Tony Galento

Dominick Anthony Galento, known as Tony Galento and by the nickname Two Ton, was an American heavyweight boxer born in Orange, New Jersey, on 12 March 1910 to Italian immigrant parents. He worked as an iceman, which is the likely origin of his nickname, and later ran a saloon in Orange while boxing from the late 1920s to the early 1940s. His professional record stands at 79 wins, 26 losses and 6 draws. He is best remembered for knocking down Joe Louis in the third round of their June 1939 world heavyweight title fight, which Louis went on to win by stoppage. He also fought other prominent heavyweights of his era, including Al Ettore, Arturo Godoy, Lou Nova, Max Baer and Buddy Baer. A slow, short-reached and undisciplined brawler, he fought out of a crouch with a dangerous leaping left hook and was widely regarded as one of boxing's most colorful characters, also called the Jersey Nightstick and the One-Man Riot. He died on 22 July 1979.