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Americani di origine italiana: Cuddy De Marco

"Lo Sceicco di Charleroi"

di Pietro Anselmi
e Primiano Michele Schiavone

Italo-americano di prima generazione, Cristoforo De Marco adottò il nome Cuddy per lasciare intendere la sua indole di "coccolone". Prima di dedicarsi al pugilato si impegnò nella realizzazione di scatole per serre. Pugile professionista a diciotto anni, intraprese una frenetica attività che lo portò ad affermarsi come top contenders dei pesi leggeri durante i ruggenti anni venti. Pugile molto abile ed intelligente, venne definito dai suoi fans “Lo Sceicco di Charleroi” per una vaga somiglianza con l’attore e ballerino, anch’esso italiano, Rudy Valentino, al secolo Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi, protagonista del famoso film “Lo Sceicco”. In sette anni di carriera De Marco disputò, con lusinghieri risultati, più di 180 combattimenti contro i migliori pugili di quel periodo. Viste le sue capacità sul quadrato, quello che viene definito il più grande peso medio di tutti i tempi, Harry Greb, lo volle nella sua scuderia come suo stabile sparring partner. Lunga è la lista dei suoi avversari più noti. Ne citiamo alcuni: Mike Ballerino, Sid Terris, Benny Bass, Louis Kid Kaplan, Jack Zivic, Billy Petrolle, Phil Logan, Lou Paluso, Jack Bernstein, Luis Vicentini, Tony Travers, Pal Moran, Mike Dundee, Did Barbarian, Jimmy Goodrich e Baby Joe Gans. Al suo ritiro dalle battaglie del ring, dopo aver lavorato come buttafuori, divenne uomo d’affari, rappresentante di produttori d’auto, dedicandosi alla vendita. Perse gran parte della sua ricchezza nel crollo del mercato azionario del 1929. Morì a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, il 2 settembre del 1969.

CUDDY DE MARCO
(Cristoforo De Marco)
Nato a Charleroi, Pennsylvania, il 28-08-1904
Peso piuma-leggero

