Tony DeMarco was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, in 2019. The honor came after a storied 71-fight career that captured the hearts of boxing fans around the world. The former World Welterweight Champion, who fought professionally from 1948 to 1962, was born Leonardo Liotta to Sicilian immigrant parents on January 14, 1932. He grew up in the North End neighborhood of Boston. Liotta turned professional as a boxer in 1948, at the age of 16, which was under the minimum age of 18 required…
