Artie Diamond

Artie Diamond, out of New York City, New York, was a welterweight boxer from the 1940s–1950s. He was featured in Inside Sports in February 1982 in a 5-page article titled "Artie Diamond: The Toughest SOB Who Ever Lived". He was known for never ducking a punch. He spent time in Clinton Correctional Facility in New York for shooting a guard during a bank robbery. His first day in Clinton he beat up all the boss heads including one fight where he bit off another inmate's ear.^[1]

His boxing record was W24(16KO) and L9(4KO) and DRAW-0. He boxed 150 rounds and finished with a 48.48 KO%.^[2]

Bouts

Date	Weight (lb)	Opponent	Weight (lb)	Record	Venue	Result	notes
28 December 1951	158¼	Jimmy Herring	158	45-9-2	Madison Square Garden	L TKO	Diamond was down in the 3rd, the bout was stopped by the ring doctor after he felt Diamond had taken a severe beating.
7 December 1951	158¾	Jimmy Herring	159	44-9-2	Madison Square Garden	L points
17 November 1951	161	Bob Stecher	160	40-8-1	Ridgewood Grove	W TKO
16 May 1951	161	Jimmy Herring	157½	41-7-2	St. Nicholas Arena	L points	This was the main event. 1,497 were in attendance.^[3]
23 March 1951	159	Aldo Minelli	153	25-22-2	Madison Square Garden	L points
23 February 1951	159½	Rocky Compitello	153¼	16-4-0	Madison Square Garden	W TKO
27 December 1950	160	Jimmy Flood	162½	38-2-2	St. Nicholas Arena	L TKO	Diamond was ahead on points in a vicious slugging match, when the fight was stopped in round 8 because of a bad cut over Diamond's right eye.^[4]
2 November 1950	158	Tommy Bazzano	153½	35-27-6	Eastern Parkway Arena	L TKO
21 October 1950	159	Armando Amanini	156¾	7-13-1	Ridgewood Grove	W KO
22 September 1950	158¾	Sonny Levitt	157½	26-8-3	Madison Square Garden,	W TKO
31 August 1950	157¾	Johnny Noel	156	7-4-0	Dexter Park Arena	W SD
21 August 1950	155¾	Tommy Ciarlo	146½	30-24-4	Coney Island Velodrome	W UD
7 August 1950	155	Sammy LaRotta	153	14-5-1	Coney Island Velodrome	W UD
17 July 1950	154½	Joey Fernandez	154½	8-6-4	Elizabeth, New Jersey	W PTS
26 June 1950	152½	Hurley Sanders	155	17-12-3	Ridgewood Grove	W UD
12 June 1950	152¼	Tony Bove	146¾	16-1-1	Ridgewood Grove	W TKO
20 May 1950	155¾	Eddie Edwards	154	18-8-1	Ridgewood Grove	W PTS
6 May 1950	155¾	Eddie Edwards	154	18-7-1	Ridgewood Grove	W PTS
15 April 1950	156½	Tommy Englehardt	155½	17-5-2	Ridgewood Grove	W PTS
1 April 1950	156¾	Ben Jones	156½	10-15-1	Ridgewood Grove	W TKO
18 March 1950	157	Kid Pambele	153½	7-12-2	Ridgewood Grove	W KO
4 March 1950	156	Johnny Crosby	151	2-17-1	Ridgewood Grove	W KO
23 February 1950	156	James Suber	151½	6-12-2	Sunnyside Garden	W KO
16 February 1950	155½	Gordon Hunt	157	0-1-0	Broadway Arena	W KO
11 February 1950	157½	Louis Johnson	154½	1-1-0	Ridgewood Grove	W KO
6 February 1950	150	Jimmy DeCerio	151	8-8-4	Eastern Parkway Arena	W KO
29 December 1949	154½	Mike Santonino	156	17-11-1	Broadway Arena	W KO
15 December 1949	151	Sammy LaRotta	149	11-3-1	Broadway Arena	L points
28 November 1949	151½	Frankie Navedo	144½	1-8-0	Jamaica Arena	W KO
27 October 1949	159½	Tony Bove	145¾	9-0-1	Broadway Arena	L TKO
15 September 1949	147	Vince Martinez	147	8-0-0	Fort Hamilton Arena	L points
2 September 1949	146	Engel Cordova	148½		Long Beach Stadium	W KO
21 July 1949	147½	Joe Esposito	145½	1-0-1	Fort Hamilton Arena	W KO

References

^ "Artie Diamond: The Toughest SOB Who Ever Lived". Inside Sports (Swimsuit edition). February 1982.
^ "boxer: Artie Diamond". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
^ "Herring outpoints Diamond in 8 rounds". The New York Times. 17 May 1951. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
^ Dawson, James P. (28 December 1950). "Flood knocks out Diamond in the eighth; Behind on Points, He Wins as Doctor Intervenes Because of Cut Over Rival's Eye". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-23.

[1] "Artie Diamond: The Toughest SOB Who Ever Lived". Inside Sports (Swimsuit edition). February 1982.

[2] "boxer: Artie Diamond". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 14 November 2009.

[3] "Herring outpoints Diamond in 8 rounds". The New York Times. 17 May 1951. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 14 November 2009.

[4] Dawson, James P. (28 December 1950). "Flood knocks out Diamond in the eighth; Behind on Points, He Wins as Doctor Intervenes Because of Cut Over Rival's Eye". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-23.

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