George Araujo was a lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

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Personal life

Araujo was born in Fox Point, Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 and resided in Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

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. He was of Cape Verde

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 decent.

Professional career

Araujo made his professional debut in July 1948 and immediate began fighting twice a month. A powerful puncher, Araujo won his first 14 professional fights, all by knockout

Knockout

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. By June 1952 Araujo was sporting a record of 45-1, and in June 1953 he fought Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter (boxer)

James Walter Carter was a world lightweight boxing champion. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2000. Carter's loss to Lauro Salas in 1952 and his loss to Paddy DeMarco in 1954 were each named Ring Magazine upset of the year...

 for the world lightweight championship. He lost that fight, and also lost two subsequent fight to Teddy "Redtop" Davis for the then-prestigious New England Lightweight Title. Later after a nearly three-year hiatus Araujo had five fights from August to November 1958, then retired. Araujo's professional record was 58 wins (33 by knockout) and 9 losses with 1 draw. He fought against many of the important small boxers of his era, including Buddy Hayes

Buddy Hayes

Timothy Hayes, alias Buddy Hayes was a featherweight professional boxer from Massachusetts, USA.-Personal life:Buddy Hayes was a native of Boston, Massachusetts. He married Marie Murphy in August 1948. The couple had two daughters, Bonnie and Franci.-Professional career:Hayes made his professional...

, Hermie Freeman, Freddie Russo

Freddie Russo

Freddie Russo is an American professional boxer who fought as a featherweight / lightweight. His overall record was 102 wins, 14 losses and 5 draws....

, Del Flanagan

Del Flanagan

Del Flanagan was a middleweight professional boxer from Minnesota.-Personal life:Flanagan was a native of St Paul, Minnesota. Del Flanagan and his brother Glen were known as the Fighting Flanagan Brothers...

, Harry LaSane

Harry LaSane

Harry LaSane was a featherweight professional boxer from Texas.-Professional career:LaSane made his professional debut on March 27, 1946, with a 6 round draw against Darnell Carter. Two weeks later LaSane set things right by outpointing Carter in six rounds...

, Charley Riley

Charley Riley

-Professional career:Charley Riley was a top featherweight boxing contender in the 1940s and 1950s. He achieved nationwide recognition in the United States with a trio of exciting fights with ex-NBA featherweight champ Phil Terranova. First, he lost via a one-punch body shot knockout on February...

, Sandy Saddler

Sandy Saddler

Joseph "Sandy" Saddler was an American boxer born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a two-time featherweight world champion, and also held the junior lightweight crown. Over his twelve-year career , Saddler scored 103 knockouts. He was stopped only once, in his second pro fight, by Jock Leslie. ...

, Arthur King

Arthur King

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, Johnny Gonsalves, Paddy DeMarco

Paddy DeMarco

Paddy DeMarco, alias Billygoat, was a lightweight professional boxer from Brooklyn, New York.-Personal life:DeMarco was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, but died in Salt Lake City, Utah....

, Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter (boxer)

James Walter Carter was a world lightweight boxing champion. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2000. Carter's loss to Lauro Salas in 1952 and his loss to Paddy DeMarco in 1954 were each named Ring Magazine upset of the year...

, Redtop Davis

Teddy Davis (boxer)

Teddy "Redtop" Davis, alias Murray Cain , was a featherweight professional boxer from South Carolina.-Personal life:...

, Tony DeMarco

Tony DeMarco

Tony DeMarco is a boxer and world welterweight champion. He was born in Boston and grew up in that city's North End community. Tony DeMarco's actual birth name is Leonardo Liotta. Tony’s father Vincent and mother Giacomina came from Sicily.To box in the league, the minimum age was 18...

, and Jackie Blair.