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Schenectady's own Marty Servo never got a red cent for winning
the welterweight crown from Freddie Cochrane in Madison Square
Garden, February 1, 1946. Al Weill, Marty's manager, had
guaranteed Cochrane $50,000 for defending the title, but the
gate was only $42,000. So Marty kayoed Cochrane in the fourth,
and Al still had to kick in $8,000.
Servo was still the champ when he was forced to leave the
ring in 1947 as a result of a busted nose. Rocky Graziano did
the job in a one-sided, over-the-weight affair that lasted only
two rounds. The nose never did mend properly, and after a few
exhibition bouts, Marty realized the jig was up. So in August of
1946, five months after the Graziano nose job, Marty
retired-without once defending his crown.
The upstater won 91 of 95 amateur fights before turning pro
in 1938. In 56 fights for the money he was beaten only four
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John D. McCallum
The Encyclopedia Of World Boxing Champions
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