Una vita piena di pugni
di Pietro Anselmi e Primiano Michele Schiavone Una lunga carriera iniziata da peso leggero nel 1925 e terminata come peso medio dieci anni dopo, con 152 combattimenti sulle spalle, hanno portato Andy Divodi ad un alto livello nel panorama pugilistico di quegli anni soprattutto nella prima metā del suo percorso. Nato a New York da genitori italiani ebbe come procuratori Billy Duffy durante il primo periodo e Pete Stone quando la sua attivitā lo portava sulla Costa del Pacifico. I suoi primi quaranta combattimenti disputati senza subire sconfitte lo portarono a battersi per il titolo mondiale dei pesi superleggeri, categoria da poco costituta. A New York, il 14 Marzo 1927, subiva la prima sconfitta della sua brillante carriera dal campione in carica, Mushy Callahan. Riprendeva il suo cammino vittorioso superando tra gli altri Izzy Grove, Canada Lee, Paul Gulotta e Tony Vaccarelli. Il pareggio con il forte Tommy Freeman lo lanciava tra i pesi welter dove cominciava a sentire il peso di una logorante attivitā. Si trasferiva a San Francisco dove trovava competitori importanti come Young Corbett 3°, al secolo Raffaele Giordano, che diventerā campione del mondo, Joe Glick, Ceferino Garcia, Teddy Yarosz, Ken Overlin, Freddy Steele e Fred Apostoli. ANDY DIVODI New York 19-01-1906 Residente a Brooklyn, New York 1925 | | | | Frank Mayo | v.ko. | 3 | | | Young Maria | v.ko. | 3 | | | Willie Kay | v.ko. | 1 | | | Frank Sportelli | v.ko. | 3 | | | Joey Novak | v.p. | 3 | | | Joe Fay | v.ko. | 3 | | | Ray Davis | v.ko. | 3 | | | Frankie Moore | v.ko. | 3 | Yonkers | 26-03 | Johnny Grasso | v.ko. | 3 | Yonkers | 16-04 | Bruce Flowers | pari | 6 | New York | 27-04 | Eddie Elkins | pari | 6 | | | Pete Lamont | v.ko. | 2 | | | Petey Burns | v.ko. | 1 | Woodhaven | 11-06 | Harry Duer | v.p. | 6 | Woodhaven | 01-07 | Yves Horrelou | v.p. | 6 | Woodhaven | 30-07 | Walter Plona | v.ko. | 1 | New York | 17-08 | Phil Richards | v.p. | 4 | | | Joe Gross | v.ko. | 2 | | | Pete Husic | v.ko. | 4 | | | Lew Seltzer | v.ko. | 2 | Filadelfia | 30-09 | Willie Patterson | v.p. | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 22-10 | Paul Aubertin | v.ko. | 5 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 16-11 | Joe Desmond | v.p. | 6 | New York | 04-12 | Eddie Whitstock | v.ko. | 2 | Boston | 11-12 | Sam Lucci | v.p. | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 21-12 | Joe Zink | v.p. | 6 | | | 1926 | | | New York | 01-01 | Barney Keeley | v.ko. | 2 | New York | 16-01 | Mickey Travers | v.ko. | 3 | New York | 26-01 | Paul Gulotta | v.p. | 4 | Passaic | 28-01 | Al Bryant | S.D. | 10 | New York | 12-02 | Sig Keppen | v.p. | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 18-02 | Danny Shugrue | v.ko. | 1 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 11-06 | Henry Goldberg | v.p. | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 25-06 | Joe Reno | v.p. | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 06-08 | Jimmy Saxon | v.ko. | 3 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 20-08 | Harry Ebbets | v.p. | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 03-09 | Tommy Jordan | v.p. | 6 | Long Beach | 10-09 | Joe Zink | v.ko. | 4 | New York | 05-10 | Henry Goldberg | v.p. | 6 | New York | 15-10 | Vince Dundee | v.p. | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 06-11 | Jack Katskish | v.ko. | 5 | Newark | 29-11 | Pep O’Brien | v.ko. | 1 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 11-12 | Joey Silvers | v.p. | 6 | Jersey City | 20-12 | Jack McFarland | S.D. | 10 | | | 1927 | | | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 03-01 | Charlie Rosen | pari | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 12-02 | Tommy Jordan | v.p. | 10 | New York | 14-03 | Mushy Callahan | p.ko. | 2 | | | ( C.Mondo WBA welter jun) | | | New York | 28-03 | Red Magee | v.kot. | 5 | New York | 15-08 | Izzy Grove | v.p. | 10 | New York | 30-08 | Charley Rosen | v.p. | 10 | New York | 13-09 | Tommy White | v.p. | 10 | New York | 19-09 | Red Herring | v.kot. | 5 | Woodhaven | 30-09 | Izzy Grove | v.sq. | 3 | New York | 14-11 | Hilario Martinez | p.p. | 10 | | | 1928 | | | New York | 14-01 | Canada Lee | v.p. | 6 | New York | 20-01 | Charley Rosen | v.p. | 8 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 30-01 | Paul Gulotta | v.p. | 6 | New York | 17-02 | Buddy McDonald | v.kot. | 4 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 23-02 | Joe Kelly | v.ko. | 2 | New York | 30-03 | Jimmy Finley | v.p. | 8 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 23-05 | Pal Silvers | v.p. | 10 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 18-07 | Harry Wallach | v.sq. | 1 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 25-07 | Sammy Baker | p.sq. | 5 | Long Branch | 24-08 | Joey LaGrey | pari | 10 | New York | 05-10 | Baby Joe Gans | p.kot. | 9 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 25-11 | George Levine | p.p. | 10 | Newark | 17-12 | Tony Vaccarelli | v.sq. | 10 | | | 1929 | | | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 26-01 | Nick Palmer | v.p. | 6 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 16-02 | Canada Lee | v.p. | 6 | St.Paul | 21-03 | Billy Light | v.sq. | 3 | Chicago | 26-04 | Tommy Freeman | pari | 10 | Pittsburgh | 24-06 | Buck McTiernan | v.sq. | 2 | West New York | 26-06 | Paulie Walker | v.p. | 10 | St.Paul | 16-07 | My Sullivan | p.ko. | 3 | Pittsburgh | 22-07 | Dick Ramies | v.sq. | 5 | Filadelfia | 19-08 | Young Ketchell | v.p. | 10 | Filadelfia | 30-09 | Billy Alger | v.p. | 10 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 26-11 | Marty Roth | v.ko. | 3 | New York | 02-12 | Jackie Phillips | v.kot. | 3 | New York | 13-12 | Canada Lee | p.p. | 10 | | | 1930 | | | Toronto | 13-01 | Jackie Purvis | v.p. | 10 | Brooklyn-N.Y. | 04-02 | Baby Joe Gans | p.p. | 10 | Cleveland | 21-02 | Paul Pirrone | p.ko. | 1 | Boston | 21-03 | Louis Nemis | v.kot. | 7 | San Francisco | 04-04 | Madison Dix | v.sq. | 1 | San Francisco | 11-04 | Madison Dix | v.ko. | 5 | San Francisco | 02-05 | Frankie Statson | v.ko. | 10 | San Francisco | 16-05 | Young Corbet 3° | p.ko. | 6 | San Francisco | 11-07 | Joe Cardoza | v.ko. | 8 | Oakland | 23-07 | Larry Murphy | v.p. | 10 | Seattle | 11-09 | Tony Portillo | pari | 8 | Portland | 22-09 | Eddie Murdock | pari | 10 | Vancouver | 29-09 | Billy Towsend | p.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 21-11 | Tony Portillo | v.ko. | 2 | San Francisco | 05-12 | Babe Marino | v.