Jimmy Toppi Sr.

Name: Jimmy Toppi
Alias: Jimmy Toppi Sr.
Birth Name: James Toppi Sr.
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1967-11-14 (Age:68)
Promoter: Record

Toppi began promoting in 1925 at the New Broadway A.C., and worked there before moving to the Olympia A.C. in the mid-1930s, and to the Metropolitan Opera House in the mid-1940s. Toppi stepped away from promoting in the late 1940s, as his son handled the promoting while he owned and operated the Metropolitan Opera House and Toppi Stadium. Toppi returned to promoting in the mid-1960s, shortly before his death. Staged shows at the:

• Metropolitan Opera House
• The Arena at 46th and Market street
• Cambria A.C. in Kensington
• Blue Horizon
• The Alhambra
• New Broadway A.C.
• Olympia A.C.
• Toppi Stadium
• Leiperville Arena
• 69th St. Arena

Toppi's son, Jimmy Toppi Jr. promoted in Philadelphia, starting in 1947. Toppi also promoted boxing shows in Camden, New Jersey from 1929 to 1931, having little success during the Great Depression.