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Rocky Graziano
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"The Rock"
Middleweight
Male
(Tommaso Rocco Barbella) USA, New York City, New York Born: June 7, 1922, New York City, New York, USA Died: May 22, 1990, New York City, New York, USA Height: 5ft 7in, mt 1,69 Weight: 148, 152, 155, 158, 160 lbs
Italian-American
He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991
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Amateur Results | 1941 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | |
Ridgewood Grove, New York, Metropolitan AAU Novice winner, 147 lbs | + Oct. 24 | Stanley Tuckett | Ridgewood Grove, New York | WKO 2 | + Oct. 31 | Gus Jones | Ridgewood Grove, New York | WPTS 3 | + Nov. 14 | Stanford Tuckett | Ridgewood Grove, New York | WTKO 2 | + Nov. 24 | Fred Wilhelmy | Jamaica Arena, New York | WPTS 5 |
Professional record | 1942 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Mar. 31 | Curtis Hightower | Brooklyn, USA | TKO 2 | + Apr. 6 | Mike Mastandrea | New York, USA | KO 3 | + Apr. 14 | Kenny Blackmar | Brooklyn, USA | KO 1 | = Apr. 20 | Godfrey Howell | New York, USA | Draw 4 | - Apr. 28 | Charles Ferguson | Brooklyn, USA | L 6 | + May 4 | Eddie Lee | New York, USA | KO 4 | + May 12 | Godfrey Howell | Brooklyn, USA | KO 4 | = May 25 | Lou Miller | New York, USA | Draw 6 | | 1943 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + June 11 | Gilberto Ramirez Vasquez | Brooklyn, USA | KO 1 | + June 16 | Joe Curcio | Elizabeth, USA | KO 4 | + June 24 | Frankie Falco | Brooklyn, USA | KO 5 | + July 8 | Johnny Atteley | Brooklyn, USA | TKO 2 | + July 22 | George Stevens | Brooklyn, USA | KO 1 | + July 27 | Randy Drew | Long Island City, USA | KO 1 | + Aug. 12 | Charley McPherson | Brooklyn, USA | W 6 | + Aug. 20 | Ted Apostoli | New York, USA | W 4 | + Aug. 24 | Tony Grey | Long Island City, USA | KO 6 | - Sept. 10 | Joe Agosta | New York, USA | L 6 | + Sept. 21 | George Wilson | Brooklyn, USA | W 8 | + Oct. 5 | Freddie Graham | Brooklyn, USA | KO 1 | + Oct. 13 | Jimmy Williams | Elizabeth, USA | TKO 2 | = Oct. 27 | Charley McPherson | Elizabeth, USA | Draw 6 | - Nov. 12 | Steve Riggio | New York, USA | L 6 | + Nov. 30 | Freddie Graham | Paterson, USA | W 8 | + Dec. 6 | Charley McPherson | New York, USA | W 6 | + Dec. 27 | Milo Theodorescu | Newark, USA | TKO 1 | | 1944 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 4 | Harold Gary | Jersey City, USA | W 8 | + Jan. 7 | Jerry Pittro | New York, USA | TKO 1 | + Jan. 18 | Phil Enzenga | White Plains, USA | TKO 5 | - Feb. 9 | Steve Riggio | New York, USA | L 6 | + Feb. 24 | Nick Calder | Highland Park, USA | KO 4 | + Mar. 4 | Leon Anthony | Brooklyn, USA | KO 1 | + Mar. 8 | Harold Gary | Elizabeth, USA | W 6 | + Mar. 14 | Ray Rovelli | Brooklyn, USA | W 8 | + Apr. 10 | Bobby Brown | Washington, USA | KO 5 | + May 9 | Freddie Graham | Washington, USA | KO 3 | + May 29 | Tommy Mollis | Washington, USA | TKO 7 | + June 7 | Larney Moore | Brooklyn, USA | KO 2 | + June 27 | Frankie Terry | Woodhaven, USA | TKO 6 | + July 21 | Tony Reno | Brooklyn, USA | W 8 | + Aug. 14 | Jerry Fiorello | Long Island City, USA | W 8 | = Sept. 15 | Frankie Terry | New York, USA | Draw 8 | = Oct. 6 | Danny Kapilow | New York, USA | Draw 10 | + Oct. 24 | Bernie Miller | Brooklyn, USA | TKO 2 | - Nov. 3 | Harold Green | New York, USA | L 10 | - Dec. 22 | Harold Green | New York, USA | L 10 | | 1945 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Mar. 9 | Billy Arnold | New York, USA | TKO 3 | + Apr. 17 | Solomon Stewart | Washington, USA | KO 4 | + May 25 | Al Bummy Davis | New York, USA | TKO 4 | + June 29 | Freddie Cochrane | New York, USA | KO 10 | + Aug. 24 | Freddie Cochrane | New York, USA | KO 10 | + Sept. 28 | Harold Green | New York, USA | KO 3 | | 1946 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 18 | Sonny Horne | New York, USA | W 10 | + Mar. 29 | Marty Servo | New York, USA | TKO 2 | - Sept. 27 | Tony Zale | Bronx, USA | KO by 6 | (For World Middleweight Title) | | 1947 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + June 10 | Eddie Finazzo | Memphis, USA | TKO 1 | + June 16 | Jerry Fiorello | Toledo, USA | TKO 5 | + July 16 | Tony Zale | Chicago, USA | TKO 6 | (Won World Middleweight Title) | | 1948 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Apr. 5 | Sonny Horne | Washington, USA | W 10 | - June 10 | Tony Zale | Newark, USA | KO by 3 | (Lost World Middleweight Title) | ^ Oct. 10 | Dom Youvella | Jersey City, USA | Exh 5 | | 1949 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + June 21 | Bobby Claus | Wilmington, USA | KO 2 | + July 18 | Joe Agosta | West Springfield, USA | KO 2 | + Sept. 14 | Charley Fusari | New York, USA | TKO 10 | + Dec. 6 | Sonny Horne | Cleveland, USA | W 10 | | 1950 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Mar. 6 | Joe Curcio | Miami, USA | KO 1 | = Mar. 31 | Tony Janiro | New York, USA | Draw 10 | + Apr. 24 | Danny Williams | New Haven, USA | KO 3 | + May 9 | Vinnie Cidone | Milwaukee, USA | TKO 3 | + May 16 | Henry Brimm | Buffalo, USA | KO 4 | + Oct. 4 | Gene Burton | Chicago, USA | KO 7 | + Oct. 16 | Pete Mead | Milwaukee, USA | KO 3 | + Oct. 27 | Tony Janiro | New York, USA | W 10 | + Nov. 27 | Honeychile Johnson | Philadelphia, USA | KO 4 | | 1951 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Mar. 19 | Reuben Jones | Miami, USA | KO 3 | + May 21 | Johnny Greco | Montreal, Canada | KO 3 | + June 18 | Freddie Lott | Baltimore, USA | KO 5 | + July 10 | Cecil Hudson | Kansas City, USA | TKO 3 | + Aug. 6 | Chuck Hunter | Boston, USA | WDQ 2 | + Sept. 19 | Tony Janiro | Detroit, USA | TKO 10 | | 1952 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Feb. 18 | Eddie O'Neill | Louisville, USA | TKO 4 | + Mar. 27 | Roy Wouters | Minneapolis, USA | TKO 1 | - Apr. 16 | Sugar Ray Robinson | Chicago, USA | KO by 3 | - Sept. 17 | Chuck Davey | Chicago, USA | L 10 |
Summary
Total bouts: 83, Won: 67 (52 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 6, NC: 0, ND: 0
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