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Word: bucceroni (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brooklyn skating rink caught a short glimpse of an up-and-coming heavyweight who throws such a whirlwind of punches that he is nicknamed "Hurricane" Tommy Jackson, 22, a product of the Georgia cotton fields who carries a Bible with him although he cannot read, whipsawed Dan Bucceroni, third-ranked heavyweight, into helplessness in six rounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hawaiian Businessman | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

...months of professional fighting (16 victories, one loss, one draw), Hurricane Jackson has put on 20 Ibs., now stands a strapping 6 ft. 2½ in., 192 Ibs., and is still growing. Former Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey, a ringside witness of Jackson's butchering of Bucceroni, appraised Jackson's prospects: "With experience, he'll be a great fighter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hawaiian Businessman | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

Favored Danny Bucceroni piled up a big lead and needed every bit of it last night to gain a narrow but unanimous ten-round decision over husky. Dave Davey of Tacoma, Wash., at St. Nicholas Arena in New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 10/18/1952 | See Source »

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