Frankie Genaro
(Frankie DiGenarro)
BORN August 26 1901; New York, New York
DIED December 27 1966; New York, New York
HEIGHT 5-2 1/2
WEIGHT 108-116 lbs
MANAGERS Harry Garsh, Phil Bernstein, Joe Jacobs, Billy McCarney
RECORD 83-20-8 (20 KO, 22 ND, 1 EX)
Genaro was an energetic fighter who was fast and clever and determined  to win the Flyweight Championship of the World; He fought at a time when the flyweight competition was among the best ever and worked his way to the title

During his career, Frankie defeated such men as Pancho Villa, Kid Williams, Albert "Frenchy" Belanger, Emile "Spider" Pladner, Charley Phil Rosenberg, Terry Martin, "Memphis" Pal Moore, Bushy Graham, Carl Tremaine, Johnny Curtin, Eddie O'Dowd, Georgie Marks, Tommy Hughes, Ruby Bradley, Frankie Garcia, Marty Gold, Valentin Angelmann and Joey Archibald

Nat Fleischer ranked Genaro as the #3 All-Time Flyweight; Charley Rose ranked him as the #4 All-Time Flyweight; Herb Goldman ranked him as the #4 All-Time Flyweight;  Frankie was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1973 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998
*** AMATEUR BOUTS ***

1920
Apr    William Cohen               Boston, Ma                      W   
          -National AAU 108 lbs Championship
Jul 13 Benny Bass                  New York, NY                    W  3
          -This bout was part of the Olympic Box-Offs 112 Competition;
          Genaro won the Olympic Flyweight Competition


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***

1920
Oct 15 Joe Colletti                New York, NY                   WF  3
Oct 20 Billy Murphy                New York, NY                    W  6
Nov  3 Jimmy Peterson              New York, NY                    W 10
          -Some sources report "Jimmy Patterson"

1921
Feb 16 Joe Colletti                Poughkeepsie, NY                D 12
Apr  9 Joe Colletti                Brooklyn, NY                    W 10
          -Some sources report "L 10"
Apr 26 "Jockey" Joe Dillon         Bronx, NY                       W 15
May 21 Bobby Doyle                 New York, NY                    W 15
Aug 12 Joe Colletti                Saratoga Springs, NY            W 12
          -Some sources report "L 12" on 8/20/21
Nov  7 Joe Leon                    New York, NY                    W 12
Dec 13 Andy Davis                  New York, NY                    W 10
Dec 19 Johnny "Young" Rosner       New York, NY                    W 10
Dec 26 Henry "Kid" Wolfe           Philadelphia, Pa               ND  8

1922
Jan 10 Leo Reynolds                New York, NY                    W 12
          -Some sources report "W 10"
Mar 14 Jack Sayles                 New York, NY                    W 12
Mar 25 Sammy Cohen                 New York, NY                    W 12
Apr 18 Manny Wexler                New York, NY                    W 12
May 19 Abe Goldstein               New York, NY                   EX  4
          -Some sources report "L 4"
May 23 Charley Phil Rosenberg      New York, NY                    W 12
          -Some sources report 5/24/22
Jun  9 Eddie Lynch                 Jersey City, NJ                ND 12
          -Some sources report "ND 10" in "Bayonne, NJ"
Jul  6 Pancho Villa                Jersey City, NJ                ND 12
Jul 21 "Battling" Al Murray        Long Branch, NJ                ND 12
Aug 18 "Battling" Harry Leonard    New York, NY                    L 12
          -Some sources report 8/19/22
Aug 22 Pancho Villa                Brooklyn, NY                    W 10
Oct  5 Indian Russell              Brooklyn, NY                   TK 14
Oct 21 Charley Phil Rosenberg      New York, NY                    W 12
Dec 15 Terry Martin                Boston, Ma                      W 10

1923
Feb 12 Tommy Shea                  Harrisburg, Pa                 KO  4
Mar  1 Pancho Villa                New York, NY                    W 15
          -Flyweight Championship of America 
Mar  6 Frankie Williams            Harrisburg, Pa                 KO  3
Apr  4 Charles "Bud" Taylor        Chicago, Il                    ND 10
Apr 16 Bobby Wolgast               Philadelphia, Pa               ND  8
Apr 23 "Memphis" Pal Moore         Chicago, Il                    WF  6
Jul  7 Tony Norman                 Pittsburgh, Pa                 ND 10
Jul 19 Bobby Gershane              New York, NY                   KO  3
Jul 27 Frankie Daly                New Haven, Ct                   W 12
Jul 30 Buddy Wallace               Columbus, Oh                   TK  4
          -Some sources report 7/31/23
Aug 27 Bobby Wolgast               Boston, Ma                      W 10
          -Some sources report 8/28/23
Sep 27 Vincent Salvatore           New York, NY                    W 12
          -Some sources report 9/29/23
Nov 29 Carl Tremaine               New York, NY                    W 12
Dec 18 Joe Clifford                Detroit, Mi                    ND 10

