Louis Salica | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Luigi Salica November 16, 1912 | ||||||||||||||
Died | January 30, 2002 | (aged 89)||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
Total fights | 91 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Losses | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Draws | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Louis ("Lou") Salica (November 16, 1912 – January 30, 2002) was an American boxer, who captured the National Boxing Association World Bantamweight Title twice in his career, in 1935 and 1940. His managers were Hymie Kaplan and Willie Ketchum.[1] Some sources list a different birth date for Salica, July 26, 1913.[2]
As a youth, Salica won the Flyweight bronze medal as an amateur at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[2]