LYNBROOK, New York: Trainer Gil Clancy, who helped lead Emile Griffith to world welterweight and middleweight titles in the 1960s, has died. He was 88. Clancy died early Thursday at an assisted living facility on Long Island, according to his daughter, Patricia Houlahan. Born in Rockaway Beach, Queens, Clancy boxed in university and in the Army. He earned a master's degree in teaching at New York University and paid tuition by training fighters. Clancy has worked with Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Oscar De La Hoya and Ken Buchanan.
