Dick DeVito

Name: Dick DeVito
Birth Name: Richard Dominick DeVito
Hometown: New York, New York, USA
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, USA
Died: 2023-01-22 (Age:88)
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Dick began boxing at the age of 12 with the New York Police Athletic League. He reached the semi-finals of the New York Golden Gloves Tournament at age 15 under an alias. At 16, he reached the finals. He joined the Navy at 18 and served during the Korean War. During that time, he became the Sixth Fleet Lightweight Champion and also reached the finals of the Greater Lowell Golden Gloves 126-lb novice division in Lowell, MA, on February 24, 1954. He turned professional in 1956 at the age of 21. He was undefeated and scheduled to fight Jay Fulmer in the preview bout on the Sugar Ray Robinson/Gene Fulmer card at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 1956, but a motorcycle accident ended his professional career.