Salvatore Interbartolo, better known as Sal Bartolo (November 5, 1917, in Boston, MA – February 19, 2002) 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.

Amateur career

Bartolo had a stellar amateur career, and in 1937 won New York Golden Gloves

New York Golden Gloves

The New York Golden Gloves is a boxing tournament considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the three most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Chicago Golden Gloves....

 in the bantamweight division and New York Golden Gloves Tournament Of Champions in the bantamweight division.

Pro career

Known as the "Pride of East Boston", Bartolo won the National Boxing Association World featherweight title in 1944 with a points win over Phil Terranova

Phil Terranova

Phil Terranova was the former NBA world boxing featherweight champion. Terranova won the crown when he KO'ed Jackie Callura on August 16, 1943, and lost the belt when he was outpointed by Sal Bartolo on March 10, 1944.Terranova retired with a record of 67 wins , 21 losses and 11 draws...

. Later that year he fought a rematch with Terranova. In the rematch the Referee voted for Terranova but both judges gave it to Bartolo. "Bartolo piled up a long early lead, coasted in the middle stages and flashed back strongly in the closing rounds." New York Times.

He lost the belt to 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...

 in 1946 via 12th round KO, the last battle of the epic Bartolo-Pep trilogy.

Life After Boxing

Bartolo later owned and managed the Ringside Cafe in East Boston for over 30 years. He then became a court officer in Salem and Peabody courts until he retired.