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...night before the bout DiNicola was out on the town with a friend and he remembers, "I looked at the newspaper in a drugstore window and there was a full page story on the guy I was going to fight. You know. 'Willie Adams has eyes on Olympics and is 52-8.' I was all flipped out but I knocked him down in the second round and won the Carolina Golden Gloves...
Although the K.O. was O.K. by DiNicola, his career peaked when he won the All-Marine Corps flyweight crown, outpointing Joe Rodriguez in 1975. The win made him eligible to represent the Marines at the AAU and Olympic boxing trials. He also ended up with a broken nose after getting in front of a Rodriguez haymaker...
...month after polishing off Rodriguez DiNicola fought in the Inner-Service Championships and the bubble burst-- "I lost and that took a lot out of me. I'd never been beaten before...
...next big event was the Nationals, held at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds at Shreveport. He lost to J.D. Seales, who at that time was the fifth ranked flyweight in the nation. After sustaining his second straight loss, a disgruntled DiNicola decided to throw in the towel, and he quit the team to rejoin his unit...
After receiving his discharge and arriving at Cambridge, DiNicola decided to resume training at the New Garden Gym on Friend...