Billy Bello

Name: Billy Bello
Birth Name: William Ferdinand Bello
Hometown: New York, New York, USA
Birthplace: Bay Shore, New York, USA
Died: 1963-07-20 (Age:20)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 179cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Manager: Cy Crisci

Billy Bello died July 20, 1963--only two weeks after he had appeared in his first main event in Madison Square Garden and on national television--losing a split decision to veteran Gaspar Ortega. Bello, 20, was found life-less in a hallway of a tentament in the Bronx section of New York City.

On the stairway near the body police found three empty envelopes of the type used to package powdered narcotics, and needle marks on his left forearm, indicating that he had been using drugs. An autopsy confirmed the suspicion that he had died of "acute intravenous narcotism."

Bello was featured in the October 1961 issue of Boxing Illustrated.

• "Billy Bello, Lost Promise" by Steven Canton: [1]

Record submitted by Dan Cuoco, International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO).