https://boxrec.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Papa 2026-06-04T16:50:16Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.38.2 https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tommy_Paul&diff=7302 2005-04-12T13:34:25Z

<p>Papa: </p> <hr /> <div>Tommy was born March 4, 1909 on Seventh St. in Buffalo’s old waterfront district. His humble Italian parents christened him Gaetano Papa. His love of boxing started early as his two older brothers, Al and Mickey, were already known around Buffalo for their fighting abilities. At seventeen, Tommy walked into Jack Singer’s gym, where his brothers trained, and asked for a tryout. Singer reluctantly agreed and had Tommy in the gym doing all the exercises needed to be a boxer. After seeing such enthusiasm and ambition, Singer knew he had a diamond in the rough. Paul was soon cleaning up the 112 lb division in his early amateur fights. Then Singer entered him in the Niagara district tournament in March of 1927, as a bantamweight. Tommy defeated two experienced fighters in one night to earn the title. The championship earned him the right to represent the Niagara district in the National AAU tournament held in Boston, Mass. in April, 1927. Tommy again swept out his opponents and was crowned the United States Amateur Champion. In May of the same year, he was invited to the Empire State Amateur championships held in Madison Square Garden. Once again, Tommy disposed of the challengers and won his third amateur crown in three months. <br /> <br /> On August 1, 1927, Tommy Paul had his first professional fight and won by four round knockout over Freddie Griffiths. Tommy went his next 27 fights without a defeat, and was by then headlining cards at the Broadway Auditorium and Bison Stadium. He was attracting a huge and loyal following. In 1932, the NBA invited the 8 leading featherweights to a tournament to find the successor to Batting Battalino who had outgrown the weight class. Paul brought his 53-6-2 record into the tournament and defeated Bushy Graham and Frankie Wallace to earn the chance to fight Johnny Pena for the title. On May 26, 1932, Tommy Paul won almost every round to become Featherweight Champion of the World. <br /> <br /> On January 13, 1933, Paul lost the title on a split decision to Freddie Miller in Chicago. <br /> <br /> Even though Tommy was rated in the top ten for the next two years, he would not get another title shot he so badly wanted. Tommy fought World Champions such as Panama Al Brown (D6), Fidel LaBarba (1 win, 3 losses), Kid Chocolate (D10), Petey Sarron (2 draws), Freddie Miller (2 wins, 4 losses), Bushy Graham (2 wins) and Frankie Genaro (W6). In all, he fought eleven World Champions and six Hall of Famers with a record of 9-10-4 against them. Tommy was rated in the top ten from 1929 to 1934, a total of 66 months. His final record was 79-28-10 with 25 KO’s. <br /> <br /> Tommy retired in 1936 and worked and trained fighters in Buffalo until retirement age. In April of 1991, Tommy Paul passed away at his North Buffalo home. In 1996, he was elected into the first class of Buffalo’s Ring #44 Boxing Hall of Fame and in 2003 to the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.<br /> <br /> Fight Record: [http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=009884]<br /> <br /> [[Category:World Featherweight Champions|Paul, Tommy]]<br /> [[file:1928.jpg|thumb|Description]]</div>

Papa https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tommy_Paul&diff=7294 2005-04-12T13:31:00Z

<p>Papa: </p> <hr /> <div>Tommy was born March 4, 1909 on Seventh St. in Buffalo’s old waterfront district. His humble Italian parents christened him Gaetano Papa. His love of boxing started early as his two older brothers, Al and Mickey, were already known around Buffalo for their fighting abilities. At seventeen, Tommy walked into Jack Singer’s gym, where his brothers trained, and asked for a tryout. Singer reluctantly agreed and had Tommy in the gym doing all the exercises needed to be a boxer. After seeing such enthusiasm and ambition, Singer knew he had a diamond in the rough. Paul was soon cleaning up the 112 lb division in his early amateur fights. Then Singer entered him in the Niagara district tournament in March of 1927, as a bantamweight. Tommy defeated two experienced fighters in one night to earn the title. The championship earned him the right to represent the Niagara district in the National AAU tournament held in Boston, Mass. in April, 1927. Tommy again swept out his opponents and was crowned the United States Amateur Champion. In May of the same year, he was invited to the Empire State Amateur championships held in Madison Square Garden. Once again, Tommy disposed of the challengers and won his third amateur crown in three months. <br /> <br /> On August 1, 1927, Tommy Paul had his first professional fight and won by four round knockout over Freddie Griffiths. Tommy went his next 27 fights without a defeat, and was by then headlining cards at the Broadway Auditorium and Bison Stadium. He was attracting a huge and loyal following. In 1932, the NBA invited the 8 leading featherweights to a tournament to find the successor to Batting Battalino who had outgrown the weight class. Paul brought his 53-6-2 record into the tournament and defeated Bushy Graham and Frankie Wallace to earn the chance to fight Johnny Pena for the title. On May 26, 1932, Tommy Paul won almost every round to become Featherweight Champion of the World. <br /> <br /> On January 13, 1933, Paul lost the title on a split decision to Freddie Miller in Chicago. <br /> <br /> Even though Tommy was rated in the top ten for the next two years, he would not get another title shot he so badly wanted. Tommy fought World Champions such as Panama Al Brown (D6), Fidel LaBarba (1 win, 3 losses), Kid Chocolate (D10), Petey Sarron (2 draws), Freddie Miller (2 wins, 4 losses), Bushy Graham (2 wins) and Frankie Genaro (W6). In all, he fought eleven World Champions and six Hall of Famers with a record of 9-10-4 against them. Tommy was rated in the top ten from 1929 to 1934, a total of 66 months. His final record was 79-28-10 with 25 KO’s. <br /> <br /> Tommy retired in 1936 and worked and trained fighters in Buffalo until retirement age. In April of 1991, Tommy Paul passed away at his North Buffalo home. In 1996, he was elected into the first class of Buffalo’s Ring #44 Boxing Hall of Fame and in 2003 to the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.<br /> <br /> Fight Record: [http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=009884]<br /> <br /> [[Category:World Featherweight Champions|Paul, Tommy]]</div>

Papa https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Don_Eddy&diff=48112 2005-03-23T19:23:26Z

<p>Papa: </p> <hr /> <div>Ring Magazines have undated and no city listed for following bouts for 1938 (probably in Texas).<br /> <br /> July issue- wins over Ted Tellos and Frankie Adams<br /> Sept.- 10 round loss to Ray Serrano.<br /> Oct.- Win over Chino Alvarez.<br /> Dec.- loss to Emil Cody.</div>

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