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American boxing trainer

Guerino "Goody" Petronelli (October 12, – January 29, ) was an American boxing trainer and co-manager.

With his brother Pasquale (Pat), Petronelli managed and trained world middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

His other fighters included Robbie Sims, Steve Collins, and Kevin McBride. In , the Petronellis received The Al Buck Award for Manager of the Year by the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Career

He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. Petronelli was a successful amateur welterweight boxer who retired from the US Navy as a master chief after serving from to He grew up as a close friend of Rocky Marciano.

Both their fathers had emigrated from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Petronelli was also a friend of Marciano's trainer, Allie Colombo.^[1]

The Petronelli brothers opened their Brockton gym in , the same year both Marciano and Colombo died (in a plane crash and an auto accident respectively.) Petronelli fo