F.X. Toole

Boxing trainer, author (1930-2002)

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Lived 1930–2002, aged 72United States

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6 languages
Cross-language footprint
Era
1930–2002
Aged 72
Known for
Million Dollar Baby
2004

Summary

Updated 2026-06-18

F.X. Toole is the pen name of boxing trainer Jerry Boyd. Toole is most noted for writing the 2000 collection of short stories Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner, which were adapted into the Oscar-winning movie Million Dollar Baby in 2004. F.X. Toole's posthumous novel Pound for Pound was released in 2006 to rave reviews. Cutman, a one-hour dramatic series set in the world of boxing, drawn from short stories by F.X. Toole, is in development by AMC Television.