Paddy DeMarco, alias Billygoat, (born February 10, 1928 and died December 13, 1997) was a lightweight

Lightweight

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 professional boxer

Boxing

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 from Brooklyn, New York.

Personal life

DeMarco was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, but died in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah

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, Utah

Utah

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Professional career

DeMarco had his professional debut in March 1945, a points decision against 1-16 Sal Giglio. DeMarco won his first five professional fights, losing for the first time against Butch Charles in October of the same year. Despite the setback DeMarco continued to fight and by September 1948 he was sporting a record of 32-2. It was on the 10th of that month that DeMarco fought the legendary Willie Pep

Willie Pep

Guglielmo Papaleo was an American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 1956 rounds in the 241 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts...

, whose record was an unbelievable 131-1-1 at the time, DeMarco losing a unanimous decision in ten rounds. DeMarco went on to fight such notables as 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. ...

, Redtop Davis

Teddy Davis (boxer)

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

, Dennis Pat Brady

Dennis Pat Brady

Dennis Pat Brady was a lightweight professional boxer from Connecticut.-Personal life:Brady, a resident of [Bronx, New York], was born in New York, New York.-Professional career:...

, Joey Scarlotta, 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...

, George Araujo

George Araujo

George Araujo was a lightweight professional boxer from Rhode Island.-Personal life:Araujo was born in Fox Point, Rhode Island and resided in Providence. He was of Cape Verde decent.-Professional career:...

, 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...

, Kenny Lane

Kenny Lane

Kenny Lane was a famous southpaw boxer. He fought for lightweight and light welterweight titles of the world, once against Joe Brown and twice against Carlos Ortiz.-Early life:...

, Jackie Blair, Pat Mallane

Pat Mallane

Pat Mallane, alias Irish, was a lightweight professional boxer from Connecticut.-Professional career:Mallane made his professional debut on January 27, 1951 with a fourth round knockout of Pearl Robinson. After winning his first two bouts Mallane suffered a draw against Lem Harvey...

, and many other talented fighters of the era. DeMarco's last fight was fought in November 1959. He retired with a career record of 75 wins (8 by knockout

Knockout

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, 26 losses, and 3 draws).

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