Description
Tony Canzoneri
Record 137-24-10
Division: light
Bouts 171
Career 1925-1939
Debut 1925-07-24
Nationality USA
Residence New York, New York, USA
Birth place Slidell, Louisiana, USA
Died: 1959-12-09 (Age: 51)
Born: 1908-11-06
Tony Canzoneri fought 18 world champions and six Hall of Famers. He defeated such fighters as Baby Arizmendi, Benny Bass, Jackie (Kid) Berg, Kid Chocolate, Johnny Dundee, Johnny Jadick, Frankie Klick, Jimmy McLarnin, Billy Petrolle, Andre Routis, Battling Shaw, Al Singer and Bud Taylor.
Canzoneri, at age 18, fought Bud Taylor twice for the vacant NBA World Bantamweight Championship in 1927. The first fight was a ten-round draw, and Taylor won the second by a ten-round unanimous decision. Canzoneri also fought a third fight with Taylor in 1927 winning a ten-round unanimous decision. Canzoneri became the second boxer in history to win world titles in three weight divisions when he knocked out Jackie (Kid) Berg in 1931 to win the World Junior Welterweight Championship. At the time, Canzoneri held the World Lightweight Championship, and he had previously reigned as World Featherweight Champion. He was within a shade off being the third boxer in the history of boxing in holding three world championships at one time.
Canzoneri lost two close fights to Barney Ross in 1933 for the World Lightweight and Junior Welterweight Championships. Ross won the first fight by a ten-round majority decision and the second by a fifteen round split decision.
Categories: Italian American Boxers | World Featherweight Champions |World Lightweight Champions |World Light Welterweight Champions |Three Division World Champions |American World Champions |The Ring Magazine Champions |IBHOF Members |Trained by Dan Florio
