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Age 19 boxer started his career on December 1926 building a record of 38-14-6 over 17 years, last fighting 7 ago in February 1944. The longest KO streak that Zazzarino has ever had is 3 throughout his 58 fights and his longest winning streak is 11 wins. This started on December 1926 and came to an end on May 1929.
In an impressive debut, Zazzarino kept his calm and defeated Charlie Nieman over 6 rounds via a judges decision. This was only the 5th time Nieman had been taken the full distance. Continuing on from his debut, Zazzarino had an impressive start to his career as he went on to fight 31 fights including once in 1926, once in 1927 and 22 times through 1928, 1929 and 1930 against fighters such as Nick Abate, Benny Nabors and Eddie Martin.
Taking the first knock of his career, Zazzarino fought Frisco Bautista on April 23rd, 1927 and was defeated by Bautista. Zazzarino's fight against Frisco Bautista was Zazzarino's first stoppage defeat of his career. This came via KO in the 4th round of a 6 round fight. 19 wins followed where Zazzarino went on to fight Vic Burrone, Charley Goodman and Al Tripoli amongst others, prolonging his win streak.
Eddie Martin was the next fight for Zazzarino on September 4th, 1929 and also his next career win. Martin was a worthy challenger but Zazzarino was too much and became the first person to stop Martin via KO during round 7. Zazzarino then went on to face Benny Nabors where he added another win to his tally.
Taking a knock to his career, Zazzarino fought and was defeated by Al Singer on October 11th, 1929 taking his record to 21-4-0. Zazzarino's fight against Al Singer was Zazzarino's 3rd stoppage defeat which came via TKO in the 6th round of the fight.
Nat Arno was Zazzarino's next fight on July 2nd, 1930 and also the next win in his career via TKO. This took his record to 28-8-1 showing a mainly successful career to date. Becoming the first person to stop Nat Arno, Zazzarino beat Arno via TKO in the 3rd round of a 10 round fight.
Johnny Toye was Zazzarino's next fight on April 1st, 1932. The result was an even draw via. This took his record to 31-11-5 showing a mainly successful career to date. Zazzarino was the 3rd person to go the distance with Toye. Zazzarino fought Johnny Toye in 1932, the result was a draw.
The wins continued with the defeat of Jose Rivera on February 8th, 1944 in Zazzarino's most recent fight taking his winning record to 38 wins. Ending on a high, Zazzarino showed he still had what it takes as a pro in this final career fight, becoming only the 7th person to beat Rivera over the 8 round distance.