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Tony Galento. Dominick Anthony Galento (March 12, 1910 – July 22, 1979) was an American heavyweight boxer. [1] He is best remembered for scoring a third-round knockdown against Joe Louis in a world title stoppage loss in June 1939. [2]
Mar 17, 2016 · Galento ran the Nut Club bar in Orange, New Jersey, and it was in his tavern that he had a bloody altercation with his brother on the day of his fight with former world champion Max Baer;...
Apr 4, 2015 · "Two-Ton" Tony Galento was one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing. Standing 5'9" and weighing 230-plus pounds, Galento claimed that he trained on beer, hamburgers and spaghetti. He was a rough-and-tough brawler, but he was not without skill.
Tony Galento. Actor: On the Waterfront. "Two Ton" Tony Galento, a stogie-smoking pugilist and bar-owner who claimed he trained on beer, hamburgers, and spaghetti, was one of the most colorful characters to ever contend for the heavyweight title.
Jul 23, 1979 · Tony (Two‐Ton) Galento, a brawling heavyweight boxer of the 1930's who knocked Joe Louis down in a losing championship bout, died yesterday morning at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, N.J.,...
"Tony Galento, chunky Orange slugger, knocked out Boros..with a powerful left hook to the chin.." Boros's style puzzled Galento, who had to take a lot of punches before he pulled it out at the end. (Newark Evening News, Herb Goldman).
Feb 22, 2024 · On June 28, 1939 world heavyweight champion Joe Louis took on challenger “Two Ton” Tony Galento in New York City’s Yankee Stadium. “The Brown Bomber”, as Louis was called by his fans, had won...
tony galento, the famed “twoton” tony, with the thunderous left hook, was born on march 12, 1910, in orange, n. j. TONY STARTED HIS BOXING CAREER IN THE AMATEUR RANKS IN 1926. WITH 3 YEARS IN THE SIMON-PURES, GALENTO WON 29 OUT OF 31 CONTESTS.
The greatest clown in boxing history had arrived. Galento, a dirty fighter who would deliberately head-butt, gouge, low-blow, and elbow his opponents, was one of the toughest men ever to box professionally.
Jul 22, 2016 · Tony ‘Two Ton’ Galento was one of the most unusual and colourful characters ever to enter the boxing ring. Standing just 5' feet 9” inches tall (some said that he was an inch or two shorter), Galento was the height of most middleweights or welterweights, but was as wide as he was tall, and at his peak, weighed around 220 to 230 pounds.
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