Young Corbett III
Young Corbett III ![]() |
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Birth Name | Raffaele Capabianca Giordano |
Weight class | Welterweight , middleweight |
nationality | United States |
birthday | May 27, 1905 |
place of birth | Rionero in Vulture , Potenza Province , Italy |
Date of death | July 15, 1993 |
Place of death | Auberry , Fresno County , USA |
style | Southpaw |
size | 171 cm |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 156 |
Victories | 122 |
Knockout victories | 32 |
Defeats | 12 |
draw | 22nd |
Young Corbett III (born Raffaele Capabianca Giordano , born May 27, 1905 in Rionero in Vulture , Province of Potenza , Italy , † July 15, 1993 in Auberry , Fresno County , USA ) was an American boxer of Italian descent. He was a professional welterweight champion in 1933 and middleweight in 1938 and is considered by many to be one of the best boxers of all time.
Career
Corbett came to the United States as immigrants with his parents as a toddler . There they lived first in Pittsburgh and later moved to Fresno , California . In 1919 he started boxing as "Ralph Giordano" (later he changed his name to "Young Corbett III").
Robust southpaw Corbett has fought many legendary fights. For example, he played a series of four fights against eventual welterweight world champion Jack Thompson , of which he won three and one ended in a draw. He also recorded victories against Sergeant Sammy Baker , Mickey Walker , Billy Conn , Fred Apostoli , the welterweight world champion Jackie Fields and the later middleweight world champion Ceferino Garcia .
On February 22, 1933 , Corbett won the welterweight world title in a 10 round fight against Jackie Fields. He won 6 rounds, Fields only 3 out of 10 rounds. Three months later he was dethroned by Jimmy McLarnin with a knockout in the first round.
Then Corbett rose to middleweight division. During this time he beat the later heavyweight world champion Gus Lesnevich (TKO 5th) as well as Mickey Walker and Billy Conn. On February 22, 1938 he beat Fred Apostoli and won the world title in this weight class. On November 18 of the same year, he met Apostoli again, but this time was stopped in the eighth round. By the time Corbett retired in 1940, he had contested 156 fights, of which he won 122 (32 knockout) and lost 12.
Others
In addition to his boxing career, Corbett worked as a physical education teacher for the California Highway Patrol and as a gravedigger. In Fresno a statue of Corbett was erected with him in a boxing pose. He was also inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004 . BoxRec listed him in third place among the “best welterweight boxers of all time”.
Corbett is the great grandfather of American football player Matt Giordano .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ BoxRec: All-Time Welterweight Rankings ( En ) Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
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SURNAME | Corbett, Young III |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giordano, Raffaele Capabianca (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1905 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rionero in Vulture , Potenza Province , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1993 |
Place of death | Auberry , Fresno County , USA |