After moving to the United States and becoming an American citizen, he won the Chicago Golden Gloves three times.
Agassi was born in Salmas, Imperial State of Iran to Armenian parents David and Noonia.
His mother was from Ottoman Armenia and met his father during a family visit to Tehran, and decided to stay with him.
Agassi described Rita, Phillip, and Tami as "guinea pigs" in the development of the methods he used to mold Andre into a world-class player.
[11][12] Below is the record of Emmanuel Agassi, an Iranian bantamweight boxer, who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: