George Albert Francis[1] (1928–3[2] or 4[1] April 2002[3][4]), known professionally as George Francis, was a British boxing athletic trainer who trained world champion boxers such as Frank Bruno,[3][5] John Conteh,[6][3][5] John Mugabi, and Cornelius Boza-Edwards, and European champion Bunny Sterling,[3] who also became the first West Caribbean boxer to claim a British title, fighting under Francis' tutelage.
[citation needed] He was a member of a local boxing club and it was there that he decided to switch from boxer to trainer.
[citation needed] These early ventures into the fight game were to be the start of a career which saw him become involved with some of the greatest boxers in the world.
Francis was known for making his boxers run on Hampstead Heath and swim in the cold water of Highgate Men's Pond as part of their training.
[9] Francis was found hanged at his home in Hillway, Highgate, apparently having died by suicide[6][7] on 3[2] or 4[1] April 2002.