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Lou FILIPPO
Male
Lightweight, USA
Born: December 1, 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: November 2, 2009, Downey, California, USA
(Died at Downey Regional Medical Center after suffering a stroke)
Height: 5ft 6in, mt 1,67
Italian-American
as an amateur:
fought in more than 250 bouts
Filippo attended Fremont High School in South Los Angeles and served in the Navy during World War II.
Became a referee and ring judge.
He proceeded to referee and judge 85 world championship fights, including Sugar Ray Leonard's controversial split-decision victory over Marvin Hagler in 1987 (Filippo scored narrowly in Hagler's favor) and Shane Mosley's split-decision victory over Oscar De La Hoya at Staples Center in 2000, awarding Mosley a 116-112 score.
He was inducted into the World Boxing of Fame and elected as its President in 1993.
In 1997 wa honoured by the Cauliflower Alley Club.
Boxing historian Don Fraser of the California Boxing Hall of Fame recalled that Filippo was originally awarded a victory in the first bout against Ortiz after being hit after the bell, but a Times reporter questioned a member of the California State Athletic Commission about that ruling, and the no-contest decision was invoked.
He became a referee, judge and was a longtime member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame (WBHF) as a former President and Treasurer.
Filippo appeared in five "Rocky" movies.
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1947 | | + Mar. 17 | Mario Luna | Ocean Park, USA | W 4 | | = Mar. 28 | Benny O'Neill | Hollywood, USA | Draw 4 | | + May 29 | Al Merrio | South Gate, USA | TKO 3 | | + July 29 | Martin O'Malley | Los Angeles, USA | W 4 | | + Aug. 11 | Eddie Martin | Ocean Park, USA | KO 2 | | + Aug. 22 | Bernardo Ramirez | Hollywood, USA | W 4 | | + Nov. 5 | Lem Thomas | Wilmington, USA | W 6 | | - Nov. 14 | Freddie Herman | Hollywood, USA | TKO by 1 | | + Dec. 26 | Darnell Carter | Hollywood, USA | KO 1 | | 1948 | | - Jan. 16 | Freddie Herman | Hollywood, USA | TKO by 4 | | + Mar. 12 | George Pallo | Hollywood, USA | TKO 5 | | - May 7 | Lem Thomas | Hollywood, USA | L 6 | | - June 15 | Chuck Cureton | Los Angeles, USA | L 6 | | + July 9 | Jose Luis | Hollywood, USA | W 4 | | + July 12 | Jesse Salazar | Ocean Park, USA | W 4 | | = Aug. 27 | Tello Cruz | Hollywood, USA | Draw 6 | | + Sept. 20 | Tommy Vargas | Ocean Park, USA | W 4 | 1949-1950
Inactive | | 1951 | | + May 29 | Aaron Junior | Los Angeles, USA | W 4 | | + June 15 | Edgar Flowers | Hollywood, USA | W 4 | | + June 19 | George Cramer | Los Angeles, USA | TKO 4 | | + July 20 | Placido De La O | Hollywood, USA | W 4 | 1952-1953
Inactive | | 1954 | | + May 8 | Amado Martinez | Hollywood, USA | W 6 | | = June 28 | Jimmy Florita | Los Angeles, USA | TDraw 3 | | + Oct. 9 | Johnny Hart | Hollywood, USA | W 10 | | - Nov. 20 | Rudy Jordan | Hollywood, USA | TKO by 7 | | 1955 | | + Feb. 19 | Art Ramponi | Hollywood, USA | W 10 | | - Apr. 16 | Jorge Macias | Hollywood, USA | L 10 | | - May 21 | Jorge Macias | Hollywood, USA | cTKO by 7 | | + Oct. 29 | Vince Bonomo | Hollywood, USA | W 10 | | 1956 | | + Jan. 5 | Jimmy Sweat | Los Angeles, USA | cTKO 6 | | + Apr. 14 | Gilberto Muniz | Hollywood, USA | TKO 2 | | + Aug. 18 | Rudy Mendoza | Hollywood, USA | KO 3 | | - Sept. 22 | Lauro Salas | Hollywood, USA | cTKO by 9 | | + Dec. 1 | Kid Castro | Hollywood, USA | W 10 | | 1957 | | * Mar. 2 | Carlos Ortiz | Hollywood, USA | NC 9 | | - Apr. 9 | Carlos Ortiz | Hollywood, USA | cTKO by 7 |
Summary
Total bouts: 36, Won: 23 (8 inside the limit), Lost: 9 (6 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 1
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