Frankie Covelli
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Frankie Covelli | |
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Real name | Frankie Covelli |
Weight(s) | Featherweight |
Nationality | American |
Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | May 4, 1913
Died | February 16, 2003 Chicago, Illinois | (aged 89)
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 157 |
Wins | 94 |
Wins by KO | 19 |
Losses | 40 |
Draws | 22 |
No contests | 1 |
Frankie Covelli (May 4, 1913 – February 16, 2003[1] ) was an American boxer from Brooklyn New York.
Life[]
Covelli began boxing in 1929. Among other notable fighters, he fought Freddie Miller two times, losing both bouts by decision, and also lost to Henry Armstrong. He held Baby Arizmendi to a draw. Covelli fought Willie Joyce twice. The first fight he lost by decision but won the second fight by a decision. He also defeated former bantamweight champion Sixto Escobar.
In Covelli's only title fight he lost to Petey Scalzo for the National Boxing Association featherweight title by TKO at Griffith Stadium in 1940. He retired from boxing later that year.
External links[]
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
Categories:
- American boxers of Italian descent
- Boxers from New York City
- Sportspeople from Brooklyn
- 1913 births
- 2003 deaths
- American male boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- American boxing biography stubs