Kenny Adams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American boxer and trainer
Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1940
Place of Birth: Springfield, Missouri, United States
Profession: boxer
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
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About Kenny Adams
- Kenneth "Kenny" Adams (born September 25, 1940) is an American professional boxing trainer and a former amateur boxer.
- Adams is a highly respected boxing trainer, having been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
- Adams is a pioneer in boxing, having been the first American trainer to implement strength training.
- He is also the first African-American selected as head coach of the American national boxing team.
- Adams brings such a strict disciplinarian training style that the eight-time, five-division World champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- refused to work with him.
- In 1999, the multiple-time World champion Wladimir Klitschko asked Adams to assist him in properly turning over his fist on the left hook for power.
- In 2005, eight-division World champion Manny Pacquiao requested to train with Adams, but Adams declined to aid to his ill wife at the time.He is the former boxing coach of twenty-six professional World champions, thirty four Olympians and a total of fifty-six boxers who became World Champion.
- This list includes Edwin Valero, Vince Phillips, Diego Corrales, Freddie Norwood, Charles Murray, Kennedy McKinney, Frankie Liles, Michael Nunn, Johnny Tapia, Ruslan Chagaev, Samuel Peter, Cory Spinks, and Michael Bentt.
- Adams also trained notable boxers Evander Holyfield, Pernell Whitaker, Roy Jones, Jr., and Riddick Bowe in the Summer Olympic Games with Team USA.Adams is considered a legend among boxing culture, once going 22 straight World championship bouts without a loss.Currently, Adams' most promising boxer is lightweight contender Sharif Bogere.
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