Curt McCune

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Curt McCune
Curt McCune, right, winning the 1986 ASF Championship at 178 lbs.
Statistics
Real name	Curt McCune
Weight(s)	193 lb (88 kg)
Nationality	American
Born	(1960-02-08) February 8, 1960 (age 61) Birmingham, Alabama
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	83
Wins	55
Losses	3
No contests	25

Curt McCune (born August 2, 1960) is an American former amateur boxer, who was four-time State of Alabama amateur boxing champion,^[1] and the 1994 International Law Enforcement Games Boxing Champion at 193 lbs. McCune is now^[when?] a private coach and trainer for amateur and professional boxers.

Life[]

McCune was born in Homewood, Alabama in 1960. He served in the United States Marines and for 20 years in law enforcement with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

He was named the most outstanding boxer at the 1986 Alabama Sports Festival, was nationally ranked as an amateur boxer and retired from competition in 1994 with a record of 55-3, plus over 25 exhibition bouts (no decision rendered). He trained with referee Richard Steele at the Sugar Ray Leonard Nevada Partners Center in Las Vegas.

McCune is a licensed professional boxing trainer and registered Level II coach with USA Boxing. He owned Champions Boxing Gym in Birmingham, Alabama, from 2001 to 2008, where he trained over 25 state and regional amateur boxing champions. McCune was named the outstanding coach at the 2004 USA Boxing Southeastern Regional tournament. He currently trains professional boxer Michael Gibbons, whom he trained as an amateur. Gibbons won the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Alabama State Golden Gloves titles, and the 2005 Southeastern Association Championship, and made his professional debut in Tennessee in 2007. Gibbons fought in ten bouts from 2007 to 2013 and retired with a record of 5-3-2. McCune also trained Brad Ginn, a state and regional amateur champion at 201 lbs, who won a decision in the 201 lb. Open Class Division at the 2006 Alabama Golden Gloves over 2008 US Olympic bronze medalist and WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder.

McCune appeared as an extra in the 2002 short film Johnny Flynton. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

References[]

Sources[]

• Urquhart, Marietta. "The Prizefighter", Birmingham Magazine, Vol. 47, No. 4 (April 2007), pp. 135–7
• Thompson, Chris. "Lightweight Hopeful Michael Gibbons & Trainer Curt McCune Speak to RSR." Ringside Report, December 10, 2007

External links[]

• Curt McCune Boxing