Sammy Fuller
(Sabino Ferullo)
("Little Dynamite")
BORN June 10 1906; Boston, Massachusetts DIED May 30 1979; Revere, Massachusetts HEIGHT 5-4 WEIGHT 120-146 lbs RACE White; Italian-American MANAGERS Rip Valenti, Phil Buccola, Dan Carroll,
Harry Kelley, Johnny BuckleyFuller was a "sturdy aggressive battler who punches well with either hands" according to the New York Times (1932)
Sammy won the Featherweight Championship of New England in 1928 and claimed the World Junior Welterweight title by virtue of his May 1932 twelve round split decision victory over Jack "Kid" Berg; The problem was that Berg was not generally recognized as champion at the time
Fuller's claim to the title was ended completely when he lost to the generally recognized World Light Welterweight champion Barney Ross in 1933
1924 May 17 Jimmy Manning Boston, Ma TK 4 Jun 13 Frankie Hebert Boston, Ma W 8 -Some sources report "D 8" Aug 15 Benny Nelson Boston, Ma TK 4 Oct 3 Willie Woods Boston, Ma W 8 Nov 5 Charley Baxter Boston, Ma W 8 1925 Jan 20 Johnny Vacca Boston, Ma L 8 Feb 3 Tony Carney Boston, Ma L 10 Mar 6 Clovis Durand Providence, RI KO 1 Mar 12 Joe Clifford Providence, RI W 10 Mar 30 Pat Kneeland Providence, RI KO 4 Apr 11 Tony Carney Boston, Ma W 10 May 18 Johnny Vacca Boston, Ma W 10 -Some sources report 5/15/25 Aug 28 Matty Cordes Boston, Ma W 10 -Some sources report "W 8" Sep 11 Tony Carney Boston, Ma KO 6 Oct 5 Mike Castle Lawrence, Ma L 10 Oct 23 Mike Castle Lawrence, Ma W 10 Dec 18 Matty Cordes Boston, Ma W 8 1926 Jan 19 Tony Thomas Boston, Ma KO 6 Apr Mickey Blaine Boston, Ma TK 3 May 18 Chick Suggs Boston, Ma L 10 Jun 28 Carl Tremaine Boston, Ma W 10 Oct 16 Johnny Brown Boston, Ma TK 1 -Some sources report 10/06/26 Oct 18 Johnny Sheppard Boston, Ma W 10 1927 Jan 17 Tony Thomas Fall River, Ma KO 1 Feb 28 Red Chapman Boston, Ma W 10 Apr 22 Chick Suggs Boston, Ma W 10 Aug 29 Johnny Sheppard Boston, Ma W 10 1928 Mar 26 Chick Suggs Boston, Ma W 10 -Featherweight Championship of New England Jul 2 Dick "Honey Boy" Finnegan Boston, Ma L 10 1929 Jan 7 Johnny Harko Fall River, Ma TK 2 May 30 Chick Suggs Tiverton, RI KO 8 Jun 20 Jake Zeramby Boston, Ma LF 3 -Some sources report 6/17/29 Oct 7 Midget Kilburn Holyoke, Ma KO 1 Oct 25 Jake Zeramby Boston, Ma W 10 Nov 29 Johnny Farr New York, NY W 10 1930 Feb 7 Benny Bass Boston, Ma WF 5 May 26 Andy Callahan Boston, Ma L 10 -Lightweight Championship of New England Jul 15 Billy Lynch Tiverton, RI W 10 Jul 28 Augie Pisano Tiverton, RI KO 1 Aug 25 Andy Callahan Tiverton, RI W 10 Nov 17 Andy Callahan Boston, Ma L 10 -Lightweight Championship of New England 1931 Jan 29 Young Montreal Providence, RI W 10 Feb 9 Bruce Flowers Boston, Ma TK 6 Mar 6 Tony Canzoneri Boston, Ma W 10 Jun 29 Steve Halaiko Boston, Ma W 10 -Some sources report 7/29/31 Jul 13 Pancho Villa New Bedford, Ma L 10 Jul 20 Babe Herman Tiverton, RI KO 1 -Some sources report 8/10/31 Oct 16 Mickey Blair Rochester, NY KO 2 Oct 26 Ernie Mandell Providence, RI D 10 Nov 16 Andy Callahan Boston, Ma L 12 -Lightweight Championship of New England; Some sources report 11/27/31 1932 Feb 16 Ted Drew Portland, Me KO 9 Feb 26 Ray Miller New York, NY W 10 Mar 2 Eddie Holmes Fall River, Ma W 10 Mar 18 Billy Wallace New York, NY TK 7 Apr 1 Jackie "Kid" Berg New York, NY D 10 May 20 Jackie "Kid" Berg New York, NY W 12 -Fuller claimed the Junior Welterweight Championship of the World Dec 6 Billy Wallace Cleveland, Oh W 10 Dec 16 Jimmy McLarnin New York, NY LK 8 1933 Jul 10 Pete Castillo Portland, Me ND-L 10 -Some sources report "ND-W 12" on 6/19/33 Sep 8 Billy Petrolle Boston, Ma D 10 Oct 21 Billy Petrolle Brooklyn, NY L 10 Nov 17 Barney Ross Chicago, Il L 10 -Junior Welterweight Championship of the World 1934 Apr 2 Harry Carlton Philadelphia, Pa W 10 Aug 13 Dick Edwards Old Orchard Beach, Me KO 2 Nov 16 "Young" Peter Jackson New York, NY L 10 Nov 30 Johnny Jadick New York, NY TK 4 Dec 14 Eddie Cool New York, NY W 10 Dec 21 Bobby Pacho Boston, Ma W 10 1935 Mar 1 Lou Ambers New York, NY L 15 1937 Feb 12 Andy Callahan Boston, Ma KO 1 Mar 22 Andy Callahan Boston, Ma L 10 May 24 Andy Callahan Boston, Ma W 10 Dec 17 Bobby Pacho Boston, Ma W 10 1943 Feb 4 Joe DeJesus Boston, Ma W 10 Apr 2 Bill Speary Boston, Ma KO 1 Apr 16 Ralph Zanelli Boston, Ma LT 5 *** Much Data Was Provided By Theresa Ford ***
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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