Drew Bundini Brown
Drew Bundini Brown ( * March 21, 1928, † 24 September 1987) was the assistant coach and caregivers of Muhammad Ali throughout his heavyweight career, and occasional actor.
- 2.1 As an actor
- 2.2 When he himself
- 2.3 archival footage
Biography
Brown came in Midway, Florida, to the world and joined at the age of thirteen years in the United States Navy as a back boy. When he was retired after two years, he joined the United States Merchant Marine, the U.S. Merchant Marine, and traveled at twelve years around the world. After that, he was part of the backroom staff of the world champion at middleweight Sugar Ray Robinson.
Brown was married to Rhoda Palestine Brown. Their son, Drew Brown III, who also joined the Navy, became a fighter pilot and has received numerous awards for his service. After he has published a book, he is now in the U.S., a well-known speaker. Brown was an African-American Jew. According to the autobiography of the rhythm-and - blues singers Ruth Brown with which there is no relationship, he was also the biological father of Ronald David Jackson ( " Ronnie " ), where he did not know this is the childhood of the boy.
Career with Ali
Brown belonged from 1963 to the coaching staff of Ali, as the boxer was still known as Cassius Clay, and stayed with him until his last fight in 1981.
Brown also wrote some of the speeches of Ali. He also wrote several poems, among others, the well-known rhyme "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Your hands can not hit what your eyes can not see. " ( " Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Your hands can not hit what your eyes can not see. " ), Which Ali used to Sonny Liston in the press conference before the victory on 25 February 1964 unsettling for the WBA and WBC titles.
2001 turned Michael Mann film Ali starring Will Smith and Jamie Foxx, who represented Brown.
Filmography
As an actor
- Penitentiary III (1987 ) as Sugg / Prisoner # 2
- The Color Purple (1985 ) as Jook Joint Patron
- Aaron Loves Angela (1975 ) as Referee
- Shaft 's Big Score! (1972 ) as Willy
- Shaft ( 1971) as Willy
Himself
- When We Were Kings - Once we were kings (1996 )
- Doin 'Time (1985 )
- Muhammad and Larry (1980 )
- I am the Greatest (1977 )
- Churning ( 1976) ( Episode 1 of 22 May 1976)
Archive footage
- Beat This: A Hip Hop History ( 1984) ( TV)
- A.k.a. Cassius Clay ( 1970)