Arthur Mercante Sr. - Revision history

John at 10:05, 24 March 2020

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John: /* External Links */

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/sports/11mercante.html?_r=0 "Arthur Mercante Sr., Hall of Fame Boxing Referee, Dies at 90" By Richard Goldstein, ''New York Times'', April 11, 2010]		*[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/sports/11mercante.html?_r=0 "Arthur Mercante Sr., Hall of Fame Boxing Referee, Dies at 90" By Richard Goldstein, ''New York Times'', April 11, 2010]
	[http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\| Boxing-Scoop.com: Amateur Boxing Records Database]



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John at 01:31, 7 March 2017

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	~~[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee~~]]
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	'''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''		'''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''
	[[File:Frazier-Ali I 81427964.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Mercante officiating Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali in 1971.]]		[[File:Frazier-Ali I 81427964.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Mercante officiating Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali in 1971.]]

Boxsoup at 22:41, 15 September 2015

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	* [~~http://www~~.boxing-~~scoop~~.~~com/show_boxer~~.~~php?boxer_ID=10773\|~~* ~~Amateur~~ boxing ~~history~~ - ~~incomplete]~~		'''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''
	* '''[[~~:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr~~. ~~Gallery~~\|~~Arthur~~ Mercante Sr. ~~Gallery~~]]'''		[[File:Frazier-Ali I 81427964.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Mercante officiating Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali in 1971.]]
			*Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, where his father, an Italian immigrant, worked in the shoe factories. [[Rocky Marciano]], another Brockton resident, was a childhood friend.
			*Introduced to boxing by his uncle, [[Joe Monte]], a professional boxer who fought [[James J. Braddock]] and [[Max Schmeling]]. Monte would take his nephew to the Boston gym where he trained.
			*Began boxing in the [[Golden Gloves]] at age 16.
			*Received a bachelor’s degree in physical education from New York University in 1942.
			*Served in the Navy during World War II, teaching boxing and refereeing bouts in the physical fitness program run by [[Gene Tunney]].
			*After World War II, Mercante received a master’s degree in physical education from New York University, coached boxing at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and refereed college bouts.
			*Became a professional referee in 1954.
			*First world title fight was [[Ingemar Johansson vs. Floyd Patterson (2nd meeting)\|Ingemar Johansson vs. Floyd Patterson II]] at the Polo Grounds in New York City on June 20, 1960.
			*Best known officiating job was referring the first fight between [[Muhammad Ali]] and [[Joe Frazier]] on [[Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali (1st meeting)\|March 8, 1971]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City. In the 10th round, Mercante endured what he called one of the most embarrassing moments of his refereeing career when he accidentally poked Frazier in the eye while he was breaking a clinch. Frazier and his corner were furious at Mercante, but Frazier went on to win the fight by a 15-round unanimous decision.
			*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] "Expanded Category" (Referees, Judges & Timekeepers) in 1987.
			*Received the [[James J. Walker Memorial Award]] from the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] in 1988 for "long and meritorious service in boxing."
			*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] "Non-Participant Category" in 1995.
			*Retired as a referee at age 81. His final assignment was officiating [[Ricardo Lopez]]'s final bout, an eighth-round knockout of [[Zolani Petelo]] at Madison Square Garden on [[Ricardo Lopez vs. Zolani Petelo\|September 29, 2001]]. Afterward, Mercante would occasionally serve as a boxing judge.
			*Officiated fights involving such boxers as [[Floyd Patterson]], [[Emile Griffith]], [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], [[Carlos Ortiz]], [[Joe Frazier]], [[George Foreman]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Roberto Duran]], [[Wilfred Benitez]], [[Ken Norton]], [[Alexis Arguello]], [[Thomas Hearns]], [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Marvin Hagler]], [[Mike Tyson]], [[Julio Cesar Chavez]], [[Roy Jones Jr.]], [[Felix Trinidad]], [[Kostya Tszyu]], [[Shane Mosley]], and [[Ricardo Lopez]].
			*Refereed more than 140 world title fights.
			*When he died in 2010, the ''New York Times'' called Mercante "boxing’s most prominent referee of the past half-century."
			*Father of fellow boxing referee [[Arthur Mercante Jr.]]

	*Referee ~~for over 120 World Title fights~~, ~~the last one occurring September 29~~, ~~2001~~, ~~when he was 81 years of age~~		==External Links==
	*~~1988 winner of the~~ [~~[James J~~. ~~Walker Memorial Award]]~~		*[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/sports/11mercante.html?_r=0 "Arthur Mercante Sr., Hall of Fame Boxing Referee, Dies at 90" By Richard Goldstein, ''New York Times'', April 11, 2010]
	*Father of fellow boxing ~~referee [[Arthur Mercante Jr~~.]]		[http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\| Boxing-Scoop.com: Amateur Boxing Records Database]
	*~~Inducted into the [[World~~ Boxing ~~Hall of Fame~~]~~], "Expanded Category" (Referees & Judges & Timekeepers)~~
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John at 00:25, 25 November 2010

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	*[[:File:Mercantebk.jpg\|book on Mercante, Inside the ropes]]
	* [http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\|* Amateur boxing history - incomplete]		* [http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\|* Amateur boxing history - incomplete]
	* '''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''		* '''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''
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	*Referee for over 120 World Title fights, the last one occurring September 29, 2001, when he was 81 years of age		*Referee for over 120 World Title fights, the last one occurring September 29, 2001, when he was 81 years of age
	*1988 winner of the [[James J. Walker Memorial Award]]		*1988 winner of the [[James J. Walker Memorial Award]]

Journeymen at 16:15, 24 November 2010

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	* [http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\|* Amateur boxing history - incomplete]		* [http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\|* Amateur boxing history - incomplete]
			* '''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''
	'''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''


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	*Referee for over 120 World Title fights, the last one occurring September 29, 2001, when he was 81 years of age		*Referee for over 120 World Title fights, the last one occurring September 29, 2001, when he was 81 years of age

Journeymen at 07:21, 24 November 2010

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	~~[[:Image:MercanteSr_Arthur.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Mercante.Arthur.jpg\|Photo #3]]<BR>~~
	*[[:File:Mercantebk.jpg\|book on Mercante, Inside the ropes]]		*[[:File:Mercantebk.jpg\|book on Mercante, Inside the ropes]]

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	* [http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\|* Amateur boxing history - incomplete]		* [http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\|* Amateur boxing history - incomplete]

			'''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''


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	*Referee for over 120 World Title fights, the last one occurring September 29, 2001, when he was 81 years of age		*Referee for over 120 World Title fights, the last one occurring September 29, 2001, when he was 81 years of age

Journeymen: link to amateur records site Boxing Scoop

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link to amateur records site Boxing Scoop

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	*[[:File:Mercantebk.jpg\|book on Mercante, Inside the ropes]]		*[[:File:Mercantebk.jpg\|book on Mercante, Inside the ropes]]

			* [http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=10773\|* Amateur boxing history - incomplete]
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	*Father of fellow boxing referee [[Arthur Mercante Jr.]]		*Father of fellow boxing referee [[Arthur Mercante Jr.]]
	*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Referees & Judges & Timekeepers)		*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Referees & Judges & Timekeepers)

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	~~[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee~~]]
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	'''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''		'''[[:Category:Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery\|Arthur Mercante Sr. Gallery]]'''
	[[File:Frazier-Ali I 81427964.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Mercante officiating Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali in 1971.]]		[[File:Frazier-Ali I 81427964.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Mercante officiating Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali in 1971.]]