culture as "The Fight Doctor,” Pacheco left Ali's team in the mid-1970s after Ali refused his advice to retire.
- For the next two decades, Pacheco was a noted boxing analyst for several television networks, including NBC and Showtime.
- He also became an author and self-taught painter, with most of his works focused on his career in boxing and his youth in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, Florida.