1924
Jan 22 Johnny Sheppard             Boston, Ma                      W 10
May 22 Howard Mayberry             Toronto, Ont, Can               D 10
Jun 12 Joe Clifford                Berwyn, Md                      W 10
          -Some sources report "W 12"
Jul  5 Bushy Graham                Rochester, NY                   D 10
          -Some sources report 7/07/24
Aug  5 Johnny Curtin               Brooklyn, NY                    W 12
Aug 22 Hilly Levine                Rockaway Beach, NY              W 12
Sep 23 Bushy Graham                Brooklyn, NY                    W 12
Oct  6 Eddie O'Dowd                New Orleans, La                 W 15

1925
Feb 16 Henry "Kid" Wolfe           Philadelphia, Pa                W 10
Feb 26 Eddie O'Dowd                Youngstown, Oh                 ND 10
Mar 20 Joe Lucas                   Detroit, Mi                    ND 10
Apr 13 Al Dundee                   Mansfield, Oh                  ND 12
May 28 Harold Smith                Woodhaven, NY                   W 10
Jun 16 Georgie Marks               Brooklyn, NY                    W 10
Jun 26 Kid Williams                Baltimore, Md                   W 12
Jul 31 Hilly Levine                Rockaway Beach, NY             WF 11
Aug  7 Georgie Marks               Red Bank, NJ                   ND 10
Aug 22 Fidel LaBarba               Los Angeles, Ca                 L 10
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of America
Oct 14 Newsboy Brown               Los Angeles, Ca                 L 10
Nov 16 Victor St. Onge             Buffalo, NY                    TK  4

1926
Apr  5 Hilly Levine                Bayonne, NJ                    ND 10
Apr 19 Willie Darcy                Bayonne, NJ                    ND 10
May 17 Bushy Graham                New York, NY                    L 10
Jun 11 Joe "Scotty" McKeon         Rockaway Beach, NY              W 10
          -Some sources report 6/12/26
Jul  8 Joe "Scotty" McKeon         Albany, NY                     KO 10
Jul 22 Willie Darcy                Albany, NY                      D 12
Oct  7 Mickey Lewis                West New York, NJ              ND 10
Oct 13 Ruby Bradley                Providence, RI                  W 12

1927
Jan 21 Newsboy Brown               New York, NY                    L 10
Feb 16 Joey Scalfaro               New York, NY                    W 10
Feb 23 Tommy Hughes                Cleveland, Oh                   W  8
Mar  5 Ruby Bradley                New York, NY                    W 10
          -Some sources report "W 12"
Mar  9 Tommy Hughes                Cleveland, Oh                   W  8
Mar 11 Ruby Bradley                Providence, RI                  W 12 
Mar 21 Willie LaMorte              Chicago, Il                     D 10
Apr  9 Ruby Bradley                Providence, RI                  W 10
May  5 Jackie Britton              Wilkes-Barre, Pa               LF  6
Jul 22 Joey Ross                   Springfield, Ma                 W 10
Aug 23 Pal Graham                  Utica, NY                      KO  2
          -Some sources report "Frankie Garcia"
Sep  2 Tommy Hughes                Akron, Oh                      ND 10
Sep 12 Eddie Flank                 New York, NY                    W 10
Sep 16 Joey Eulo                   Harrison, NJ                   ND 10
Oct  7 Marty Gold                  Raleigh, NC                     W 10
Oct 28 Billy Kelly                 Scranton, Pa                    L 10
Nov 28 Albert "Frenchy" Belanger   Toronto, Ont, Can               L 10
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World 
Dec 20 Willie LaMorte              Newark, NJ                     ND 10

