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Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi (born Emanoul Aghassian; Persian: ایمانوئل آغاسيان; December 25, 1930 – September 24, 2021) was an Iranian Olympic boxer and the father and coach of American tennis player Andre Agassi. He represented Iran at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.
Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi, father and original coach of Hall of Famer Andre Agassi, has died at age 90. Mike Agassi passed away at 9:17 p.m. on Friday at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas,...
Emmanuel Agassi, then a waiter at Tropicana Las Vegas, had met Kerkorian in 1963. At the age of 12, Agassi and his good friend and doubles partner, Roddy Parks, won the 1982 National Indoor Boys 14s Doubles Championship in Chicago. Agassi describes memorable experiences and juvenile pranks with Roddy in his book Open.
Sep 30, 2021 · Mike Agassi was born in Iran as Emmanuel Agassi. He proudly represented his country in boxing at the 1948 Olympics games in London as well as the 1952 games in Helsinki. In 1963, he got settled in Las Vegas, America, and started working in Tropicana hotel & casino.
Sep 28, 2021 · Born in Iran, Emmanuel Agassi was an Olympic boxer for his homeland in 1948 and 1952. After the Games, he followed his brother, Samuel, to Chicago. He changed his name to “Mike” upon...
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Sep 29, 2021 · Mike Agassi, the father of eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi, has died aged 90. The man who famously coached Agassi as a youngster, feeding thousands of balls to him every day, passed away at the Nathan Adelson Hosptal in Las Vegas.
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Sep 24, 2021 · He won several Iranian national championships in the 1940s and early 1950s, which led him to be selected to represent his country as a bantamweight at the 1948 London Olympics. There, he was eliminated in round one by Álvaro Vicente of Spain.
