Vince Cervi
Encyclopedia
Vince Cervi was an Australia
n boxer
.
He beat James Grima to win the Australian heavyweight title in 1993, but lost his title in his first defence to Joe Bugner
. He was nicknamed the Voodoo Man.
He was shot dead in Melbourne
on 9 March 2009 at the age of 41.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n 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...
.
He beat James Grima to win the Australian heavyweight title in 1993, but lost his title in his first defence to Joe Bugner
Joe Bugner
József Kreul "Joe" Bugner is a Hungarian-born British-Australian former top heavyweight boxer. He holds triple nationality, being a citizen of Hungary and a naturalized citizen of both Australia and the United Kingdom where he learned to box and spent his peak years.Born in Szőreg, a southeastern...
. He was nicknamed the Voodoo Man.
He was shot dead in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
on 9 March 2009 at the age of 41.