- Johnny Indrisano
Johnny Indrisano (
November 1 ,1906 , inBoston ,USA —July 6 ,1968 , inLos Angeles , USA) was an American slickboxing welterweight fromBoston who fought from 1923 to 1934. Despite defeating world welterweight championsLou Brouillard , in two out of threebout s, andJackie Fields , Indrisano never received a title shot.He retired with a record of 37 wins (with only 2
KO s), and 9 defeats.He married Mary Vardaro in the early 1930s; they had one daughter, Kathleen. They were divorced in the 1940s. After his retirement from boxing, Johnny Indrisano had a successful career as a
referee ,stunt man , and bit-partactor in films such as "Some Like It Hot " and "Guys and Dolls ." He committed suicide by hanging in his home in the Mount Olympus section ofLos Angeles onJuly 6 ,1968 , his daughter's birthday, after a long battle with severe depression.Fact|date=September 2008External links
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