Joe Rindone
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Joe Rindone was an American
boxer
in the 1940s and '50s.
Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts
, to Italian immigrants, Joe spent the majority of his career competing in the middleweight
division in the Boston area, often at the Boston Garden
, under the aliases
"Dynamite Joe" and "Sweet Joe." Rindone won 35 matches between 1946 and 1955, losing 14 (with 4 draws.) Opponents included Sugar Ray Robinson
, Paul Pender
, and Walter Cartier
. He also made several TV appearances for outfits such as HBO.
Joe Rindone was a veteran of the World War II
and died of lung cancer at age 72 in late 1998.
United States
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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...
in the 1940s and '50s.
Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868...
, to Italian immigrants, Joe spent the majority of his career competing in the middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
division in the Boston area, often at the Boston Garden
Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928 as "Boston Madison Square Garden" and outlived its original namesake by some 30 years...
, under the aliases
Stage name
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"Dynamite Joe" and "Sweet Joe." Rindone won 35 matches between 1946 and 1955, losing 14 (with 4 draws.) Opponents included 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...
, Paul Pender
Paul Pender
Paul Pender was an American middleweight boxer.-Early life:He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of William and Anna Pender...
, and Walter Cartier
Walter Cartier
Walter Cartier was a professional boxer turned actor, originally from the Bronx in New York City, New York.He became a professional boxer after World War II. Film director Stanley Kubrick's first film, Day of the Fight , featured Cartier and his twin brother, Vincent...
. He also made several TV appearances for outfits such as HBO.
Joe Rindone was a veteran of the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and died of lung cancer at age 72 in late 1998.