Word: demarco
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ninth, Akins opened the cut over Tony's eye, though DeMarco had the better of the punching...
Akins hurt DeMarco with an uppercut as the 10th round got underway and pounded the 26-year-old local boy unmercifully. However, the remarkable punishment-taker from nearby Fleet St. landed seven straight shots to the head just before the bell...
Akins landed a left to the body and a followup left to the head which staggered DeMarco backward into a sitting position in the 11th. He got up at three...
Another left to the body by Akins buckled DeMarco forward to his knees and he was wobbling as the bell rang...
...fight was a "must" for DeMarco, who was knocked out by Akins Oct. 29 in the 14th round. Tony had been world welter king in 1955, but lost by knockouts to Carmen Basilio in a title defense and a later rematch...