SPORT & NOTE
Frank FRANCONERI

Male

Featherweight, USA, Bayonne, New Jersey
Born: September 28, 1923, Bayonne, New Jersey
Died: June 5, 1972, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
(passed away, a victim of a heart attack)
Height: 5ft 6in, mt 1,68
(son of the late John and Angelina Franconeri)

Italian-American

as an amateur:
1937 Junior Hudson Dispatch Golden Gloves 112-pound winner
1938 Open class championship 112-pound winner
Diamond Belt 118-pound winner
AAU 118-pound winner
New York City Golden Gloves championship 118-pound winner


No amateur results

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1941
+ Apr. 29Lew MaxwellJersey City, United States W 4
= May 14Sal ScarnavaccaJersey City, United States Draw 4
+ Aug. 20Charlie 'Petey' SmithJersey City, United States W 4
- Sept. 8Jack SavageJersey City, United States L 4
1942
+ Jan. 6Barney CampbellJersey City, United States W 4
+ Feb. 5Earl MintzJersey City, United States W 4
+ Mar. 5Earl MintzJersey City, United States W 8
+ Mar. 19Leo LeBrunJersey City, United States W 8
+ Apr. 23Mario 'Eladio' ColonJersey City, United States W 8
+ May 7 Freddie HermanJersey City, United StatesW 8
= June 23Irving MagidBronx, United States Draw 6
+ July 15Earl MintzUnion City, United States TKO 6
- Aug. 26Lulu CostantinoUnion City, United States L 8
- Sept. 10Willie PepNew York, United States TKO by 1
= Nov. 5Gus Coen LevineJersey City, United StatesDraw 8
- Nov. 13Phil TerranovaNew York, United States L 6
- Nov. 24Harold GibsonJersey City, United States KO by 5
+ Dec. 8Billy CommodoreJersey City, United States KO 1
1943
- Jan. 18 Freddie HermanNewark, United StatesKO by 7
- Mar. 3Charley Cabey LewisElizabeth, United States TKO by 3
1944
= Apr. 3Orlando FerraraJersey City, United StatesDraw 6
1945
+ Feb. 10Billy CarrollBrooklyn, United States W 6
- Mar. 6Ray RogersJersey City, United States L 6
= Apr. 3Orlando FerraraJersey City, United States Draw 6
- Apr. 21Felix RamirezBrooklyn, United States L 6
+ May 1Ray RogersJersey City, United States W 6
+ June 20Ray RogersUnion City, United States W 6
- June 27Lou AlterElizabeth, United States L 6
- July 18Lou AlterUnion City, United States L 8
- Aug. 22Al VictoriaElizabeth, United States L 6
+ Aug. 28Jimmy RizzoUnion City, United States W 8
- Sept. 10Clint MillerNew York, United States L 6
- Sept. 25Augie LaparaWhite Plains, United States L 8
- Oct. 9Clint MillerWhite Plains, United States L 6
1946
+ Apr. 23Clem RodriguezJersey City, United States W 6
+ May 7Lawton DiSosoJersey City, United States KO 5
- May 21Lou LangleyJersey City, United States L 6
+ June 18Al ByndumJersey City, United States KO 3
- June 25Nathan BridgesUnion City, United States KO by 2
= July 9Bernie BernardUnion City, United StatesDraw 6

 

Summary

Total bouts: 40, Won: 17 (4 inside the limit), Lost: 17 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 6, NC: 0