Sam Lagonia

Name: Sam Lagonia
Birth Name: Samuel Joseph Lagonia
Hometown: New York, New York, USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Died: 1968-11-16 (Age:70)
Height: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Lagonia was the middleweight (up to 158 lbs) national amateur champion three consecutive years (1919, 1920, 1921) before turning professional later in that last year.
• Won 3 amateur boxing titles in one night. On March 29, 1919 at Madison Square Garden concert hall at the finals of the A.A.U. championship tournament, Lagonia took titles at 158 (def. J.F. Bradley - unattached)and 175 (def. J.J. Tomeshek - New West Side A.C.) and the heavyweight class (def. C. Okum - Clark House A.A.). The same feat had been achieved only once prior, in 1916 by John Gaddi of St. Bartholomew's when he gained titles in the same divisions (NYTimes March 30, 1919).

Joined NYC Fire Department in 1920 from which he returned as a Captain.

Olympic games results

1920 (as a middleweight)

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Rolf Jacobsen (Norway) PTS
• Lost to Harry Mallin (Great Britain) PTS