On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, America lost one of its most esteemed boxing coaches, Mike Stafford. At the age of 67, he was hospitalized due to a severe illness but, regrettably, did not recover. Let's look at some of the famous boxers that were trained by Mike Stafford!
trained by Mike Stafford, Adrien Broner has achieved several world championships across four different weight classes, including the WBO super featherweight title between 2011 and 2012, the WBC lightweight title from 2012 to 2013, the WBA welterweight title in 2013, and the WBA light welterweight title from 2015 to 2016.
Mike Stafford has also trained onetime WBO junior lightweight champ Jamel Herring, and who also was a U.S. Olympian in 2012.
Robert Easter Jr., trained by Stefford has held the IBF lightweight title from 2016 to 2018.
Rau'shee Warren held the WBA (Undisputed) and IBO bantamweight titles from 2016 to 2017. In his amateur career, he won a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships and bronze medals at the 2005 and 2011 World Championships, all in the flyweight division. Warren has also been among the ones trained by Stafford.