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Now that LaRosa's is a $180 million company with 65 locations, it seems like Buddy, who was also a well-known boxing trainer, won the Cincinnati pizza fight by a knock-out.
Competing as Pistol Pete, a 112-pound flyweight, Frakes has a 43-11 amateur record, with three trips to the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions and two USA Boxing Junior Olympics ...
Aaron Pryor (October 20, 1955 – October 9, 2016) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1990. He was a two-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 1980 to 1983, and the IBF title from 1984 to 1985.
James Walter "Buddy" McGirt (born January 17, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1997, and has since worked as a boxing trainer. He held world championships in two weight classes , including the IBF junior welterweight title in 1988, and the WBC and lineal welterweight titles from 1991 to 1993.
The National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921. In 1962, the organization was renamed the World Boxing Association (WBA). The WBC was organized in 1963. The IBF, which was founded in 1983 by the members of the United States Boxing Association after the USBA withdrew from membership in the WBA. The WBO, founded in 1988.
Olivo won one more fight and then, with a record of 34–4 (9 KOs), he once again attempted to become a light flyweight world champion when he faced the WBA champion, the Dominican Republic's Francisco Quiroz, who had a record of 11–10–1 with one no contest, when challenged by Olivo on March 29, 1985 at the Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida.
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer.Dempsey is ranked sixth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years. [1]
In the third fight of his professional career, Turman had been beaten by a more experienced Pharo on points. In the rematch, Turman won on a KO within 59 seconds of the first round. In May 1959, at Madison Square Garden , Turman defeated Bob Cleroux, who a year later would win the Canadian Heavyweight Title.