Season 2: #10 Tony DeMarco

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Tony DeMarco won the world welterweight title back in 1955 when he stopped Johnny Saxton. The Boston idol, who headlined more at the Boston Garden than anyone else, fought several world champions, including two violent tussles with Carmen Basillio, Kid Gavilan, Chico Vejar, Denny Moyer, Virgil Akins and Don Jordan.

Now, aged 87 depending on the records you go by, DeMarco was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2019. Here, he talks about his fights, his friendships with the likes of Jake LaMotta and Rocky Marciano and more from his apartment complex in Boston.

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0:29.6	Well common though he was sure he had some good fights he beat almost everybody and our fight went to win, he had a fight.
0:37.0	And our fight went to the House of the Hall, Boxing Hall of Fame as the Greatest Fight of the Century.
0:47.0	My power came for me, I left hook, a good right cross.
0:55.0	Well, I guess so, I'm, I'm happy that I'm, I'm, I'm healthy and I remain I try to remain as old as they can.
1:08.0	And some of, mostly went, a few losses.
1:15.0	Well, we didn't.
1:17.0	Well, you discuss a loss. Yes. Oh, Hello, welcome to Boxing Life stories, this bonus edition with the legendary Tony DeMarco.
1:52.3	I visited Tony in Boston recently. I actually went and saw him
1:57.1	earlier in the week when I was there and I was told he was out walking and on the day I flying back, I decided to give it one last shot. And I was really pleased I did because
2:08.4	Tony lives at a place with a front desk and they allowed me to phone up to his room and then he said he'd come down and see me.
2:15.2	It took a while.
2:16.2	Tony was in pain from a hernia, but he made it down and we sat and we talked about a time from long long ago long before I was even thought of that's for sure
2:27.3	Depending on your source Tony was born in
2:31.0	1930 two and is made and he made his debut in 1948. We talked about stuff that happened ages
2:38.8	ago but I was delighted to meet him. Strangely I, hadn't really crossed properly before.
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