He was quite small,not that strong or speedy,but he's quite rugged and crafty enough to bully bigger opponents,sorta like Duran or Langford,his style looks like a mini LaMotta/Basilio. His resume ain't bad,if he was champion and won some of his biggest bouts he might even make IBHOF. Lulu Constantino (1-0) Billy Graham (2-1) Cleo Shans (0-1) Bob Montgomery (1-1) Tony Janiro (0-2) Charley Fusari (1-1) Ike Williams (0-1) Paddy Young (1-0) Kid Gavilan (0-1) Joe Miceli (1-0) Johnny Saxton (0-1) Vince Martinez (0-1) There's only 2 footages of him,but you can tell how good he was. This content is protected This content is protected I recommend you to watch both of his fights if you love short rugged maulers that's still a bit crafty to be competitive with their opponents. This content is protected This content is protected Two documentaries are made about him too,mind to take a look at it sometimes.
Bump @George Crowcroft @META5 @scartissue @Flo_Raiden @Dorrian_Grey @Ioakeim Tzortzakis I think you guys are the type that'll be interested in him first,mind to take a look at Pellone?
It's amazing how one story will always stick in one's head. I recall reading a short piece on Pellone in Ring Mag many years ago where Pellone arrived home with his purse from a fight. I can't recall the sum. It could have been a couple of hundred or a couple of thousand. Anyways, his Italian father is the one who 'handled' the money. In the piece, Pellone said his father counted out the purse on the kitchen table and then looked at Tony and said, "Tony, how you fixed?" Pellone said, "I'm broke." The old man counted out $13.00 and handed it to him. Then, recalculating his figures, the old man said, "No, wait." And took back another dollar and handed him $12.00. Now, maybe $12 went a long way in those days, I don't know, but it was never mentioned what the old man did with the balance of the purse. Did he put it away for Tony, did he spend it on the household? God only knows but that story always hung with me. I will check out his Fusari fight. It looks to be in its entirety. Good subject matter, by the way.
It does seems to be in it's entirety I believe,i'm currently scoring it alongside the Cuevas vs Shields fight which is 65% done.
Please tag me when you post your Cuevas-Shields score. I wanna see how you scored it. (I’m still on a little bit of a high to see it return to YT, especially in a high-res version.)
He was known as an all-action slugger who typically came up short vs. world class opposition but always seemed to give every1 a tough battle. His best wins were over reigning lw champ Bob Montgomery in a non-title fight & 2 over otherwise unbeaten Billy Graham, although the Graham wins were both controversial. he stepped into the Gavilan fight on short notice & the 2 reportedly produced an epic slugfest. His career declined after a surprising & uncharacteristic KO loss to midwest import Vince Foster.
Thanks - been a busy week so I haven't had a chance to watch everything. From the little that I have seen, he's quite adept at slipping the jab and is fairly well balanced in his footwork. With low hands, he's sometimes open to the counter as he throws his overhand right but I do like the somewhat Canzoneri scything as he weaves and bounces out of range when he's on the defence. He seems to know exactly how to protect himself and made Fusari work. I like his counter hook to the body and how he closes distance with the leaping hook and follows with the right hand. I will watch some more over the next few days and come back with a more developed opinion but from what I can tell, he's a solid fighter, without anything standing out to me as remarkable, but well drilled and quite canny.
