Ferdie Pacheco, ringside physician to Muhammad Ali, died on Thursday at 89. Ferdie Pacheco, the former cornerman and doctor for legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, died Thursday at the age of 89, his daughter announced on Facebook. "It's with a heavy heart that I have to announce to the world the passing of my wonderful Dad, Ferdie Pacheco," Tina Louise Pacheco wrote. "He was a pharmacist, a doctor, a boxing commentator, a painter and a writer. But to me he was just Papa. It's a heartbreak to lose a parent, but I know he'll always be with me." Read more http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...ndary-boxer-muhammad-ali-died-thursday-age-89