1. Sammy Angott was born Salvatore Engotti in a Pittsburgh area town in Pennsylvania.
47 Facts About Sammy Angott
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Sammy Angott retired with a record of 94 wins, 29 losses and 8 draws.
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Sammy Angott was knocked out just once in his career, by Beau Jack in 1946.
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Sammy Angott defeated Lew Massey at the Columbia Gymnasium in Louisville, Kentucky in a ten-round points decision on December 6,1937.
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Sammy Angott first defeated Wesley Ramey on May 6,1938, in a ten-round decision in Louisville, Kentucky.
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On September 16,1938, Sammy Angott defeated Ramey again in a ten-round unanimous decision at the Sportatorium in Dallas.
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On May 23,1938, Sammy Angott defeated Frankie Covelli in a ten-round unanimous decision in Chicago.
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On June 1,1938, Sammy Angott defeated Irving Eldridge in a ten-round points decision at Hickey Park in Millvale, Pennsylvania.
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Sammy Angott had Speigal floundering in the eighth with a flurry of lefts and rights, though there were no knockdowns in the bout.
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Sammy Angott had lost decisively to Speigal on November 2,1936, in ten rounds in Maryland, and again on August 24,1936, in Millvale, Pennsylvania in a closer eight round split decision.
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On July 17,1939, Sammy Angott defeated ethnic Syrian boxer Petey Sarron in a ten-round decision at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
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Sammy Angott gained more of his lead on points in the later rounds after the thirty-one year old Sarron had tired.
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Sarron scored often with his left, but it did not affect the attack of the Sammy Angott, who was nine years younger.
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Sammy Angott defeated Mexican boxer "Baby" Arizmendi on November 3,1939, in a ten-round unanimous decision at the Chicago Stadium.
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Sammy Angott was down to his knees for a no count in the second round, but with a barrage of left and rights, he stacked up points in the remaining rounds.
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Sammy Angott first faced the great Sugar Ray Robinson on July 21,1941, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, losing in a ten-round decision.
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Sammy Angott lost twice more to Robinson on July 31,1942, in a ten-round decision at Madison Square Garden and on March 4,1946, in a ten-round decision in Pittsburgh.
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On December 19,1941, Sammy Angott took the New York State Athletic Commission World Lightweight Title from Lew Jenkins before a crowd of 11,343 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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Sammy Angott became undisputed champion as he held both the NYSAC and NBA World Lightweight Championship.
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Sammy Angott dominated the fighting outpointing Jenkins over fifteen rounds.
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Sammy Angott defended the title only once, a close 15-round points win over Allie Stolz on May 15,1942, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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On September 28,1942, Sammy Angott defeated Aldo Spoldi, a former European lightweight champion, in a slow non-title ten round bout at City Park Stadium before a crowd of around 5,000 in New Orleans, and according to one source took nearly all of the rounds.
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Sammy Angott had formerly beaten Spoldi on April 14,1939, at the Hippodrome in New York before around 2,600 fans in a ten-round points decision.
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Spoldi was credited with only the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds, while Sammy Angott was given the rest.
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Sammy Angott dug ditches and worked as an athletic instructor at Washington and Jefferson College for the five months he was away from the ring.
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Sammy Angott was dominant in the first five rounds and held on to win the decision.
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The United Press gave six rounds to Sammy Angott, three to Pep, and one even, though the official voting was a bit closer.
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Sammy Angott showed greater speed and connected with more blows, though the fight in most respects was close, and Pep was favored in the pre-fight betting.
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On June 11,1943, Sammy Angott lost to the great Henry Armstrong at Madison Square Garden in a close ten round unanimous decision.
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Sammy Angott was nailed with a hard punch to the body in the eighth round that doubled him up, and started a downhill slide, that gave the eighth, ninth, and tenth to his opponent.
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The savage bout had Armstrong bleeding from the mouth and Sammy Angott cut on the left eye and blackened on the left eye.
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Sammy Angott took the vacant NBA World Lightweight crown by outpointing Black Baltimore boxer Slugger White in a title bout on October 27,1943, at Los Angeles' Gilmore Stadium in 15 rounds.
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Sammy Angott lost the title before taking the NYSAC World Lightweight Title, making his title not considered a "unified" World Lightweight Title.
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Sammy Angott defeated Bobby Ruffin on December 17,1943, in a fierce ten round split decision before 11,844 fans at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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Sammy Angott amassed a lead in points in the opening rounds, but Ruffin punched hard enough in the closing rounds to split the decision.
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Sammy Angott used his "windmill" offense dealing flurries of blows at times during the bout.
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Sammy Angott lost the NBA title for the last time to Mexican boxer Juan Zurita on March 8,1944, in a fifteen-round unanimous decision title bout before 11,300 at Gilmore Field in Los Angeles.
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Zurita dominated after the first round which Sammy Angott won with aggressive attacks.
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Sammy Angott claimed he had difficulty making weight and had run five miles and taken steam baths before the weigh-in.
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On September 19,1945, Sammy Angott defeated reigning lightweight champion Ike Williams in a sixth round non-title TKO at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
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Sammy Angott appeared strongest in the sixth and seventh rounds with strong blows to Williams' body.
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On May 16,1947, Sammy Angott defeated Black boxer Johnny Bratton in a ten-round unanimous decision at Chicago Stadium.
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Sammy Angott was down for a three count in the tenth round, but Bratton waited until the closing seconds of most rounds to stage an attack.
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Sammy Angott defeated Mexican boxer Kid Azteca in his second to last fight on June 26,1950, at Dudley Field in El Paso in a ten-round unanimous decision.
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Sammy Angott died in the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on October 22,1980, after a long illness.
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Sammy Angott left a wife Evelyn, one son, and two daughters.
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Sammy Angott was inducted into The Ring magazine Hall of Fame in 1973 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.