Iggy Vaccari

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Iggy Vaccari (left) & Jackie Wilson

Name: Iggy Vaccari
Birth Name: Andrew H. Vaccari
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 2014-11-07 (Age:84)
Stance: Southpaw
Pro Boxer: Record

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Vaccari started fighting in the Park Department tournaments in Boston, where he won lightweight honors. He also fought 16 times as an amateur, winning ten by kayo and six by decision. His trainer was Sammy Dalton, ex-flyweight champion of New England. [The Ring August 1949, page 23]

In 1950 Iggy Vaccari, of East Boston, became the New England lightweight champion. August 1949, The Ring magazine.