1922
Pittsburgh	23-01	Tony Norman	S.D.	6
Pittsburgh	06-02	Danny Canale	S.D.	6
Connesville	15-04	Young piazza	S.D.	6
McKeesport	04-05	Vincent Celmars	S.D.	6
McKeesport	18-05	Harry White	S.D.	10
Vandergrift	08-07	Patsy Young	v.ko.	8
Toronto	12-07	Teddy Meyers	p.p.	10
McKeesport	21-09	Jack Kelly	S.D.	10
McKeesport	16-10	Young Piazza	p.sq
Filadelfia	14-11	Danny Grieves	S.D.	8
Filadelfia	28-11	Danny Grieves	S.D.	8
McKeesport	08-12	Eddie Weygandt	S.D.	10
Filadelfia	12-12	Benny Bass	S.D.	8
		1923
Pittsburgh	01-01	Eddie Borland	S.D.	6
Atlantic City	08-01	Eddie Kid Wagner	S.D.	8
Pittsburgh	22-01	Bernie Hahn	S.D.	10
New Kensington	26-01	Willie Devore	v.kot.	6
McKeesport	08-02	Toughy Murray	S.D.	10
Filadelfia	12-02	Martin Judge	S.D.	8
Monongahela	17-02	Young Mulligan	S.D.	8
Atlantic City	19-02	Rosey Stoy	S.D.	8
Uniontown	15-03	Young Zabish	S.D.	10
McKeesport	22-03	Blockie Richards	S.D.	10
Filadelfia	02-04	Johnny Brown	S.D.	8
Pittsburgh	09-04	Frankie Brown	S.D.	10
Charleroi	17-04	Eddie Gallagher	v.kot	8
McKeesport	26-04	Joey Fox	S.D.	10
Filadelfia	01-05	Mike Ballerino	S.D.	10
McKeesport	18-05	Billy Marchant	v.kot.	5
Pittsburgh	28-05	Mike Ballerino	S.D.	10
Charleroi	30-05	Johnny Leonard	S.D.	10
McKeesport	01-06	Billy Merchant	v.ko.	3
Washington	07-06	Tony Ross	S.D.	10
Filadelfia	18-06	Babe Herman	S.D.	10
Clairton	04-07	Bobby McBride	S.D.	10
Pittsburgh	07-07	Bobby Garcia	S.D.	10
Baltimora	22-08	Frankie Rice	pari	10
New York	31-08	Jimmy Cooney	v.p.	6
Atlantic City	03-09	Sid Terris	S.D.	8
Charleroi	15-09	Pete Husic	v.kot.	3
Waynesburg	17-09	Johnny Horvath	S.D.	10
Clairton	18-09	Young Zabish	S.D.	10
Pittsburgh	04-10	Tony Ross	v.ko.	3
McKeesport	18-10	Tommy Phillips	S.D.	10
Filadelfia	22-10	Pedro Campo	v.kot.	6
McKeesport	08-11	Tony Zill	S.D.	10
Filadelfia	29-11	Tommy Noble	S.D.	8
Erie	07-12	Phil Logan	v.p.	10
Pittsburgh	10-12	Eddie Kid Wagner	v.p.	10
East Liverpool	24-12	Young Henny	v.p.	8
		1924
Pittsburgh	07-01	Louis Kid Kaplan	pari	10
Harrisburg	14-01	Danny Gartin	v.p.	10
East Liverpool	21-01	Young Piazza	v.kot.	6
McKeesport	07-02	Frankie Rice	v.ko.	5
Baltimora	14-02	Chick Ward	v.p.	10
Beaver Falls	25-02	Sig Keppen	v.p.	10
Baltimora	02-03	Bobby Garcia	pari	12
McKeesport	06-03	Dick Conlon	v.p.	10
Pittsburgh	14-03	Young Zabish	v.p.	10
Beaver Falls	08-04	Frankie Stellmack	v.p.	10
McKeesport	10-04	Johnny Horvath	v.p.	10
Waterbury	24-04	Louis Kid Kaplan	pari	12
McKeesport	15-05	Johnny Rini	v.p.	10
Waterbury	23-05	Lou Paluso	v.p.	12
Altoona	13-06	Dick Conlon	pari	10
New Haven	23-06	Jack Bernstein	v.p.	12
Braddock	15-08	Dick Conlon	v.p.	10
Martins Ferry	18-08	Tony Ross	v.ko.	3
New York	28-08	Tommy O’Brien	p.p.	10
Charleroi	18-09	Johnny Horvath	v.p.	10
McKeesport	02-10	Pep O’Brien	p.p.	10
Waterbury	10-10	Tommy O’Brien	p.p.	12
Steubenville	20-10	Alex Simms	v.ko.	7
Pittsburgh	03-11	Pep O’Brien	v.p.	10
Clarksburg	04-11	Chris Newton	v.p.	10
Canton	10-11	Tod Smith	S.D.	12
Waterbury	18-11	Luis Vicentini	pari	12
Filadelfia	08-12	Danny Gartin	v.p.	10
Johnstown	16-12	Pedro Campo	v.p.	10
Pittsburgh	25-12	Eddie Kid Wagner	pari	10
		1925
Brooklyn-N.Y.	05-01	Joey Silvers	p.p.	10
Connellsville	13-01	Frankie Bull	v.p.	10
Baltimora	02-02	Joe Dundee	p.p.	12
New York	28-02	Basil Galiano	p.p.	10
McKeesport	19-03	Harry Kid Brown	pari	10
McKeesport	30-04	Dick Conlon	pari	10
Pittsburgh	16-05	Jack Zivic	v.p.	10
Filadelfia	23-06	Eddie Kid Wagner	p.p.	10
Duquesne	17-08	Sig Keppen	v.p.	10
New Haven	04-09	Tony Travers	pari	10
Bellaire	05-10	Sig Keppen	pari	10
Monessen	11-11	Young Shello	v.p.	6
