Lou Ambers

Lou Ambers
Lou Ambers
Data
Birth Name	Luigi Giuseppe D'Ambrosio
Weight class	lightweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	November 8, 1913
place of birth	Herkimer
Date of death	April 25, 1995
Place of death	Phoenix
style	Left delivery
size	1.68 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	109
Victories	94
Knockout victories	31
Defeats	8th
draw	7th

Lou Ambers (born November 8, 1913 in Herkimer , New York as Luigi Giuseppe D'Ambrosio , † April 25, 1995 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American boxer.

Professional career

Ambers first encountered boxing in the basement of a training center in a church in his hometown. When his family had to close their restaurant during the Great Depression , he first worked in a furniture factory and then made boxing his profession in 1932. He was trained and managed by the same team as Rocky Marciano later .

He lost only once in his first 32 lightweight fights with clean counter-boxing and was ranked by Ring Magazine after only one year.

On May 10, 1935, he fought for the vacant world championship against his Italian-American role model Tony Canzoneri , whose sparring partner he had previously been. Canzoneri was able to win the duel in New York's Madison Square Garden on points.

In his next fight, Ambers managed a victory over Fritzie Zivic . After 13 more victories, he boxed again against Canzoneri on September 3, 1936 and now won the world title by winning on points.

In November 1936 he was defeated by the legendary welterweight Jimmy McLarnin in a non-title fight. In 1937 he defended his title twice, including in a third duel against Canzoneri.

He then went on August 17, 1938 against Henry Armstrong and lost the world championship just on points, was able to win the rematch a year later supported by five point deductions against Armstrong. This was Armstrong's only defeat between 1937 and 1940.

Ambers won further victories against Baby Arizmendi and Al "Bummy" Davis. He lost the world title on May 10, 1940 by technical knockout in the third round, the first premature defeat of his career, to the powerful Lew Jenkins. After another premature loss to Jenkins in February 1941, he ended his career.

In 1992, Ambers was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

Web links

• Lou Ambers in the BoxRec database