If the Five Families were made up of Italian-American boxers instead, who'd be the "five bosses"

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    I think Id have it like this:

    Don Marciano
    Don Pep
    Don Basilio
    Don Lamotta
    Don Graziano

    In Canada, the main Don would be Don Gatti

    In Sicily, of course, you'd have Don Benvenuti and Don Loi and possibly..Don Carnera?

    Others like Vito Antuofoermo, Loris Stecca, Tony De Marco would be underbosses, caporegime, soldiers what not.

    Who would be your Dons? (eje. your 5 greatest Italian or Italian-American boxers)

    I know the Italian diaspora also has produced good boxers in Australia (Rocky Galletari) but not good enough to be called great and also in Argentina (Juan Martin Coggi for example) but AFAIK there is no Argentine Mafia lol

    Coggi's greatness is debatable. I think he should be in the hall of fame, but many people dont like him that much.
     
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  2. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    If we go by mafia-tier sociopathy, I think Don LaMotta is a perfect choice.

    Who knows, maybe he might pull a Michael Corleone on the other Dons.
     
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  3. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Doubt it..he was volatile like Sonny....but then again I dont know...Sonny was protective of his sister after all...
     
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  4. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    “This is business, not personal Jake!”

    ”….did you **** my wife? Just tell me.”

    shoots Tom
     
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  5. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    As long as Don Canzoneri is at the top of the food chain, we have no quarrel. So, we have a quarrel. Let's fight about it.
     
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  6. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    I'm reading these responses and I wanna know why no one has mentioned Don Balboa, head of the Philadelphia chapter.
     
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  7. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Where does the Don King fit in??
     
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  8. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Don King

    Don Curry

    Larry Don(ald)

    Don Duck

    Don Ameche
     
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  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    And not forgetting the great Don Cockell..
     
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  10. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He can be consigliere.
     
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  11. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    He certainly can be.
     
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  12. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Good list
    Not a fan of LaMotta so I'll swap him out for Giardello
     
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  13. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If based on greatness, Canzernori ahead of Graziano, by a distance.
     
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  14. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    It’s funny to see Carmen and Jake as locks all things considered and Carnera relatively unmentioned.
     
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  15. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It would have to be a southerner. Michele Piccirillo was from Puglia, I don´t know of any sicilian boxer, or calabrese or napolitan.

    Benvenuti, Carnera, Arcari, Loi were all from North therefore very very different in terms of language, culture and habits.
     
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