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Dan Florio
Dan Florio was an American boxing manager and trainer active for more than four decades, notably working with Jersey Joe Walcott and Floyd Patterson. Career Florio began working with Jersey Joe Walcott in the 1940s and was in his corner for both of Walcott's fights against Joe Louis. Florio prepared Walcott for his 1952 title defense against Rocky Marciano, implementing a game plan focused on lateral footwork, effective counterpunching, and tying up Marciano at close range. On May 2, 1949, Florio guided Eddie Giosa in his win over the former lightweight champion Lew Jenkins in Philadelphia. He prepared Roland La Starza for his 1953 Rocky Marciano vs. Roland La Starza, rematch against Rocky Marciano. La Starza later claimed Florio "worked him to death" during a long training camp. Dan Florio began training Floyd Patterson in 1952, guiding him throughout his professional career. Commenting on Patterson in 1956, he said, "I've trained 500–600 fighters, and I've never seen anyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens
Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn and by Nassau County, New York, Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. Queens is one of the most linguistics, linguistically and ethnically diverse places in the world. With a population of 2,405,464 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be the List of United States cities by population, fourth most-populous in the U.S. after the rest of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Queens is the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
