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Philly Boxing History |
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FEBRUARY 15, 1932 |
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Lightweight champion Tony Canzoneri faced South Philly's Lew Massey in a non-title bout, at the Philadelphia Arena before 5,000 fans on this day in 1932. The tough man from Slidell, Louisiana jumped out to a quick start, flooring Massey with booming right hands in the second round. Massey climbed up after the onslaught and showed his Philly grit. He even bounced back nicely, taking the third and fourth rounds, and battling even in the fifth before Canzoneri began to show his stuff again. Tony started to steamroll Massey in the sixth, and had him hanging on in the next session, while he blasted away with both hands. In the end, Lew made it to the last bell and Tony won the unanimous decision. |
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| OTHER FIGHT RESULTS ON THIS DATE: | ||||
| 1926 - Johnny Jadick W8 Lou Skymer at Philadelphia | ||||
| 1924 - Battling Murray KO1 Johnny Fagan at Philadelphia | ||||
| 1934 - Tony Falco W8 Bucky Jones at Broadway A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1939 - Al Nettlow W10 Tommy Cross at Philadelphia | ||||
| 1943 - Johnny Hutchinson D10 Maxie Shapiro at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1945 - Santa Bucca W8 George LaRover at the Olympia A.C. in South Philly | ||||
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1960 - Sidney 'Sweet Pea' Adams W8 Stan Fitzgerald at Philadelphia |
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| 1962 - Sidney 'Sweet Pea' Adams D8 Johnny Palmer at the Blue Horizon in North Philly | ||||
| 1984 - Frank Montgomery W10 Jerome Artis at Sands Hotel Casino in Atlantic City | ||||
| 1989 - Nate Miller KO7 Bert Cooper at Pennsylvania Hall in West Philly | ||||
| 1989 - Dwight Muhammad Qawi W10 Tyrone Booze at Pennsylvania Hall in West Philly | ||||
| 1989 - Anthony Witherspoon W12 Bash Ali at Pennsylvania Hall in West Philly | ||||
| DEATHS: | ||||
| 2007 - Bob Botto | ||||
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CANZONERI
TOPS MASSEY AT THE ARENA