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The one and only 1956 olympic gold medalist pete rademacher

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Avgust 27, 2020) - 1956 Olimpijske zlate medaljePete Rademacheris the only boxer to fight for a world title in his pro debut.

Rademacher, who died this past June at the age of 91 in Sandusky, Ohio, was a native of Tieton, Washington. He had a 72-7 amaterski rekord, highlighted by his gold medal performance at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Rademacher started boxing during his rehabilitation for Rheumatic Fever, which he contracted while attending Castle Heights Military Academy. The gifted heavyweight captured top honors at numerous national tournaments, vključno 1951 & 1953 National AAU Championships, 1954 All-Army Championship and Service Championships, and Olympic Trials.

In Australia, he knocked out the three opponents he faced, in orderJosef Nemec (Czechoslovakia) in the quarterfinals, South AfricanDaan Bekker v polfinalu, and the Soviet Union’sLev Mukhin in the opening round of the championship final for the gold medal.

Rademacher was so hot after the Olympics that he publicly proclaimed that he would be able to become world heavyweight champion in his pro debut. Soon after he became the only fighter to make his pro debut in a world title fight, when he challenged defending World heavyweight championFloyd Patterson (32-1)  avgusta 22, 1957 in Seattle. Rademacher floored Patterson in the second round, vseeno, he was dropped six times before the fight, which was refereed by Hall of FamerTommy Loughran, was halted at 2:57 of that round.

Rademacher, who was an offensive lineman on Washington State University’s football team, didn’t take many easy fights during his 5-year pro career (15-7-1, 8 Kos). His most notable pro victories were against World title challengerGeorge Chuvalo (17-3-1) and future Hall of Famer and World middleweight championBobo Olson(87-12), both by way of 10-round unanimous decisions, as well as technical knockouts overLaMar Clark (42-1) and NorwegianBuddy Thurman(32-5-1), zaporedju, v 10th and ninth rounds.

Rademacher’s pro losses were to some of the best heavyweights in the world, such as Hall of FamerArchie Moore, along with world title challengersKarl Mildenberger (29-1), neporaženDoug Jones (17-0) inZorro Foley (40-2-2), who had been Rademacher’s arch-rival in the amateur ranks.

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Manager John Seip podpiše Italijanski super srednji možnih kupcih in Daniele Marco Scardina

(L-R) – Daniel Mark Scardina in John Seip

 

MIAMI (April 6, 2015) – Veteran vodja boks John Seip ima podpisano zelo okrašena italijanski amaterski boksar Daniel Mark Scardina izključni individualnih pogodbah.

 

Seip je najbolj znan po vodenju Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin na svetovni boksarski organizacije (WBO) naslov svetovnega prvaka v srednji. Materni New Yorker tudi upravlja narašča britanske super srednji Steed “Žrebec” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

21-year-old Scardina prihaja iz Rozzano, mesto z manj kot 40,000 ljudje v Milano. Začel boks v 2008 pri starosti 16, sledi stopinjam stričeve ki je bil boksar v tistem času, kot tudi vzor Daniele je.

 

Scardina, ki so imeli 56 amaterski napadi, posnete top odliko v številnih italijanskih turnirjev, vključno z Rovereto National, National Silver Glove, in dve nacionalni Golden Gloves. Prav tako je osvojil bronasto medaljo na mednarodnem dogodku.

 

V 2013, je pakirana v Italia Thunder Boxing Team World Series of Boxing, zmago svojega edinorojenega tekmo proti nemškim nasprotnikom.

 

Scardina najprej ujeli Seip pozornost na svetu, znameniti 5th St. Telovadnico v Miami Beach, prvotno odprt v 1950 s Chris Dundee, in dom številnih svetovnih prvakov sta se usposabljajo, vključno z Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston in Willie Pep. Bogata tradicija nadaljuje na novo 5th St. Gym, ki se nahajajo v bližini na 1434 Alton Street, kjer je top borci iz celega sveta, kot so Bernard Hopkins še vlak.

 

“Sem prvič videla, usposabljanje na 5th St. Telovadnico in je videti kot tipičen amaterski,” Seip pojasnil. “Vrgel široke udarce in ni vedel, kako bi vrgel dober udarec. Trainers Guy Laieta in Dino Spencer začel delati z njim in zdaj on s svojo doseg, boj na daljavo, in metanje kombinacije Jabs in kljuke. On je strasten približno boks, poslušanje in učenje vsak dan. Daniele ima dobro hitrost roke in moč. Bil je čeden fant, preveč. Nekaj ​​sem videl v njem, neopredmetena sredstva, in se odločila, da ga podpiše.

 

“Dino je lastnik, ki je ustvaril vrhunsko telovadnico z velikimi možnostmi sparing v atmosferi, ki prikazujejo toliko nadarjenih borcev, ki resnično premikajo med seboj. To je že jasno, da je Danielle izboljšala njegovo usposabljanje spretnosti tam. On je dolga, hiter in zmogljiv. Njegovo delo etika je neverjetno; on je prvi v telovadnici, Zadnji čas, da zapustijo. Ne, ne more škoditi tega otroka, bodisi. Vsi smo prepričani, da ima zelo svetlo prihodnost.”

 

Scardina zadene težka vrečo 5th St. Telovadnico v Miami Beach

Za razliko od borcev iz Rusije in nekdanjih držav sovjetskega bloka, kot tudi tiste iz Latinske Amerike, ki so prišli v Združene države, da vzpostavijo svoje poklicne kariere boks, Gasilci Italijanski rojeni le redko sledijo isti poti kot Scardina, ki so se preselili v Miami lani in spi na tleh v stanovanju svojega brata.

 

Lone italijansko-rojen svetovni prvak, ki poklicno borili v Ameriki je Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), ki je bil WBC / WBA prvak v srednji kategoriji v 1979-1980. Antuofermo, čeprav, preselil s svojo družino v Brooklynu iz Puglia, Italija, ko je bil 17 in se je naučil, kako se polje v Ameriki.

 

“Vedno sem si želel biti prvak v Ameriki,” Scardina dejal. “To je ameriške sanje za mene. Mislim, da bom imel veliko priložnost v tej državi, da je največji boksar sem lahko s pravo pomočjo. John Seip je pravi vodja za mene, ker je prepričan, smo lahko svetovno prvenstvo skupaj kot ekipa.”

 

Najljubše boksarice Scardina so Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux in Miguel Cotto. “Delam na popolnost kot zunaj borca ​​in glavnih mojih rokah tesnejših,” Scardina dodano. Borim, da postane svetovni prvak.”

 

Scardina se pričakuje, da bo njegov prvi nastop pro to lahko ali junij.

 

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