Charley Fusari was an American

United States

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 boxer born in Italy

Italy

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. Charley was undefeated in his first 45 fights. In his 45th fight, he beat the great Tippy Larkin

Tippy Larkin

Tippy Larkin was a boxer from New Jersey who appeared on the cover of The Ring magazine in July 1944. From 1935 to 1946, Larkin's record was 114-9.-External links:* http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9619&cat=boxer&pageID=1...

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Fusari had two world title shots during his career. He lost a one-sided decision to defending welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson was an African-American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight...

 on August 9, 1950 and lost a split decision to Johnny Bratton

Johnny Bratton

Johnny Bratton, also known as Honey Boy Bratton, , was a professional boxer in the welterweight division...

 for the vacant National Boxing Association World welterweight title on March 14,1951 after Robinson had relinquished the title upon winning the world middleweight title from Jake LaMotta

Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe LaMotta , better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former American world middleweight champion boxer...

 a month earlier.

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