Phil Terranova was the former NBA world boxing featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 champion. Terranova won the crown when he KO

Knockout

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'ed Jackie Callura

Jackie Callura

John "Jackie" Callura was a Canadian featherweight boxer.He was born and died in Hamilton, Ontario,.Callura won the national featherweight title in 1931 and was a member of the 1932 Summer Olympics team....

 on August 16, 1943, and lost the belt when he was outpointed by Sal Bartolo

Sal Bartolo

Salvatore Interbartolo, better known as Sal Bartolo was the former NBA world boxing featherweight champion.-Amateur career:...

 on March 10, 1944.

Terranova retired with a record of 67 wins (29 KOs), 21 losses and 11 draws. He fought all the top featherweights of his era including Willie Pep

Willie Pep

Guglielmo Papaleo was an American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 1956 rounds in the 241 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts...

, Sandy Saddler

Sandy Saddler

Joseph "Sandy" Saddler was an American boxer born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a two-time featherweight world champion, and also held the junior lightweight crown. Over his twelve-year career , Saddler scored 103 knockouts. He was stopped only once, in his second pro fight, by Jock Leslie. ...

, Chalky Wright

Chalky Wright

Albert "Chalky" Wright was a black American featherweight boxer who fought from 1928 to 1948. His career record was 160 wins , 43 losses and 18 draws. In 2003, Wright made The Ring magazine's list of the 100 greatest punchers of all time.-Biography:Wright was born in Durango, Mexico...

 and Harry Jeffra

Harry Jeffra

Harry Jeffra was an American boxer. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was a former world bantamweight and NYSAC featherweight boxing champion...

. Although defeated by Pep and Wright, Terranova outpointed hall of famer Saddler over ten rounds in 1949.