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词条 Charley Zivic
释义

  1. Career

      Ownership and Name Change  

  2. References

  3. External links

{{Infobox boxer
|image=Charley Zivic a.k.a. Charley Affif at the Pittsburgh Lyceum in 1946.jpg
|name= Charley Zivic (né Charley Affif)
|nickname= Chink [1]
|weight= Welterweight
Middleweight
|height={{convert|5|ft|9|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|nationality= {{flag|USA|name=American}}
|birth_date= {{birth date|mf=yes|1925|01|31}}
|birth_place= Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|death_date= {{death date and age|mf=yes|1984|11|27|1925|01|31}}[2]
|death_place= Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|style= Orthodox
|total= 59
|wins= 42
|KO= 14
|losses= 13
|draws= 4
}}Charley Zivic (January 31, 1925 – November 27, 1984) later known as Charley Affif, was a Lebanese American professional boxer from 1944 through 1951, with 42 wins, 13 losses, and 4 draws.[3] Notably, he fought through his entire career with a metal plate in his right arm – limiting his range of motion to 5 to 7 inches – an injury he sustained when, as a ten-year-old boy, he dove off a two-story shanty roof in his Lower Hill District neighborhood - and a dead or dying right kidney.[4]

Career

In April 1950, at Duquesne Gardens in Pittsburgh, Affif was ahead in a fight with Laurent Dauthuille, in the elimination bout for a title shot with Jake LaMotta. After getting knocked down in the ninth round, Affif was on his feet taking the mandatory standing eight count, when Dauthuille moved out of his neutral corner and pounced on him for the kill at 1:15.[5]

Affif went into the ring four more times after this loss, winning two and losing two, his last loss to Gene Hairston.[6] He'd signed to meet Bobby Dykes and was back in training at the Pittsburgh Lyceum, when he complained of an unusual weariness. He was taken to the nearby Mercy Hospital where X-rays revealed that he had a dead right kidney that dated back to 1944, the same year that he began his boxing career. Doctors explained it as not a boxing injury at all, but an old football injury from his years as a semi-professional running back.[4]

Affif's story is the basis of the June, 2016 novel "I Told You I Could Fly"

Ownership and Name Change

For the first part of Affif's career he was owned and managed by fellow Pittsburgher and ex-Welterweight Champion of the World, Fritzie Zivic, who was not only still active in the ring himself, but also owned a growing stable of other professional prizefighters. When Fritzie lacked the adequate time to devote to Affif's career, he sold his contract to Billy Sarkis and Hymie Schwartz, also of Pittsburgh. From then on, he fought under his birth name, Charley Affif.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Playing Games|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gdlaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0WwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=charley-affif%20chink&pg=7097%2C1566611}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Charles Affif, former boxer|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=29 November 1984|page=10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UYRIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6897%2C8476658}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=BoxRec: Charley Zivic - Boxer|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=24422&cat=boxer}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=A Sport Riches Turned To Rags|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=alcEAAAAIBAJ&dq=charley-affif%20arm&pg=6887%2C4971956}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=French Boxer Kayoes Affif|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mV8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UU0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=affif&pg=2400%2C1520608}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/boxer/24422|title=BoxRec: Charley Zivic}}
7. ^{{cite web|title='Sixth Zivic' Aims To Win Fame As Charley Affif|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kS8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gk0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=affif%20sixth%20zivic&pg=2016%2C2652359}}

External links

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9 : 1925 births|1984 deaths|Middleweight boxers|Welterweight boxers|Boxers from Pennsylvania|Sportspeople from Pittsburgh|American people of Lebanese descent|American male boxers|Burials at Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Pittsburgh)

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