Description
Steve Belloise
Record: 95-13-3
59 KOs 5 KOs
Division: middle
Bouts: 111
Career: 1938-1950
Debut: 1938-08-09
Birth name: Stephen Michael Belloise
Born: 1918-12-16
Died: 1984-02-18 (Age:65)
Nationality: USA
Residence: New York, New York, USA
Birth place: Bronx, New York, USA
Steve Belloise sometimes was also known as Steve (Gink) Belloise. (For example, see the Tacoma News Tribune of Nov. 8, 1939.) His older brother Mike was a World Featherweight Champion during the mid-1930s. Another brother, Sal Belloise, boxed as a Middleweight during the late 1940s and early ’50s.
After his pro boxing career, Belloise became a bricklayer, then a city building inspector. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He also had a cameo role in the movie Requiem for a Heavyweight, as a hotel clerk.
Steve Belloise died February 18, 1984, at the Bronx Veterans Hospital.
