1. Paddy DeMarco, was a lightweight professional boxer from Brooklyn, New York, who took the Undisputed Lightweight World Championship on March 5,1954, against Jimmy Carter.
19 Facts About Paddy DeMarco
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Paddy DeMarco was raised there and considered it his hometown.
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Paddy DeMarco won his first five professional fights in 1945, losing for the first time against Butch Charles in October of the same year.
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Paddy DeMarco lost the unanimous ten round decision, one of very few early setbacks.
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Paddy DeMarco piled up a big lead in points in the early rounds in a match that the Associated Press scored six to four for Paddy DeMarco.
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Paddy DeMarco beat Saddler on December 7,1951, before 5,635, in another ten round split decision, this time at Madison Square Garden, boxing's New York cathedral.
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On December 22,1949, Paddy DeMarco defeated Teddy Davis before 2,500 at the Broadway Arena in Brooklyn in an eight round unanimous decision.
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Paddy DeMarco lost to Davis on August 2,1950, in a ten round points decision at the Crystal Arena in Norwolk, Connecticut.
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On February 1,1950, Paddy DeMarco defeated Cuban lightweight contender Orlando Zulueta for the only time in a ten round unanimous decision at St Nicholas Arena in New York.
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Paddy DeMarco lost to Zulueta on two other occasions in close ten round decisions at Eastern Parkway Arena in Brooklyn, first on October 27,1952, and again on September 21,1953.
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On September 24,1951, Paddy DeMarco defeated Enrique Bolanos at the Coliseum in Chicago in a ten round unanimous decision.
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Paddy DeMarco first defeated Henry Davis comfortably in a ten round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden on November 21,1952.
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Paddy DeMarco beat Davis again on March 14,1953, at Boston Garden in another ten round unanimous decision.
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In 1954, Paddy DeMarco twice challenged Black boxer and reigning World Lightweight Champion Jimmy Carter for the Lightweight Championship of the World.
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Paddy DeMarco won the first meeting on March 5,1954, in a fifteen round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden.
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On October 3,1955, though an underdog in the early betting, Paddy DeMarco defeated lightweight contender Kenny Lane in a ten-round split decision at the St Nicholas Arena in New York.
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Paddy DeMarco hit and held repeatedly in the bout, where clutching was common, and even threw in a few headbutts for good measure.
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Paddy DeMarco retired with a career record of 75 wins.
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Paddy DeMarco died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 13,1997.