Bobby Cassidy, born April 19, 1944, is a former professional boxer who fought from 1963 to 1980. Although born and raised in New York, Cassidy is of Irish lineage and fought under the name, "Irish" Bobby Cassidy.

Cassidy was a southpaw (left-handed) who was world-rated in the junior middleweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions. In 1975, he was ranked number one in the world as a light heavyweight by the World Boxing Council.

In 1963, Cassidy, from Levittown, Long Island, New York, scored a one-punch, 39-second knockout in his professional debut at Sunnyside Garden. He went on to compile a ring record of 59 wins, 16 losses, three draws, one no contest and 27 knockouts. Among the notable fighters that he defeated were Don Fullmer

Don Fullmer

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, Jimmy Dupree, Tom Bethea, Isaac Logart, Ramon Ranquello, Tommy Hicks and Christy Elliott. He also fought world champions Luis Manuel Rodríguez

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, Rodrigo Valdez

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 and Alessandro Mazzinghi

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Throughout his career he fought main events in both the old and current Madison Square Garden

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After his boxing career, Cassidy began training fighters and has worked with two world champions, WBC light heavyweight champion Donny Lalonde

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 and WBO middleweight champion Lonnie Bradley

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. He also trained Uganda

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n contender Godfrey Nyakana.

As an actor, Cassidy has appeared in three films, Rocky

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, Uncle Joe Shannon and This Thing of Ours.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_select.php?first_name=bobby&last_name=cassidy&status= His page on boxrec.com

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144164/ His page on IMDB.com