The Resume

(January 14, 1932-October 11, 2021)
Born in Boston, Massachusetts
Birth name was Leonardo Liotta
58 wins (33 by KO), 12 losses, 1 draw
World Welterweight Champion (April 1-June 10, 1955)
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (2019)
Nicknamed ‘the Boston Bomber’

Why he might be annoying:

He was underage when he started boxing professionally and got his ring name from the person whose birth certificate he borrowed in order to pass for 18.
He lost his world championship to Carmen Basilio in his first title defense.
A man named Alphonsus D’Amico spent years passing himself off as DeMarco in bars in California. When D’Amico passed away, the Los Angeles Times erroneously reported that DeMarco had died (1990).

Why he might not be annoying:

His rematch with Basilio was named Ring magazine’s Fight of the Year (1955).
His son Vincent was fatally struck by a car while bicycling (1975).
He was extremely popular in his hometown, with his matches regularly setting attendance records at Boston Garden.
In Boston’s North End, a street was named after him and a statue of him was erected.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Boxers
• Boxing Hall of Famers (Ranked: 2019)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 84]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1141932)
• I Died in 2021 (Ranked: 79)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Lied About My Age - I Made Myself Older
• I Outlived My Child
• I was Falsely Reported Dead
• Profiles 53001-53250 (Ranked: 53136)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20211011)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 73 Votes: 53.42% Annoying