Paul Raymond

Name: Paul Raymond
Hometown: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1974-12-23 (Age:32)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Career Review

• 1959 Diamond Belt 160 lb Champion
• 1960 New England Junior 165 lb Champion
• 1960 NEAAU Light Heavyweight Champion
• Turned pro his senior year in high school
• US Marines 1962-1968
• Broke his ankle playing football for the Marines and spent 5 years in and out of hospitals, leaving him with a permanent limp.
• Inactive in 1971
• Boxed 2 round exhibition with Muhammad Ali at Boston Garden on October 11, 1972.
• Killed in a Boston shootout in front of "My Place Lounge" in Boston, MA. According to the Police report, Raymond was ejected from the lounge by Manager and part owner Anthony Gioia and his bartender brother Angelo at 2:30 a.m., but went to his car, returned with a handgun and confronted the Gioia brothers outside the entrance. A shooting ensued. Paul Raymond and Anthony Gioia were killed and Angelo Gioia was wounded with a bullet to the hip.