World of boxing mourns Angelo Dundee He was very happy that he got to celebrate Ali's 70th birthday earlier this year and also that he got to go to the Hall of Fame. He still had much to do, but led a full and extraordinary life. Dundee's son Jim told the Miami Herald: "He was recuperating and coming along quite well. He was already making plans to (go) to Las Vegas for another event in two weeks. Thankfully the whole family was with him. We have lost a great man. My dad led a wonderful life. Sadly, many of the great people from that generation are gone. This is the end of an era. Freddie Roach, currently boxing's most respected coach who includes Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan in his stable, paid tribute to Dundee. "Angelo is Dundee was one of my idols," Roach told Sky Sports News. I always used to say I wanted to be like him because he doesn't talk badly about anybody, but I'm not quite there yet. A great man and great loss to our sport. We'll miss him deeply. Britain's former heavy and cruiserweight world champion David Haye used Twitter to hail Dundee's credentials as boxing's finest trainer. R.I.P. Angelo Dundee. The Greatest Coach ever," said Haye. I had the pleasure of spending time with him in Miami last year. What a true gentleman. Promoter Bob Arum said he had been planning to bring Dundee to Las Vegas for a Feb. 18 charity gala headlined by Ali. He called Dundee a legend in the sport, someone who worked the corner for some of the greatest fights of the times. "He was wonderful, he was the whole package," Arum said. Arum credited Dundee with persuading Ali to continue in his third fight against Joe Frazier when Frazier was coming on strong in the "Thrilla in Manilla." Without Dundee, Arum said, Ali may not have had the strength to come back and stop Frazier after the 14th round in what became an iconic fight. Dundee will be remembered in England for his role in Ali's defeat of British icon Henry Cooper at Wembley in 1963. Cooper floored Ali - then still using his birth name of Cassius Clay - at the end of the fourth round in London with a trademark left hook which scrambled the American's senses. Ali was saved first by the bell, however, and then by Dundee, who breached the rules by helping him to the corner. Dundee then illegally used smelling salts to help his fighter regain his senses and made a small tear in one of Ali's gloves, forcing a welcome delay while a new pair were sought. Ali then went out and beat Cooper on a cuts stoppage in the very next round. Dundee also worked in the movie industry, and helped train Russell Crowe to portray boxer James J. Braddock in Ron Howard's 2005 drama Cinderella Man. . A post from Crowe on Twitter read: "Rip Angelo Dundee. My life is so much richer for having known him. He had the biggest heart of any man I ever knew. God love you Angelo. Howard also tweeted, "Angelo Dundee Rip - all time great boxing trainer and a tremendous person. He trained R Crowe in Cinderella Man and inspired us all," while John Cusack added: "rip to the great angelo dundee - i watched him train great fighters as long as i can remeber (sic)." Dundee, whose wife died in 2010, is survived by his son Jim and a daughter, six grandchildren and a great grandchild. Angelo Dundee's world champions Muhammad Ali: Was trainer in all but two of Ali's 61 bouts. Oversaw Ali becoming the first three-time world heavyweight champion. Carmen Basilio: won world titles at welterweight and middleweight - was the first of the world champions for whom Dundee acted as cornerman. Sugar Ray Leonard: Dundee called Leonard "a smaller version of Ali." George Foreman: In the corner in 1994, when Foreman won the world heavyweight title win against then-undefeated Michael Moorer, to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history. Other world champions: Luis Rodriguez, Willie Pastrano, Ralph Dupas, José Nápoles, Pinklon Thomas, Trevor Berbick, Jimmy Ellis, Wilfredo Gómez, Michael Nunn and Sugar Ramos.