Tony Canzoneri biography
Tony Canzoneri, (born November 6, 1908, Slidell, Louisiana, U.S.—died December 9, 1959, New York, New York), American skilled boxer who held world championships within the featherweight, light-weight, and junior-welterweight divisions.
Canzoneri weighed solely 95 kilos (43 kg) when he started his newbie boxing profession. After turning professional in 1925, he gained the National Boxing Association’s model of the bantamweight title. Canzoneri’s first world-title match was as a featherweight on February 10, 1928, when he defeated Benny Bass in a 15-round determination. He misplaced the title later that 12 months when Andre Routis outpointed him in 15 rounds, and he additionally misplaced his first try on the light-weight title in a 10-round determination to Sammy Mandell on August 2, 1929. Canzoneri gained the world light-weight title in his second try, recording the quickest knockout within the historical past of the division by placing down Al Singer 66 seconds into the primary spherical of their 1930 match. He added the world junior-welterweight title by knocking out Jack (“Kid”) Berg within the third spherical on April 24, 1931.
From mid-July by way of late November, Canzoneri defended his junior-welterweight title thrice and his light-weight title as soon as. In 1932 he misplaced two junior light-weight title matches, however he held the light-weight title till June 23, 1933, when he was crushed by Barney Ross in a 10-round determination. Later that 12 months in a rematch, Ross defeated Canzoneri by determination in 15 rounds. Upon Ross’s shifting as much as the welterweight division, a match was held to find out his successor as light-weight champion; Canzoneri gained a 15-round determination over Lou Ambers on May 10, 1935, and thus regained the world title. After a profitable title protection later that 12 months, he misplaced a rematch with Ambers for the light-weight championship in a 15-round determination on September 3, 1936. Canzoneri met Ambers once more on May 7, 1937, and once more misplaced a 15-round determination. That was his final title match, however he continued boxing till 1939; over the course of his profession, he fought 18 world champions. He give up boxing on November 1 when he was knocked out within the third spherical by Al Davis—the one knockout lack of his distinguished profession. Following his retirement from the ring, Canzoneri grew to become an actor and operated a well known restaurant in Manhattan. He was inducted into Ring journal’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 1956.