Oct 04, 2015
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by Rolando Vitale
Between 1900 and 1955, Italian Americans captured the greatest proportion of world boxing titles. Fifty-one champions and title claimants rose to the top of their respective weight classes, more than any other ethnic group.
Yet the outside world was oblivious to this remarkable success with his Italian identity usually hidden under an appropriated Irish moniker. This little known fact, contained in the book The Real Rockys: A History of the Golden Age of Italian Americans in Boxing 1900-1955, reveal the important contribution these athletes made to American sports.
Fonte: L'italo-Americano
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