Filadelfia	23-11	Frankie Ferro	v.p.	10
New York	09-12	Henry Goldberg	v.p.	10
New Orleans	21-12	Pal Moran	v.p.	10
		1926
McKeesport	07-01	Sig Keppen	v.p.	10
McKeesport	28-01	Johnny Mellow	pari	10
Brooklyn-N.Y.	01-02	Joey Silvers	p.p.	10
Filadelfia	17-02	Tommy Murphy	p.p.	10
McKeesport	22-02	Joey Silvers	v.p.	10
Filadelfia	10-03	Mike Dundee	p.p.	10
Toledo	24-03	Eddie Dyer	v.p.	12
Hot Springs	02-04	Mel Stevenson	v.kot.	2
Beaver Falls	12-04	Sig Keppen	p.p.	10
Williamsport	16-04	Dorey Shimar	v.p.	10
Rochester	19-04	Joe Trippe	v.p.	10
McKeesport	29-04	Danny Cooney	pari	10
Scranton	03-05	Mickey Chapin	v.p.	10
Harrisburg	24-05	Tommy Cooney	p.p.	10
Ebensburg	28-05	Willie Patterson	v.p.	6
Filadelfia	03-06	Johnny Hayes	pari	10
Williamsport	11-06	Russ Whalen	p.p.	10
Rochester	21-06	Sid Barbarian	p.p.	10
Albany	24-06	Solly Seaman	pari	10
Brooklyn-N.Y.	02-07	Harry Felix	p.p.	10
Erie	09-07	Ray Romney	v.ko.	7
Troy	19-07	Sig Keppen	pari	12
Erie	23-07	Chris Newton	v.p.	10
Erie	06-08	Ad Wolgast	v.p.	10
Atlantic City	16-08	Georges Amblard	S.D.	8
Syracuse	03-09	Jackie Brady	p.ko.	5
Albany	10-09	Sig Keppen	v.p.	12
pittsburgh	11-10	Jack Bernstein	p.p.	10
Erie	21-10	Ray Romney	v.ko.	4
Allentown	29-10	Bucky Boyle	pari	10
Buffalo	01-11	Freddie Mueller	p.p.	10
Pittsburgh	15-11	Jackie Brady	p.p.	10
Erie	26-11	Dick Conlon	p.p.	10
Buffalo	29-11	Luke Carr	v.p.	6
Brooklyn-N.Y.	09-12	Billy Petrolle	pari	6
		1927
Cleveland	04-01	Billy Wallace	p.kot.	2
Brooklyn-N.Y.	19-02	Charley Rosen	pari	10
McKeesport	17-03	Dick Conlon	p.p.	10
Binghampton	31-03	Sig Keppen	v.p.	10
McKeesport	07-04	Joel La Grey	v.p.	10
Pittsburgh	18-04	Jack Zivic	v.p.	10
Newark	25-04	Billy Petrolle	N.C.	4
Lake Conneaut	25-05	Mickey Regan	v.ko.	1
Lake Cinneaut	04-07	Reddy Blanchard	v.p.	10
Buffalo	10-08	Jimmy Goodrich	p.sq.	10
Duquesne	01-09	Johnny Mellow	v.p.	10
Altoona	25-09	Dick Conlon	pari	10
Pittsburgh	10-10	Billy Wallace	p.p.	8
Molwaukee	28-10	Harry Kahn	v.sq.	3
Clarksburg	03-11	Ace Dempsey	v.p.	10
Erie	02-12	Bucky Lawless	p.p.	10
		1928
Fargo	01-01	Billy Petrolle	p.kot.	7
Indianapolis	10-01	Jack Silver	pari	10
Pittsburgh	27-02	Willie Harmon	p.p.	10
Clarksburg	08-03	Tony Burns	v.ko.	3
East Liverpool	12-03	Steve O’Malley	v.p.	8
Salem	16-03	Jimmy Smith	v.p.	8
Hot Springs	03-04	Tommy Jones	p.p.	10
East Palestine	27-04	Joe Rogers	v.ko.	3
Youngstown	30-04	Otto Peltz	v.kot.	6
Cumberland	14-05	Ko.Yutzy	v.ko.	10
Massillon	17-05	Mickey Fedov	S.D.	10
Wilmington	29-05	Joe Reno	v.p.	10
Bellaire	11-06	Mickey Fedov	N.C.
Erie	15-06	Jackie Shupak	v.p.	10
Johnstown	02-07	Joel La Grey	p.p.	10
McKeesport	02-08	Larry Brignolia	v.p.	10
Erie	24-08	Heavy Andrews	p.p.	10
Washington	10-09	Jack Katskish	v.sq.	3
Cumberland	12-09	Sylvain Bass	v.p.	10
Brooklyn-N.Y.	17-09	Baby Joe Gans	p.kot.	4
Erie	12-10	Harry Felix	p.p.	10
Pittsburgh	29-10	Phil Goldstein	v.p.	10
McKeesport	08-11	Benny Burns	v.p.	10
Columbus	16-11	Fred Dummy Mahan	p.p.	10
McKeesport	22-11	Johnny De Marco	v.p.	10
Columbus	26-11	Johnny O’Keefe	p.p.	10
Chicago	04-12	Dick Hoppe	p.p.	10
Pittsburgh	25-12	Rudy Cedar	v.p.	10
		1929
Erie	01-02	Larry Brignolia	p.p.	10
Filadelfia	15-02	Frank Sacco	v.p.	10
Pittsburgh	22-02	Rudy Cedar	p.p.	10
McKeesport	07-03	Larry Brignolia	v.p.	10
Pittsburgh	22-03	Tony Rose	v.p.	10
Charleroi	01-07	Eddie Frisco	v.p.	10
Bridgeville	11-07	Sammy Baker	p.ko.	3
Brooklyn	02-08	Ruby Goldstein	p.ko.	4
Charleroi	22-08	Tiger Joe Randall	v.sq.	2
Trenton	09-09	Young Terry	p.kot.	7
McKeesport	12-12	Danny Russell	v.p.	10
		1930
Filadelfia	17-11	Young Joe Firpo	p.p.	6