Bushy Graham

Infobox_Boxer
name=Bushy Graham


nickname=
realname=Angelo Geraci
weight=Bantamweight
nationality=Flagicon|USA American
birth_date=birth date|1913|06|05|mf=y
death_date=death date and age|1991|04|13|1913|06|05|mf=y
birth_place=Utica, NY
style=Orthodox
total=139
wins=113
KO=40
losses=17
draws=9
no contests=0|

Bushy Graham (June 5, 1913 - April 13, 1991) was an American boxer from New York. He held the bantamweight championship in 1928.

Biography

Boxing career

Graham became a professional boxer in 1921. In 1924 he fought future flyweight champion Frankie Genaro in Rochester, New York to a draw. In a rematch two months later, Genaro defeated Graham by decision. In 1925 he fought future bantamweight champion Bud Taylor twice. Graham lost both -- the first by decision in Illinois and the second by decision in Long Island City, New York. In 1926 he met old foe Genaro for a third time and defeated him by a decision.

Laer in 1926 he fought Tony Canzoneri and lost by a decision, but in his next fight he received the opportunity to fight for the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) bantamweight title held by Charley Phil Rosenberg. Rosenberg defeated him via fifteen-round unanimous decision.

In 1928 he received another shot at the bantamweight title when he met Corporal Izzy Schwartz for the vacant NYSAC and National Boxing Association titles. He defeates Schwartz over fifteen rounds.

He did not defend the title and instead continued his career fighting over the bantamweight limit. Throughout the rest of his career he fought a number of future or former champions. He defeated Battling Battalino (although, Battalino defeated him in two additional fights) and held Freddie Miller and Leo Rodak to draws. He lost to Kid Chocolate by disqualification and twice to Tommy Paul twice by unanimous decision.

He brother boxed under the name of "Frankie Garcia."

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