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Phil Terranova

Male

(Filippo Giovanni Terranova)
(Phillip John Terranova)
Featherweight, USA, New York City, New York
Born: September 4, 1919, New York City, New York, USA
(in East Harlem's Little Italy in New York)
Died: March 16, 2000, Bronx, New York, USA
Height: 5ft 2in, mt 1,56

Italian-American

as an amateur:
1941 New York Golden Gloves champion 126 lbs sub-novice

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1941
+ July 14	Marty Rapps	Bronx, USA	KO 1
= July 21	Joey Agro	Bronx, USA	Draw 4
- Aug. 4	Jimmy Kemp	Bronx, USA	L 4
= Sept. 2	Tommy Marino	Long Island City, USA	Draw 4
= Sept. 9	Tommy Marino	White Plains, USA	Draw 4
+ Sept. 23	Jimmy Paraggio	White Plains, USA	W 4
1942
+ Jan. 20	Harry Diduck	Bronx, USA	W 6
+ Feb. 17	Billy Sanders	Bronx, USA	W 6
+ Mar. 3	Charley Aldrich	Bronx, USA	TKO 3
+ Mar. 24	Sonny Brentz	Bronx, USA	W 6
= Apr. 7	Jose Aponte Torres	Bronx, USA	Draw 6
= Apr. 21	Jose Aponte Torres	Bronx, USA	Draw 8
= May 26	Johnny Marcelline	Bronx, USA	Draw 8
+ June 20	Bobby Henderson	Long Island City, USA	W 6
+ June 30	Chico Morales	Bronx, USA	W 8
- July 21	Johnny Dell	Bronx, USA	L 8
- Aug. 21	Johnny Dell	New York, USA	L 6
+ Sept. 10	Gus Coen Levine	New York, USA	W 6
= Oct. 10	Frankie Rubino	Brooklyn, USA	Draw 8
- Oct. 27	Billy Pinti	White Plains, USA	L 8
+ Nov. 13	Frank Franconeri	New York, USA	W 6
+ Dec. 8	Aaron Seltzer	White Plains, USA	W 8
1943
+ Jan. 5	Johnny Dell	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 6
+ Jan. 23	Curley St Angelo	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 5
+ Mar. 5	Al Guido	New York, USA	W 8
+ Mar. 23	Lulu Costantino	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
+ Apr. 20	Angelo Callura	Hartford, USA	W 10
+ May 4	Billy Pinti	Hartford, USA	W 10
+ May 25	Chico Morales	Hartford, USA	W 10
- June 4	Chalky Wright	New York, USA	KO by 5
+ June 30	Jackie Callura	Hartford, USA	TKO 3
= July 13	Angel Aviles	Hartford, USA	Draw 10
+ Aug. 16	Jackie Callura	New Orleans, USA	KO 8
National Boxing Association World Featherweight Title
+ Sept. 13	Juan Villalba	New Orleans, USA	W 10
- Sept. 21	Lefty LaChance	Hartford, USA	L 10
+ Oct. 6	Sammy Garcia	New Britain, USA	TKO 5
- Oct. 18	Tony Costa	Providence, USA	L 10
- Nov. 8	Harry Jeffra	Baltimore, USA	L 10
+ Dec. 27	Jackie Callura	New Orleans, USA	TKO 6
National Boxing Association World Featherweight Title
1944
+ Jan. 18	Richie Miyashiro	Hartford, USA	TKO 4
+ Feb. 1	Pat Foley	Worcester, USA	TKO 9
+ Feb. 14	Snooks Lacey	New Haven, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 28	Milton Bell	Louisville, USA	KO 5
- Mar. 10	Sal Bartolo	Boston, USA	L 15
National Boxing Association World Featherweight Title
- May 5	Sal Bartolo	Boston, USA	L 15
National Boxing Association World Featherweight Title
+ July 11	Snooks Lacey	New Bedford, USA	W 10
+ July 21	Snooks Lacey	Worcester, USA	W 10
+ July 27	Charley Noel	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
- Aug. 14	Vince Dell'Orto	Providence, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 21	Frankie Rubino	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 4
+ Oct. 16	Vince Dell'Orto	Providence, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 27	Georgie Knox	Worcester, USA	TKO 3
= Nov. 20	Harry Jeffra	New York, USA	Draw 10
+ Dec. 7	Charley Noel	Worcester, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 19	Leo Francis	Brooklyn, USA	KO 2
1945
+ Jan. 12	Charley Cabey Lewis	New York, USA	W 10
- Feb. 19	Willie Pep	New York, USA	L 15
World Featherweight Title
+ Mar. 23	Leroy Willis	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 13	Maxie Shapiro	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ May 11	Vince Dell'Orto	Boston, USA	W 10
- June 25	Bernard Docusen	New Orleans, USA	L 8
+ Aug. 16	Augie LaPara	Brooklyn, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 27	Jean Barriere	Bronx, USA	KO 4
+ Sept. 24	Leon Spencer	Detroit, USA	TKO 9
+ Nov. 19	Oscar Lewis	Stamford, USA	KO 4
+ Nov. 23	Bill Eddy	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 11	Ellis Phillips	Boston, USA	W 10
= Dec. 22	Miguel Acevedo	Havana, Cuba	Draw 10
1946
+ Jan. 25	Steve Curley	New Orleans, USA	KO 3
+ Feb. 8	Frankie Carto	New Orleans, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 22	Charley Riley	Saint Louis, USA	KO 6
+ Mar. 8	Jimmy Joyce	Saint Louis, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 5	Jose Aponte Torres	Saint Louis, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 20	Leroy Jackson	Cleveland, USA	KO 6
+ May 13	Freddie Russo	Saint Louis, USA	W 10
+ June 3	Jimmy McAllister	Saint Louis, USA	KO 4
+ July 23	Sandy Saddler	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 23	Willie Roache	Saint Louis, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 30	Willie Roache	Saint Louis, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 24	Oscar Calles	Caracas, Venezuela	KO 10
1947
+ Jan. 27	Jimmy Allen	New Britain, USA	TKO 5
- Feb. 7	Maxie Shapiro	New York, USA	L 10
+ Mar. 5	Humberto Zavala	Saint Louis, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 19	Paulie Jackson	Saint Louis, USA	TKO 8
- Apr. 30	Charley Riley	Saint Louis, USA	TKO by 7
+ July 2	Bernie Bernard	Bronx, USA	W 8
+ July 22	Clem Custer	Toledo, USA	W 10
- July 28	Jose Gonzalez	New Orleans, USA	L 10
+ Aug. 25	Tommy McGovern	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
- Sept. 3	Charley Riley	Saint Louis, USA	TKO by 1
+ Dec. 11	Timothy Hayes	Worcester, USA	KO 6
1948
- Jan. 5	Arthur King	Toronto, Canada	L 8
- Mar. 15	Spider Armstrong	Boston, USA	L 10
- Apr. 19	Eddie Compo	New Haven, USA	L 8
+ May 24	Cliff Griffin	Lewiston, USA	KO 3
1949
+ May 25	Percy Paris	Worcester, USA	TKO 6
+ June 8	Dom Saia	Worcester, USA	TKO 3
= June 20	Johnny DeFazio	Newark, USA	Draw 8
- July 13	Guillermo Gimenez	Bronx, USA	L 8

Summary

Total bouts: 99, Won: 67 (29 inside the limit), Lost: 21 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 11, NC: 0