1928
Feb  6 Albert "Frenchy" Belanger   Toronto, Ont, Can               W 10
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World 
Mar  6 Duke Menard                 Portland, Me                   ND 10
          -Some sources report "ND 12"
Mar  9 Frisco Grande               Buffalo, NY                     W 10
Mar 30 Jackie Johnston             Toronto, Ont, Can               L 10
Apr  9 Johnny Vacca                Boston, Ma                      W 10
Jun 18 Lew Goldberg                Springfield, Ma                KO  3
Jul 23 Steve Rocco                 Toronto, Ont, Can               D 10
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World 
Aug 21 Ernie Peters                Chicago, Il                     W 10
Oct 15 Albert "Frenchy" Belanger   Toronto, Ont, Can               W 10
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World 
Nov 27 Arthur Giroux               Portland, Me                   ND 12
Dec 14 Steve Rocco                 Detroit, Mi                    WF  2
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World 

1929
Jan  9 Al "Rube" Goldberg          Portland, Me                   KO  5
Jan 18 Tommy Paul                  Buffalo, NY                     L  6
Jan 23 Eddie Franks                Springfield, Ma                KO  7
Mar  2 Emile "Spider" Pladner      Paris, Fr                      LK  1
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World 
Apr 18 Emile "Spider" Pladner      Paris, Fr                      WF  5
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World 
Aug  5 "Wee" Willie Davies         Pittsburgh, Pa                  L 10
Sep  9 Jack Sharkey                Minneapolis, Mn                ND 10
Sep 27 Johnny Hill                                               SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but not held;
           Hill was ill and passed away
Oct 17 Ernie Jarvis                London, Eng                     W 15
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
           IBU Flyweight Championship of the World 

1930
Jan 18 Yvon Trevidic               Paris, Fr                      TK 12
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
           IBU Flyweight Championship of the World ;
           Some sources report 1/19/30
Feb  6 Harry Stein                 Berlin, Ger                    LF  8
Feb 15 Arthur Boddington           Turin, It                      TK  4
Feb 23 Orlando Magliozzi           Milan, It                      WF 10
          -Some sources report "WF 3"
Apr  8 Andre Gleizes               Naples, It                     KO  3
          -Some sources report 4/09/30
May 16 Frisco Grande               Camden, NJ                     TK  4
Jun 10 Albert "Frenchy" Belanger   Toronto, Ont, Can               W 10
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
           IBU Flyweight Championship of the World 
Jun 24 "Little" Jeff Smith         Hartford, Ct                   KO  2
Jul 28 Davey Adelman               Woodhaven, NY                   W 10
Aug  6 Willie LaMorte              Newark, NJ                      W 10
Sep    Tony de la Cruz             Springfield, Ma                KO  3
Dec 12 Ruby Bradley                Holyoke, Ma                     L 10
Dec 26 Midget Wolgast              New York, NY                    D 15
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
           Flyweight Championship of the World
           (as recognized by New York state)

1931
Mar 25 Victor Ferrand              Barcelona, Sp                   D 15
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
           IBU Flyweight Championship of the World;
           Some sources report "Madrid, Spain"
Jul 16 Routier Parra               North Adams, Ma                KO  4
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World
Jul 30 Jackie Harmon               Waterbury, Ct                  KO  6
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
           IBU Flyweight Championship of the World 
Oct  3 Valentin Angelmann          Paris, Fr                       W 15
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
           IBU Flyweight Championship of the World 
Oct 26 Victor "Young" Perez        Paris, Fr                      LK  2
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
           IBU Flyweight Championship of the World;
           Some sources report 10/27/31
Nov 16 Mariano Arilla              Paris, Fr                      LF  7

1932
Mar 29 Young Tommy                 Los Angeles, Ca                LT  3

1933
Jan 24 Jose Fino                   Alexandria, Va                  W  8
          -Some sources report 1/25/33
Mar 15 Ruby Bradley                Fall River, Ma                  W 10
Apr  5 Joey Archibald              Fall River, Ma                  W 10
Jun  9 Tommy Lemieux               Biddeford, Me                  ND  6
          -Some sources report 6/16/33;
           Perhaps, a second bout
Oct  5 Ernie Maurer                Ypsilanti, Mi                   L 10
Nov  7 Frankie Jarr                Fort Wayne, In                  L 10
          -Some sources report 11/10/33

1934
Feb 13 "Young" Speedy Dado         San Jose, Ca                   TK  4
Feb 21 Little Pancho               Oakland, Ca                    LT  9


*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1920
Dec 13 Johnny "Young" Rosner       New York, NY                    W 12


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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