Italian American Classics - one CD with all your favorite artists!!! -
This is the one.
Click here
for to search for more MUSIC (cds, tapes...)
To order books about Italian American players Click on their
names below
BOXING
Italians have gained great notoriety and fame using their fistic skills
in the boxing ring. In fact, three of the most famous boxing movies were biographies of
Italians: Rocky Graziano (Somebody Up there Likes Me), Jake LaMotta (Raging Bull), and
Rocky Balboa (Rocky).
OK, that last one was fiction, but the list of famous paisanos that follows is real:
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Rocky Marciano
Primo Carnera
Tony Galento
Roland La Starza
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Joey Maxim
Willie Pastrano
Melio Bettina
Mike Rossman
George Nichols
Lou Scozza
Giulio Rinaldi
Guido Bardelli aka Young Firpo
Jimmy "White" Amato
MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Johnny Wilson
Vince Dundee
Fred Apostoli
Rocky Graziano
Jake LaMotta
Carmen Basilio
Joey Giardello
Nino Benvenuti
Vito Antuofermo
Joey Giambra
Rocky Castellani
Joe Calzaghe
Jimmy "White" Amato
WELTER WEIGHTS
Joe Dundee
Young Corbett III
Marty Servo
Tony DeMarco
Tony Janiro
Johnny Cesario
Tippy Larkin
Bruno Arcari
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Tony Canzoneri
Dulio Loi
Rocky Kansas
Sammy Mandell
Loe Ambers
Sammy Angott
Paddy DeMarco
Ray Mancini
Vinnie Pazienza
Arturo Gatti
Johnny Dundee
Steve Sullivan
Mike Ballerino
Paolo Rossi
Billy Petrolle
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Johnny Dundee
Battling Battalino
Mike Belloise
Pete Scalzo
Harry Jeffra
Willie Pep
Jackie Callura
Phil Terranova
Sal Bartolo
BATAM WEIGHTS
Kid Murphy
Frankie Conley
Pete Herman
Cannonball Martin
Bushy Graham
Lou Salica
Tony Marino
Tommy Forte
Eder Jofre
Mario D'Agata
FLYWEIGHTS
Fidel La Barba
Frankie Genaro
Midget Wolgast
Franco Udella
Information courtesy of Dennis Marconi
here is another great boxing link
http://www.capital.net/~soialban/boxritam.html
Back to Sports Page
Back to Famous Italians
Back to The Main Page