- His right hand knockout punch against Rex Layne sent Layne's mouthpiece 10 feet across the ring and sheared off 4 of Layne's front teeth at the gum line.
- Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, 1980.
- As an amateur lost a decision to Coley Wallace.
- Knocked out Muhammad Ali in a controversial fantasy "Computer" super-fight in 1969. Ali complained that the computer was made in Georgia.
- Wanted to be a professional baseball player.
- Won his first 16 fights by knockout.
- Inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1976.
- A good all around athlete as a kid, he played Football and Baseball. He was known for his enthusiastic and intense pre-bout training. His early conditioning would be considered unorthodox for Boxing. He favored multiple sets of push-ups, chin-ups and extensive barbell training (which was considered strictly taboo in the conventional boxing wisdom of the day). He even was an exponent and graduate of the famous Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension mail order course. From: The Ring Magazine.
- Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1990.
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