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However, it was Cappuccino’s long and active career that made him a respected member of the boxing fraternity. Cappuccino refereed thousands of bouts including nearly 100 world title fights. Some of his most memorable assignments were Tyson-Spinks, Gatti-Ward I, Tyson-Mathis Jr., Whitaker-Rodriguez, Bowe-Biggs, Tyson-Stewart, Spinks-Cooney, Spinks-Davis, Chandler-Carter, Saad Muhammad-Lopez I, Saad Muhammad-Grant, Rossman-Bennett, Briscoe-Marshall II, Hopkins-Hakkar, Hopkins-Daniels, Lewis-Briggs, Lewis-Mavoric, and many, many more.
Cappuccino refereed his final bout in 2008 and continued to judge fights through 2010. In more recent years, Cappuccino remained on the local fight scene until declining health prevented him from attending events.
Cappuccino was elected to both the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame for his long and legendary career as a referee. Funeral services for
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Prominent
and popular boxing referee Frank Cappuccino passed away this
morning, June 8th, at age 86. Cappuccino was born Frank
Capcino on February 7, 1929, and grew up in the Kensington
section of Philadelphia. Along with older brother Vic
Capcino, who also recently passed away (May 13, 2015), the
younger Capcino was an amateur boxer during the 1940s.
Frank turned professional in 1949 and fought just three
times as a pro welterweight, winning all three by 4-round
decision at South Philly’s Toppi Stadium. 
In
1958, Frank became a referee and for the next fifty years,
worked as both a referee and a boxing judge. Along the way
Capcino changed his name to the more colorful “Cappuccino”,
and ring announcer and long-time friend Ed Derian helped to
make that name famous with his exaggerated pronunciation of
it in his announcements of Frank. 
