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Originally posted by Bundana View PostInteresting bit of Mauriello trivia:
When he lost a split decision to Gus Lesnevich in a challenge for the light heavyweight crown back in 1941, he was not yet 18 years old.
In that fight one judge had Mauriello winning 10-5... but was overruled by the other 2, who scored it for the defending champ 8-7 and 8-6-1, respectively.
In other words; if world title fights weren't decided by 3 individual scores, but by the TOTAL number of rounds awarded by the 3 judges, then Mauriello would have won with a score of 23-21-1, and would today be known as the youngest (17Y,11M,8D) ever world champion in one of the 8 classic divisions... and the 2nd youngest overall (behind Benitez)!
now Im interested in seeing that fight.
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According to his "Title Bout" fighter card bio...
"Contender during the middle 40's. Lost a title fight to Joe Louis and never received another shot although he was a contender for a number of years. A plodding slugger, Mauriello hit hard if not often, but took too many punches himself to get the job done."
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Originally posted by Bundana View PostInteresting bit of Mauriello trivia:
When he lost a split decision to Gus Lesnevich in a challenge for the light heavyweight crown back in 1941, he was not yet 18 years old.
In that fight one judge had Mauriello winning 10-5... but was overruled by the other 2, who scored it for the defending champ 8-7 and 8-6-1, respectively.
In other words; if world title fights weren't decided by 3 individual scores, but by the TOTAL number of rounds awarded by the 3 judges, then Mauriello would have won with a score of 23-21-1, and would today be known as the youngest (17Y,11M,8D) ever world champion in one of the 8 classic divisions... and the 2nd youngest overall (behind Benitez)!
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Originally posted by GJC View PostIf I thought I could get more than 3 members......
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