Johnny Larrick had an amateur
boxing career from 1932 to 1939, losing only six of more than 150
fights, including 31 knockouts and numerous victories over
Golden Gloves and county champions of his day. His victims included
such well known Gold Gloves as Tony Talarico of Beaver Falls; Joey
Evans of Ellwood City; Johnny Branovich of New Castle; Jimmy
Sullivan of the Pittsburgh Boys’ Club; Ray Halton of Bloomfield;
George Martzo of Pittsburgh; Eddie Keith of the Bronx; and Paul
Young of Stillman’s Gym in New York City. In his younger days,
Johnny also played basketball and softball and was an avid marathon
runner. After his own fighting career ended, Johnny served in many
capacities in amateur boxing organizations: he was an assistant to
Pennsylvania Boxing Commissioner Joe Cimino for four years and later
served as president of the American Boxing Federation. Johnny was
also boxing chairman of the
Allegheny Mountain Association for Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West
Virginia, and oversaw 42 boxing clubs and 90 judges and timekeepers
in the three state area. He was elected to the Beaver County Boxing
Hall of Fame in 1974. Johnny retired in 1979 from his job as an
inspector for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Occupational Health and
Industrial Safety in the Department of Labor and Industry.
Johnny Larrick had an amateur
boxing career from 1932 to 1939, losing only six of more than 150
fights, including 31 knockouts and numerous victories over
Golden Gloves and county champions of his day. His victims included
such well known Gold Gloves as Tony Talarico of Beaver Falls; Joey
Evans of Ellwood City; Johnny Branovich of New Castle; Jimmy
Sullivan of the Pittsburgh Boys’ Club; Ray Halton of Bloomfield;
George Martzo of Pittsburgh; Eddie Keith of the Bronx; and Paul
Young of Stillman’s Gym in New York City. In his younger days,
Johnny also played basketball and softball and was an avid marathon
runner. After his own fighting career ended, Johnny served in many
capacities in amateur boxing organizations: he was an assistant to
Pennsylvania Boxing Commissioner Joe Cimino for four years and later
served as president of the American Boxing Federation. Johnny was
also boxing chairman of the
Allegheny Mountain Association for Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West
Virginia, and oversaw 42 boxing clubs and 90 judges and timekeepers
in the three state area. He was elected to the Beaver County Boxing
Hall of Fame in 1974. Johnny retired in 1979 from his job as an
inspector for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Occupational Health and
Industrial Safety in the Department of Labor and Industry.