Mark E. Ortega
RingTV.com
July 8, 2013
Sad news broke over the weekend as entertaining Melrose Park, Ill., club fighter Lenny LaPaglia passed away Saturday in his home in Illinois at the age of 53 from a heart attack.
Though LaPaglia didn't possess championship credentials, he certainly had championship caliber heart. LaPaglia compiled a record of 36-9 with 33 KOs, retiring after a 1995 knockout loss to Thomas Hearns in Detroit.
LaPaglia participated in a great number of wars in the ring, none more memorable than his July 14, 1988 clash with St. Louis light heavyweight Art Jimmerson at the Felt Forum (now the Theater at Madison Square Garden) in New York City. The fight will have taken place 25 years ago next week.
Jimmerson, now living in Los Angeles, remembers the fight fondly when reached by RingTV.com on Monday afternoon.
“I remember having a seven-fight win streak at the time I was offered the fight,” recalled Jimmerson.
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