Word: canzoneri
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Tony Canzoneri, 51, tiny boxing champ who never stopped punching from the moment he entered the ring until he left it, by 13 had won 17 amateur fights, at 16 turned professional, at 19 won the world's featherweight championship, lost it seven months later but won the world's lightweight title in 1930 by knocking out his opponent in the first round; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
...times past when such men of skill and punch as Joe Cans, Benny Leonard and Tony Canzoneri wore the crown, the lightweight championship of the world meant something in boxing. Even as recently as two years ago, Lightweight Champion Ike Williams was respected for his shifty style, if not for his fighting heart. But when Williams lost his title last year to a Harlem unknown named Jimmy Carter, lightweight prestige slumped. Last week Champion Carter, 28 and still a colorless jabber, put his low-rated title on the line for the third time...