Bushy Graham (8 June 1905 – 13 April 1982) was an Italian-American boxer from New York. He held the bantamweight championship in 1928.
Graham became a professional boxer in 1921. In 1924 he fought future flyweight champion Frankie Genaro in Rochester, New York to a draw. In a rematch two months later, Genaro defeated Graham by decision. In 1925 he fought future bantamweight champion Bud Taylor twice. Graham lost both—the first by decision in Illi...
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Bushy Graham (8 June 1905 – 13 April 1982) was an Italian-American boxer from New York. He held the bantamweight championship in 1928.
Graham became a professional boxer in 1921. In 1924 he fought future flyweight champion Frankie Genaro in Rochester, New York to a draw. In a rematch two months later, Genaro defeated Graham by decision. In 1925 he fought future bantamweight champion Bud Taylor twice. Graham lost both—the first by decision in Illinois and the second by decision in Long Island City, New York. In 1926 he met old foe Genaro for a third time and defeated him by a decision.
Laer in 1926 he fought Tony Canzoneri and lost by a decision, but in his next fight he received the opportunity to fight for the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) bantamweight title held by Charley Phil Rosenberg. Rosenberg defeated him via fifteen-round unanimous decision.
In 1928 he received another shot at the bantamweight title when he met Corporal Izzy Schwartz for the vacant NYSAC and...
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