Lenny Mancini

Lenny "Boom Boom" Mancini (born Leonard Nicholas Mancino; July 12, 1919 – November 29, 2003) was an American professional boxer. He was the father of the former WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini.

Personal life Lenny Mancini was born July 12, 1919, in Youngstown, Ohio. Lenny is the father of former WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini.

Shortly after the United States entered World War II and Mancini was drafted. He started out in the Medical Corps, but was eventually reassigned as an infantryman. Mancini was wounded in Metz in 1944 and awarded the Purple Heart.

After recovering from his injuries he resumed his boxing career, now in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. However, he was unable to establish himself and retired after consecutive points losses to Harry Hurst and Rocky Castellani, with a final record of 45–12–3.

Professional boxing record

No. Result Opponent Win type Round Date Location 1 Win Emil Tanner PTS 4/4 1937-09-21 Rayen-Wood Auditorium, Youngstown 2 Win Pat Murphy PTS 6/6 1938-10-31 Rayen-Wood Auditorium, Youngstown 3 Win J. Dee Williams PTS 6/6 1939-02-20 Youngstown 4 Win Charley Varre PTS 4/4 1939-03-14 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 5 Win J. Dee Williams PTS 6/6 1939-07-24 Idora Park, Youngstown 6 Win Paul Trinkle KO 1/4 1939-09-07 Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn 7 Win Patsy Pesca PTS 4/4 1939-09-11 St. Nicholas Arena, New York 8 Win Solly Pearl TKO 3/4 1939-09-16 Ridgewood Grove, Queens 9 Win Johnny Cockfield KO 2/6 1939-10-03 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 10 Win George Zeitz KO 4/6 1939-10-10 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 11 Win Bobby Sylvester TKO 3/6 1939-10-24 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 12 Win Young Chappie KO 1/8 1939-11-07 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 13 Win Jimmy Lancaster TKO 7/8 1939-11-14 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 14 Loss Johnny Rinaldi PTS 8/8 1939-12-05 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 15 Win Herbie Gilmore TKO 2/8 1940-01-02 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 16 Draw Marty Servo PTS 6/6 1940-01-24 Madison Square Garden, New York 17 Win Texas Lee Harper PTS 8/8 1940-02-06 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 18 Win Frankie Terranova TKO 4/8 1940-02-20 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 19 Win Pat Foley PTS 8/8 1940-03-05 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 20 Loss Johnny Rohrig PTS 8/8 1940-03-19 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 21 Win Joey Fontana PTS 8/8 1940-04-16 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 22 Draw Jimmy Vaughn PTS 8/8 1940-05-07 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 23 Win Everette Rightmire PTS 8/8 1940-09-17 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 24 Win Joey Fontana PTS 8/8 1940-10-01 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 25 Win Carl Guggino PTS 8/8 1940-10-22 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 26 Loss Irving Eldridge PTS 8/8 1940-11-19 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 27 Win Irving Eldridge PTS 8/8 1940-12-10 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 28 Win Charley Varre PTS 8/8 1941-01-14 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 29 Loss Leo Rodak PTS 8/8 1941-02-07 Madison Square Garden, New York 30 Win Chief Crazy Horse PTS 8/8 1941-03-11 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 31 Win Billy Marquart PTS 8/8 1941-04-01 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 32 Win Billy Marquart SD 10/10 1941-04-29 Arena, Cleveland 33 Loss Sammy Angott MD 10/10 1941-05-19 Public Hall, Cleveland 34 Draw Terry Young PTS 8/8 1941-07-14 Dexter Park Arena, Queens 35 Win Pete Galiano TKO 2/10 1941-08-07 Youngstown 36 Loss Pete Lello PTS 10/10 1941-08-13 Chicago Stadium Outdoor Arena 37 Win Abie Kaufman PTS 8/8 1941-09-23 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 38 Win Terry Young PTS 8/8 1941-09-29 Polo Grounds, New York 39 Win Joey Peralta PTS 8/8 1941-10-31 Madison Square Garden, New York 40 Win Dave Castilloux SD 10/10 1941-11-11 Forum, Montreal 41 Win Pete Galiano RTD 3/8 1943-09-17 Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn 42 Win Stanford Tuckett PTS 8/8 1944-03-13 Laurel Garden, Newark 43 Win Rudy Richardson PTS 8/8 1944-03-23 Masonic Hall, Highland Park 44 Win Leroy Saunders TKO 5/8 1944-03-28 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 45 Win Tiger Nelson KO 1/8 1944-04-11 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 46 Win Joe Lemieux KO 3/10 1944-04-17 Valley Arena, Holyoke 47 Win Stanley Sims UD 8/8 1945-10-02 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 48 Win Patsy Spataro PTS 8/8 1945-10-23 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 49 Win Steve Riggio UD 8/8 1945-11-27 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 50 Win Torpedo Reed SD 8/8 1946-01-15 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 51 Loss Phil Palmer UD 10/10 1946-02-25 St. Nicholas Arena, New York 52 Win Vic Pignataro KO 2/8 1946-04-23 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 53 Win Vic Costa UD 8/8 1946-04-30 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 54 Win Bobby Simmons MD 10/10 1946-06-06 Idora Park, Youngstown 55 Win Victor Moreno UD 8/8 1946-07-09 MacArthur Stadium, Brooklyn 56 Loss Harry Hurst PTS 10/10 1946-09-12 Forum, Montreal 57 Win Cyril Gallie KO 1/8 1946-10-08 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 58 Loss Harry Hurst SD 10/10 1946-10-18 Forum, Montreal 59 Loss Johnny Williams SD 8/8 1946-11-05 Broadway Arena, Brooklyn 60 Loss Rocky Castellani PTS 8/8 1947-09-19 Madison Square Garden, New York 61 Loss Rocky Castellani UD 10/10 1947-12-19 Watres Armory, Scranton