Mickey Duff (7 June 1929 – 22 March 2014), born Monek Prager, - TopicsExpress

Mickey Duff (7 June 1929 – 22 March 2014), born Monek Prager, was a Polish-born British boxer, manager and promoter.[1][2] Life and career Duff was born in in Kraków, Poland. His father was a rabbi and the family fled the Nazis, emigrating to England in the late 1930s. Having turned professional as a boxer illegally aged 15, Duff retired aged 19. After working as a salesman, including selling sewing machines, Duff returned to boxing to make matches across the UK. A new team began to form in the wake of Jack Solomons, with match maker Duff, manager Jarvis Astaire, and promoter Harry Levine becoming key via a media partnership mainly via the BBC.[citation needed] Duff was involved with 16 world champions and many world class British fighters, including: Frank Bruno,[3] Joe Calzaghe, John Conteh, Terry Downes, Lloyd Honeyghan, Maurice Hope, Charlie Magri, Alan Minter, John H Stracey, Jim Watt,