Drew Bundini Brown (March 21, 1928 – September 24, 1987) was an American assistant trainer and cornerman of heavyweight champion boxer Muhammad Ali.
After seven years with Sugar Ray Robinson,[2] widely recognized as one of the best boxers of all time, Brown joined Muhammad Ali's boxing team as a cornerman in 1963.
[1] Brown died on 24 September 1987 in Los Angeles County, California, at the age of 59 from medical complications of injuries sustained in a previous car accident.
They married at a time when interracial relationships and marriages were considered by many as taboo, and had one son, Drew Brown III (born January 20, 1955, in Harlem).
According to the autobiography of singer Ruth Brown (no relation),[6] he was also the true father of her son Ronald David Jackson (“Ronnie”), though he was unaware of this during the boy's childhood.