1. Louis Salica was an American boxer, who captured the Undisputed World Bantamweight Title twice in his career, in 1935 and 1940.
24 Facts About Louis Salica
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Louis Salica was born in Brooklyn, New York to a large Italian family of sixteen children on November 16,1912.
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Louis Salica won the Metropolitan Flyweight Championship in 1931 and 1932, as well as the 1932 National AAU Flyweight Championship.
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Louis Salica would fight and defeat DeGrasse again in a longer ten round points decision on May 11,1937 at Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles.
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Louis Salica opened a cut over the eye of DeGrasse in the seventh round, but DeGrasse finished strong in the close bout, making many in the crowd question the referee's decision.
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Louis Salica defeated Harry Bauman once on April 2,1934 in a six round points decision at St Nicholas Arena in New York City.
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Louis Salica came in strong in the final rounds to defeat his opponent.
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Dado showed greater speed and accuracy in his punching, though Louis Salica often scored points in rounds when Dado was tiring, and clearly won the fifth.
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Louis Salica scored two no count knockdowns in early rounds, but had to come from behind in a strong finish when Quintana made a strong showing in the middle rounds.
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Louis Salica was outweighed by nearly eight pounds in the feature bout.
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Louis Salica subsequently lost the World Bantamweight Championship to Escobar just two months later on November 15,1935 in a fifteen round Unanimous Decision at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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On November 2,1937, Louis Salica scored a fourth round technical knockout against Joey Wach in Brooklyn.
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Louis Salica fought at only 119 pounds, still in the bantamweight range.
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The bout was a feature fight only scheduled for eight rounds, and according to one source, Louis Salica was fighting for the first time as a featherweight.
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Louis Salica defeated Jackie Jurich on August 18,1939 at Legion Stadium in Hollywood, California in a ninth round knockout.
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On November 16,1939, Louis Salica fought a NYSAC World Bantamweight Boxing Championship title bout against Tony Olivera, winning in a ten round points decision in Hollywood, California.
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On March 4,1940, Louis Salica fought Black Cleveland-based boxer Georgie Pace for the first time in Toronto, Canada in an important NBA World Bantamweight Boxing Championship, but received a Draw for the fifteen round bout.
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Pace was recognized as the NBA World Bantamweight Title holder at the time of the fight, and Louis Salica was still considered by the New York State Athletic Commission to hold their version of the World Title, largely as a result of his win over Tony Olivera the previous year.
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Louis Salica floored Montana, nine times, before the fight was stopped 1:30 into the third round.
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Louis Salica was outweighed by around seven pounds and a half pounds in the non-title fight.
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The Los Angeles Times tellingly noted that Louis Salica had lost much of the speed of his former boxing days, having weathered a large number of fights in his twelve year career as a boxer.
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On March 27,1944, Louis Salica fought his last professional bout with Harry Jeffra, losing in a ten round unanimous decision in Baltimore.
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On February 1,1946, Louis Salica was sentenced to an eighteen month prison term for obtaining "kick-backs" from civilian workers while working as a civilian carpentry foreman at an Army base in his hometown of Brooklyn.
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Louis Salica was working at the New York Port of Embarkation installation.