Steve "Gink" Belloise was an American 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...

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Belloise was a talented fighter who lost only 13 of 111 bouts and scored 59 knockouts during his career; He was a top contender for the Middleweight Championship during the early 1940s and a brother of Mike and Sal, boxers

Steve defeated such men as Anton Christoforidis

Anton Christoforidis

Anton Christoforidis was a Greek light heavyweight boxer.Christoforidis was born in Messenia prefecture, Greece. His first bout was against Francisco Garcia Lluch in Paris, France which he won by decision. He made his United States debut on January 5, 1940 in Madison Square Garden defeating...

, Ceferino Garcia

Ceferino Garcia

Ceferino Garcia was a champion boxer born in Naval, Biliran, Philippines. His number of victories are the most ever achieved by a Filipino boxer. He's also the only boxer from the Philippines ever to become world champion at middleweight. He was managed, during the final years of his career by...

, Georgie Abrams

Georgie Abrams

Georgie Abrams was an American boxer who once fought for the middleweight championship.Turning professional in 1937, Abrams won his first 17 fights as a professional. He earned a shot at middleweight champion Tony Zale by defeating such contenders as Billy Soose, Teddy Yarosz, and Lou Brouillard....

, Al Hostak

Al Hostak

Albert Paul Hostak , nicknamed "the Savage Slav," was an American-born middleweight boxer who fought from 1932-1949. Hostak twice held the National Boxing Association Middleweight title between 1938 and 1940...

, Tommy Bell

Tommy Bell (boxer)

Tommy Bell was an African-American boxer. As a professional, he faced legendary fighters such as Jake LaMotta, Fritzie Zivic, and Kid Gavilán. Bell fought for the welterweight title against Sugar Ray Robinson in 1946....

, Robert Villemain

Robert Villemain

Robert Villemain was a French boxer. Villemain defeated Hall of Famers Kid Gavilan and Jake LaMotta during his career, and lost his Pennsylvania middleweight title to Sugar Ray Robinson in 1950....

, Jean Stock, Anton Raadik

Anton Raadik

Anton "Rampaging Estonian" Raadik was the most famous Estonian born Middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 50s fighting out of Chicago, Illinois.- Professional Boxing Career :...

, J.T. Ross, Coley Welch, Isidoro "Izzy" Jannazzo, Henry Chmielewski, Billy Arnold

Billy Arnold

For the professional baseball player & manager, see Billy Arnold Richard William Arnold won the 1930 Indianapolis 500 after leading all but first two laps of the race, the most ever by a winner of the race. He won by a margin of 7 minutes and 17 seconds. He was 24 years old at the time...

, Mickey Doyle, Andre Jesserun, Eddie Dunne, "Wild" Bill McDowell, Sammy Luftspring

Sammy Luftspring

Sammy Luftspring was a Jewish Canadian boxer. A former Canadian Welterweight Champion and highly ranked in the Welterweight class during his career, Luftspring was forced to retire from the sport due to an eye injury. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.-Early...

 and Vic Dellicurti.

External links

• Cyber Boxing Zone - Steve Belloise