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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.
The Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia is a book published yearly by The Ring magazine. Ring editor Nat Fleischer , noting that other sports had record books and that boxing did not have any books specialized in keeping fans up to date as far as the participants' records, began writing the first Ring boxing encyclopedia in 1941.
The knockdown was the first and only time LaMotta was floored in his entire career. [4] Nardico's five-year boxing career ended in 1954. He retired with 50 wins, 13 losses and four draws. Thirty-five wins came by knockout. [2] In 1956, Nardico entered wrestling after training under Chuck Benson. [5]
The LaRosa’s High School Sports Hall of Fame 2023 inductees include five athletes, two teams, one coach and a special award-winner.
A star baseball player during his high school years, Norris bypassed a career on the diamond for one in the ring, claiming an amateur record of 291–4, winning 4 Texas State Golden Gloves titles. Displaying a stunning combination of hand and foot speed as well as the ability to throw dizzying combos, Norris' athletic ability was an uncanny ...
Howard Edward Davis Jr. (February 14, 1956 – December 30, 2015) was an American professional boxer.Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father.