F.X. Toole

F.X. Toole is the pen name of boxing trainer Jerry Boyd (1930 — September 2, 2002). He is most noted for writing the collection of short stories which was turned into the movie Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

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"Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner" is dedicated to Dub Huntley, the man who introduced Toole/Boyd to boxing, and many of the characters and events related in the book are from Dub Huntley's life and experience. Huntley trained Boyd to box when Boyd was in his 40's, and Boyd later became his best friend and assistant. Immediately before his death, Boyd was acting as cutman and assistant trainer to Huntley with female professional boxer Juli Crockett, whom Huntley told Sports Illustrated in an interview was the basis for the characterization of Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby.

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Pen name: A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. Nom de plume is a French-language expression....

1930: 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday....

September 2: September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). There are 120 days remaining....

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