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HISTORY: Tony Canzoneri (November 6, 1908 – December 9, 1959) was an American boxer who was born in the town of Slidell, Louisiana. Canzoneri, an Italian American, was one of the members of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who have won titles in three or more divisions.Canzoneri won his first title, the world's Featherweight title, with a 15 round decision over Benny Bass on February 10, 1928. He retained that title one time, and then went up in weight and challenged world Lightweight champion Sammy Mandell, losing by a decision in ten rounds. But in 1930, Mandell was knocked out in the first round by Al Singer to lose his title, and Canzoneri, who had already beaten Singer by a ten round decision before, challenged Singer for the title on November 14, 1930, knocking him out in the first to become a two division world champion. In defeat, Singer made history by becoming the first man, and only man up until now, to both win and lose the title by knockout in the first round.