Thomas Gallagher is a boxing trainer best known for his role on reality show
The Contender as a profane and straight-shooting trainer and coach.
In 2014, Gallagher was a cast member of season 2 of
Esquire Network
Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. Launched on October 1, 1998 as Style Network, a spin-off of E!, the channel initially consisted of fashion, d ...
's White Collar Brawlers. Gallagher trained WBC welter-weight champion
Andre Berto
Andre Michael Berto (born September 7, 1983) is a professional boxer who holds dual Haitian and American citizenship. A two-time former welterweight world champion, he held the World Boxing Council, WBC and International Boxing Federation, IBF t ...
when he was an amateur and now coaches a team of amateurs at Inferno Gym Naples, Florida.
As an amateur fighter, Gallagher won a
Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves of America is an organization that promotes annual competitions of amateur boxing in the United States, in which winners are awarded a belt and a ring, and the title of national champion. The organization currently owns 30 fr ...
title in 1959, but was prevented from turning pro due to a kidney problem.
Gallagher since has worked almost forty years as a trainer, manager, promoter, and gym owner and operator. He has been a factor in the careers of such boxers as
Doug DeWitt,
Vito Antuofermo,
Don Lalonde,
Lou Savarese,
Sergei Kobozev,
Segundo Mercado,
Merqui Sosa and
Johnny Turner.
Gallagher is married with four children and nine grandchildren.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Boxers from New York City
American male boxers
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