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 19-12 | Doc Mannison | v.kot. | 2 | | | 1931 | | | San Francisco | 02-01 | Zenaydo Chavez | v.kot. | 1 | Los Angeles | 20-01 | Sammy Jackson | v.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 27-02 | Battling Dozier | p.p. | 10 | Los Angeles | 17-03 | Paulie Walker | v.sq. | 4 | Los Angeles | 24-03 | Paulie Walker | p.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 10-04 | Johnny De Marco | v.ko. | 1 | Stockton | 16-04 | Sammy Jackson | v.ko. | 10 | Stockton | 07-05 | Bobby Vincent | v.kot. | 6 | San Francisco | 15-05 | Tommy Herman | v.kot. | 7 | Los Angeles | 05-06 | Charley Sapko | v.p. | 10 | San Diego | 12-06 | Charlie Cobb | p.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 17-07 | Claude Capley | pari | 10 | San Francisco | 31-07 | Jimmy Evans | p.p. | 10 | Oakland | 30-09 | Gaston LaCadre | v.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 30-10 | Claude Capley | p.ko. | 2 | | | 1932 | | | Stockton | 01-02 | Alfonso Gonzales | v.ko. | 7 | San Francisco | 17-02 | Gaston LaCadre | v.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 02-03 | Kenny Austin | v.p. | 10 | Stockton | 31-03 | Tommy Herman | v.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 29-04 | Gaston LaCadre | v.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 13-05 | Paulie Walker | v.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 27-05 | Jimmy Evans | v.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 13-06 | Paddy Creedon | v.kot. | 7 | San Francisco | 05-08 | Joe Glick | N.C. | 7 | Reno | 24-08 | Eddie Moore | v.ko. | 7 | Reno | 07-09 | Augustin perez | v.ko. | 5 | San José | 27-09 | Kermit Thompson | v.kot. | 7 | Sacramento | 13-10 | Jimmy Evans | p.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 04-11 | Jimmy Evans | v.p. | 10 | Fresno | 22-11 | Ceferino Garcia | p.ko. | 2 | | | 1933 | | | Pittsburgh | 10-04 | Teddy Yarosz | p.kot. | 5 | Chicago | 09-06 | Johnny Phagan | v.p. | 8 | Chicago | 14-06 | Walter Weinert | p.p. | 10 | Chicago | 11-07 | Kid Leonard | p.p. | 10 | Terre Haute | 17-07 | Roy Mitchell | p.ko. | 2 | Chicago | 15-08 | Laddie Tonelli | p.p. | 6 | Baltimora | 01-09 | Benny Levine | v.p. | 8 | Baltimora | 22-09 | Sylvan Bass | p.p. | 8 | Filadelfia | 06-10 | Jimmy Smith | p.p. | 10 | Buffalo | 08-11 | Steve Halaiko | v.p. | 10 | Rochester | 27-11 | Jack Portney | p.p. | 10 | portland | 25-12 | Johnny Rossi | S.D. | 12 | | | 1934 | | | Norfolk | 02-02 | Ken Overlin | p.p. | 8 | Alexandria | 13-03 | Ray Bowen | v.ko. | 6 | Cleveland | 23-03 | Joey Spiegal | p.p. | 6 | Providence | 12-04 | Cocoa Kid | p.p. | 10 | San Francisco | 11-05 | Joe Rondon | v.ko. | 6 | San Diego | 08-06 | Swede Berglund | p.p. | 10 | Stockton | 03-07 | Ceferino Garcia | p.ko. | 1 | San Rafael | 01-08 | Claude Capley | p.ko. | 5 | Oakland | 17-10 | Christy Lewis | v.p. | 6 | Tacoma | 01-11 | Freddie Steele | p.p. | 10 | tacoma | 20-12 | Freddie Steele | p.ko. | 6 | | | 1935 | | | San Francisco | 28-01 | Fred Apostoli | p.p. | 6 | Tacoma | 07-02 | Baby Joe Gans | p.kot. | 6 | San José | 10-09 | Tony Roccaforte | p.ko. | 1 | | | | | | |
Totale incontri 152 ( 103. 37. 8. 3sd. 1nc.) |