Dan Bucceroni

Bucceroni, Dan
Data
Birth Name	Bucceroni, Dan
Weight class	Semi- difficult , difficult
nationality	Americans
birthday	December 3, 1927
place of birth	Philadelphia
Date of death	April 16, 2008
Place of death	Hatfield , Pennsylvania
style	Left-hand boom
size	1.87 meters
Combat Statistics
Struggles	53
Victories	47
Knockout victories	31
Defeats	6th
draw	0

Dan Bucceroni (born December 3, 1927 in Philadelphia , † April 16, 2008 in Hatfield , Pennsylvania ) was an American boxer .

Career

Amateur career

Dan Bucceroni was the descendant of Italian immigrants to the United States. He grew up in Philadelphia and worked as a plumber. In 1945 he was drafted into the Navy, where he first came into contact with boxing. He celebrated his first success as an amateur boxer back in 1945 when he won a light heavyweight tournament in Philadelphia for the Diamond Belt. In 1947 he won the Chicago "Golden Gloves" ("Golden Gloves") in the light heavyweight division, where he defeated Buddy Carr in the second round by knockout. In the same year he also won the Chicago Intercity Golden Gloves in the same weight class with a points win in the final over Johnny Stevens. The so-called "Golden Gloves" tournaments were very popular in the United States at that time and made the winners popular suddenly. Dan Bucceroni also benefited from this.

On May 28, 1947 he was in the team of the United States, which denied a match against a European national team in Chicago. He defeated the Dutchman Henk Quentemeijer in the light heavyweight division by knockout in the 2nd round.

Profile career

In the fall of 1947, Dan Bucceroni turned professional. He played his first fight on November 6, 1947 in Philadelphia and defeated it in the light heavyweight Bob Payne by knockout in the 1st round.

Dan Bucceroni was a left sender, which means that his right hand was his hitting hand. One of his main weapons was his left hand, which he could use to hit an excellent left hook. With that he surprised many of his opponents. He was also an excellent technician, but he was also very powerful. This is evidenced by his 31 premature victories in 53 fights. After a short time Dan Bucceroni grew into the heavyweight division, but with a body weight of approx. 85 kg he always remained a “light” heavyweight.

1947 and 1948 Dan Bucceroni denied a total of 14 fights in the light heavy or heavyweight division, of which he won 13, of which 11 by knockout On September 23, 1948 he suffered his first defeat in New York. He lost to Dick Wagner after 6 rounds on points. However, this defeat hardly set him back, especially since he was victorious 24 times in another 25 fights between 1949 and 1951. The only defeat in this series he suffered on March 16, 1951 in New York, when he lost on points to the Irish-born Bob Murphy from San Diego, who in 1949 also defeated Lloyd Marshall , who was then one of the best light heavyweights in the world .

On December 21, 1951 Dan Bucceroni succeeded in New York a point victory after 10 rounds over Roland La Starza . Roland La Starza, along with Rocky Marciano, was one of the so-called "white hopes" who were trusted to win this title in the fight for the world heavyweight title. Since 1937, this title has always been held by "colored" boxers, namely Joe Louis , Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott . After the victory over La Starza, Dan Bucceroni now also belonged to this group of people. However, Dan Bucceroni lost in the revenge match against Roland La Starza, which took place on May 30, 1952 in New York, on points, which he was temporarily eliminated from the circle of contenders for a title fight in the heavyweight division. After this defeat, Dan Bucceroni was ranked 8th by Nat Fleischer in the world ranking of "The Ring" in the heavyweight division (see Box Sport No. 51/1952, page 8). The new heavyweight world champion was finally on September 23, 1952 in New York Rocky Marciano with a knockout victory in the 13th round over Jersey Joe Walcott.

In 1953 Dan Bucceroni was six times in the ring and won all fights. He defeated with Rocky Jones, Tommy Harrison, Jimmy Slade and Freddie Beshore four boxers who were like him in the world heavyweight rankings. At the beginning of 1954 Dan Bucceroni had reached 3rd place in Nat Fleischer's world rankings (see Box Sport No. 2/1954) the best rating in his entire career. Only the world champion Rocky Marciano, Nino Valdes from Cuba and Ezzard Charles stood in front of him ; Roland La Starza followed in 4th place.

1954 started successfully for Dan Bucceroni. On January 5th of this year he defeated the German ex-European champion Hein ten Hoff in Milwaukee after 10 rounds clearly on points. In the following three fights he suffered defeats. On March 29, 1954 he lost in Brooklyn against Tommy "Hurrican" Jackson by technical knockout in the 4th round, on September 12, 1954 in Dortmund against European champion Heinz Neuhaus from Germany over 10 rounds and on December 27, 1954 in New York also beat Argentina's Cesar Brion on points.

After these defeats, he ended his career as a boxer.

literature

• Box Sport magazine

Web links

• Brief portrait and fight record by Dan Bucceroni
• Dan Bucceroni on "Phillyboxinghistory"