One has used the heart of a lion, a granite chin and a punches-in-bunches offense to thrill crowds and climb the lightweight and junior welterweight ranks. The other used drug trafficking, intimidation and murder to climb in the Gambino Crime Family ranks.
One is dead tired today after a fight Saturday night in Atlantic City. The other is just dead. Who's the real heavyweight? The boxer or the mobster? Let's go to the tape.
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NICKNAME
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| "Thunder" |
Edge
JG
| "The Dapper Don," "The Teflon Don" |
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RECORD
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| 35-6 |
Edge
AG
| Too long to list here. |
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RIVAL
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| "Irish" Micky Ward, against whom he had three great fights. |
Edge
AG
| "Big" Paul Castellano, against whom he planned one brutal murder. |
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BACKGROUND
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| New Jersey-based Italian-Canadian. |
Edge
JG
| Born in the Bronx, raised in Brooklyn. Why? You wanna make somethin' of it? |
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CLAIM TO FAME
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| Has participated in the "Fight of the Year" three times: 1997-98, 2002. |
Edge
AG
| Widely regarded as the "Best Dressed Mobster" of all time. |
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PATENTED MOVE
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| Left hook. |
Edge
JG
| Quoting from Machiavelli's
"The Prince" |
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TURNED PRO
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| Earned a third-round TKO over
Jose Gonzalez in 1991. |
Edge
JG
| Started hijacking trucks for the Gambino crime family
at Kennedy Airport in 1966. |
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MENTOR
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| His trainer, Buddy McGirt, the best in boxing right now. |
Edge
AG
| Famous underboss
Aniello Dellacroce. |
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TRAGIC FLAW
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| Trading punches with
bigger opponents. |
Edge
Push
| Trusting Sammy "The Bull" Gravano. |
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SHOW-BOATING
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| Usually too busy punching. |
Edge
JG
| Once blew a kiss in court to a female prosecutor. |
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BENDING THE RULES
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| Adds up to 18 pounds of body weight after weigh-ins, before fights. |
Edge
JG
| Bought jurors and intimidated eyewitnesses before trials. |
