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Artie Diamond, out of New York City, New York, was a welterweight boxer from the 1940s–1950s. He was featured in Inside Sports in February 1982 in a 5-page article titled "Artie Diamond: The Toughest SOB Who Ever Lived". He was known for never ducking a punch. He spent time in Clinton Correctional Facility in New York for shooting a guard during a bank robbery. His first day in Clinton he beat up all the boss heads including one fight where he bit off another inmate's ear.[1]

His boxing record was W24(16KO) and L9(4KO) and DRAW-0. He boxed 150 rounds and finished with a 48.48 KO%.[2]

Bouts

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Date Weight (lb) Opponent Weight (lb) Record Venue Result notes
28 December 1951 158¼ Jimmy Herring 158 45-9-2 Madison Square Garden L TKO Diamond was down in the 3rd, the bout was stopped by the ring doctor after he felt Diamond had taken a severe beating.
7 December 1951 158¾ Jimmy Herring 159 44-9-2 Madison Square Garden L points
17 November 1951 161 Bob Stecher 160 40-8-1 Ridgewood Grove W TKO
16 May 1951 161 Jimmy Herring 157½ 41-7-2 St. Nicholas Arena L points This was the main event. 1,497 were in attendance.[3]
23 March 1951 159 Aldo Minelli 153 25-22-2 Madison Square Garden L points
23 February 1951 159½ Rocky Compitello 153¼ 16-4-0 Madison Square Garden W TKO
27 December 1950 160 Jimmy Flood 162½ 38-2-2 St. Nicholas Arena L TKO Diamond was ahead on points in a vicious slugging match, when the fight was stopped in round 8 because of a bad cut over Diamond's right eye.[4]
2 November 1950 158 Tommy Bazzano 153½ 35-27-6 Eastern Parkway Arena L TKO
21 October 1950 159 Armando Amanini 156¾ 7-13-1 Ridgewood Grove W KO
22 September 1950 158¾ Sonny Levitt 157½ 26-8-3 Madison Square Garden, W TKO
31 August 1950 157¾ Johnny Noel 156 7-4-0 Dexter Park Arena W SD
21 August 1950 155¾ Tommy Ciarlo 146½ 30-24-4 Coney Island Velodrome W UD
7 August 1950 155 Sammy LaRotta 153 14-5-1 Coney Island Velodrome W UD
17 July 1950 154½ Joey Fernandez 154½ 8-6-4 Elizabeth, New Jersey W PTS
26 June 1950 152½ Hurley Sanders 155 17-12-3 Ridgewood Grove W UD
12 June 1950 152¼ Tony Bove 146¾ 16-1-1 Ridgewood Grove W TKO
20 May 1950 155¾ Eddie Edwards 154 18-8-1 Ridgewood Grove W PTS
6 May 1950 155¾ Eddie Edwards 154 18-7-1 Ridgewood Grove W PTS
15 April 1950 156½ Tommy Englehardt 155½ 17-5-2 Ridgewood Grove W PTS
1 April 1950 156¾ Ben Jones 156½ 10-15-1 Ridgewood Grove W TKO
18 March 1950 157 Kid Pambele 153½ 7-12-2 Ridgewood Grove W KO
4 March 1950 156 Johnny Crosby 151 2-17-1 Ridgewood Grove W KO
23 February 1950 156 James Suber 151½ 6-12-2 Sunnyside Garden W KO
16 February 1950 155½ Gordon Hunt 157 0-1-0 Broadway Arena W KO
11 February 1950 157½ Louis Johnson 154½ 1-1-0 Ridgewood Grove W KO
6 February 1950 150 Jimmy DeCerio 151 8-8-4 Eastern Parkway Arena W KO
29 December 1949 154½ Mike Santonino 156 17-11-1 Broadway Arena W KO
15 December 1949 151 Sammy LaRotta 149 11-3-1 Broadway Arena L points
28 November 1949 151½ Frankie Navedo 144½ 1-8-0 Jamaica Arena W KO
27 October 1949 159½ Tony Bove 145¾ 9-0-1 Broadway Arena L TKO
15 September 1949 147 Vince Martinez 147 8-0-0 Fort Hamilton Arena L points
2 September 1949 146 Engel Cordova 148½ Long Beach Stadium W KO
21 July 1949 147½ Joe Esposito 145½ 1-0-1 Fort Hamilton Arena W KO

References

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  1. ^ "Artie Diamond: The Toughest SOB Who Ever Lived". Inside Sports (Swimsuit edition). February 1982.
  2. ^ "boxer: Artie Diamond". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Herring outpoints Diamond in 8 rounds". The New York Times. 17 May 1951. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  4. ^ Dawson, James P. (28 December 1950). "Flood knocks out Diamond in the eighth; Behind on Points, He Wins as Doctor Intervenes Because of Cut Over Rival's Eye". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-23.
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