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With more than four dozen Italian-American fighters who held a world championship belt, is a difficult choice to choose the three best of all time. See our list of three Italian championship boxing, and tell us yours …
Boxing Champions Italy
Over fifty original combatants Italian in the U.S. have held championship titles in the world, ranging from heavy Bantamweight. Many of these fighters are recognized as the best, not only of his time, but all the time. Here is our list of three Italians boxing champions of all time. In compiling this list, we consider the impact of hunting on their time and ongoing legacy. Here are our three main …
Rocky Marciano: Heavyweight
Fight it out of Brockton, Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano could be one of the most popular champions of all time heavyweight boxing.
Fight at a time extremely heavy and has won competitive every fighter he faced. Marciano defeated such notables as Joe Louis, Jersey Joe Wolcott, Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore. When he retired in 1956, his impeccable record was 49 wins against no losses.
Marciano retained his popularity after retirement. He worked as a boxing commentator and a wrestling referee, because he had fought successfully in their youth. Unfortunately, Marciano died in a plane crash one day before his 46th birthday 1969.
Carmen Basilio: Two Champions of Class
Born in 1927 in New York, Carmen Basilio is our choice for the most difficult book for pound fighter of all time. Not only was a defensive fighter, but also a wild punch-cons who continued his opponent relentlessly. Some Basilio many fights shown on sports television classic, perhaps accounting for its popularity. A fight especially against Tony DeMarco in 1955, is considered as one of the welterweight title fight ever more entertaining.
Basil also had memorable fights as a middleweight against Sugar Ray Robinson. He won middleweight crown against Robinson in 1956. He retired from boxing in 1961 with a record of 56 wins, 16 losses and 7 draws.
Willie Pep: Legend Pen
Born in 1922, Willie Pep is probably the featherweight boxer most famous of all time. He had a phenomenal career, which began in 1940 and finally finished in 1966.
He came to the world featherweight title in 1942, winning a fight against the defending champion Chalky Wright. For the remainder of 1940 Pep continued to be a very busy fighter. Taken all levels of combatants and often fought once a month on average. Throughout his career, he fought in an astonishing 241 times. He has lost only 11 of those fights.
After his career ended in 1966, Pep was active in boxing as referee. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame International Boxing at the 1990 inaugural class, and often worked at the facility as a volunteer with his friend Carmen Basilio. Mr. Pep died in 2006 at the age of 84 years.
Summary
Rocky Marciano, Carmen Basilio, and Willie Pep were three of the greatest fighters in history. Each left their mark on the legacy of boxing and boxers influenced the next generation.
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who would win in a fight? Zidane and Materazzi?
It has come to this, a struggle between the French artist in front of a teacher manipulator.round one, the only way I see this fight going head to try to stop Zidane Mazza materazzi.but this time, the manager and I want to call back.i half hits as a former boxer I can tell off the head is almost as bad as you make your back.anyhow Mazza continues to play until it blows uppercuts zidane.i imported French fry song see this fight going a lap or two Mazz at home (other) crown.by how Italians are known to have great fighters in the boom boom culture.rocky Martian Mancini and Ray and Tony Danza and Rocky Balboa to name a few acres! number fighters were French state? a guy named Matsya slapsy? I base my descion in these two is concerned factors.my Zidane last more than one round against the standard Italian? While the vote and its mazerazzi by KO! and nothing but the loss of French in.
Materazzi crush the toad
Rocky Marciano is Rocky Balboa
