Martin Capasso

Sun Valley High School

Class of 1973

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Martin Capasso - Class of 1973 - Sun Valley High School

First Name	Martin
Last Name	Capasso
Graduation Year	Class of 1973
Gender	Male
Hometown	Aston, Pennsylvania
Relationship Status	Married
About Me	MULTI ATHLETE,FOOTBALL FOR 10 YEARS, LAST 4 YEARS COLLEGE FOOTBALL, WRESTLEING 4 YEARS, TRACK AND FEILD 3 YEARS, BASEBALL 5 YEARS,AMETUER AND PROFESSIONAL BOXER FOR15 YEARS, WORLD CLASS.I AM IN TWO HALLS OF FAME. RECIEVED 3 VARSITY LETTERS IN H.S. 3 YEARS IN A ROW SOPM, JUNIOR, AND SENIOR YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF 9 VARSITY LETTERS. STARTED VARSITY AS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE , WAS ALL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE SOPM. YEAR. HAD 5 PRO TEAMS SCOUTING ME. MISSED MY WHOLE JR. YEAR DUE TO SEVERE INJURY.WAS INJURED AGAIN IN TRAINING CAMP MY SR. YEAR AS I DID MY JR. YEAR. PLAYED INJURED MY WHOLE SR. YEAR AND THE PRO SCOUTS DID NOT WANT A WOUNDED HORSE SO MY HOPE OF PLAYING PRO FOOTBALL WAS OVER. STARTED BOXING IN 1970 TO 1985.AMETUER RECORD WAS 30 AND 5, PRO RECORD WAS 20 AND 5. IN THE AMETUERS I WON THE PHILADELPHIA GOLDEN GLOVES 1975, WON THE 1976 MIDDLE ATLANTIC AMETUER ATHLETIC UNON. WENT TO FIGHT AGAINST THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY AT THE NATIONAL G.G. TOURNEY. WON 2 FIGHTS AND MADE IT TO THE SEMI FINALS AND LOST TO A GUY FROM D.C. I WAS RANKED 6TH IN THE COUNTRY AS AN AMETUER AND 10TH IN THE COUNTRY AS A PRO. FOUGHT FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD AND SEVERAL TOP CONTENDERS. WORKED AT DEL. CO. JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER. THEN WORKED AT DEL. CO. PRISON. ALSO WORKED AT GRATERFORD PENNATENTIARY{sic} ALSO WOKED AT PHILA. STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE. AFTER THAT I TRANSFERED TO THE PA. PAROLE BOARD AND WORKED NARCOTICS IN NORTH PHILA. GOT SEVERLY INJURED IN 95 ,HAD4 KNEE SURGERIES IN 95, 97, 99,{THAT IS WHEN I WAS DISCHARGED} AND HAD ANOTHER IN 2001. JUST HAD KNEE REPLACEMENT LAST YEAR, THIS MONTH A YEAR AGO IN DEC. OF 09. HAD HIP REPLACEMENT IN 05 AND GOT THE MERSA THAT ALMOST KILLED ME. ENDED UP HAVING 5 HIP SURGERIES FROM 6-05 TO 6-06. STILL AM BEING TREATED FOR IT. SEVERE NERVE DAMAGE .THEY TOOK MY HIP OUT AND IN 3 X'S. SPLIT MY FEMUR BONE OPEN TWICE CAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET THE PROTHESIS OUT. I NOW SUFFER FROM WHAT SPORTS HAS DONE TO ME. I STARTED PLAYING SPORTS AT AGE 7 AND STOPPED THE LAST SO CALLED SPORT, BOXING, AT 29. WHICH WAS OLD IN THOSE DAYS. I WAS GOOD ENOUGH IN THE AMETUERS TO BE PICKED TO REPRESENT MY COUNTRY AND WAS PLACED ON THE UNITED STATES BOXING TEAM. FOUGHT THE RUSSIANS TWICE IN LASVEGAS ON NATIONAL T.V. THEN FOUGHT THEM AGAIN ONE MONTH APART IN RUSSIA. I WON IN RUSSIA BUT LOST A SPLIT DECICESION ON NATIONAL T.V. IN VEGAS. FOUGHT IRELAND. I KNOCKED HIM OUT IN 1 ROUND. FOUGHT ITALY AND KNOCKED THAT GUY OUT IN 1 OR 2 RD.S FOUGHT 2 OLYMPIC BROZE MEDALIST. FOUGHT IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUM 4 OR 5 TIMES. FOUGHT IN MIAMI AND WEST PALM BEACH IN FLORIDA.CICINATTI, ST. LOUIS, BERMUDA TWICE, RENO NV. LAKE TAHOE, SPENT A TOTAL OF A MONTH TRAINING AT OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY HELD THE 1960 OLYMPICS, WHERE THE U,S. HOCKEY TEAM BEAT THE RUSSIANS IN 1960. ALSO FOUGHT IN NORTH CAROLINA, HARTFORD CONN. IN H.S. I WAS CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND CAPTAIN OF THE WRESTLEING TEAM.I CAME CLOSE TO THE BIG TIME BUT LOSING TO THE FORMER CHAMP PUT ME BACK SEVERAL STEPS. WAS OUT OF BOXING FOR A YEAR AFTER LOSING TO FORMER CHAMP JOHN TATE. STARTED TO GET THE ITCH TO FIGHT AGAIN AND STARTED TO TRAIN AGAIN AFTER BEING OFF FOR A YEAR. LOSING TO TATE REALLY BROKE MY HEART. EVERYTHING I WORKED FOR JUST WENT DOWN THE DRAIN. MY TRAINER OF 14 YEARS LEFT ME. SO I WENT BACK TO NEW JERSEY AND STARTED TO TRAIN. BUT I WAS GETTING OLD AND I STARTED TO BE USED FOR THE YOUNG LIONS TO BEAT THE OLD LION WHO HAD GOOD CREDENTIALS BUT THAT IS HOW UP AND COMING FIGHTERS MOVE UP, BY BEATING THE OLD LION. I FOUGHT A GUY NAMED GARY LIGHTBOURNE WHO I HAD BEEN WATCHING ON TV WHEN I WAS OFF CRYING IN MY BEER AFTER THE TATE FIGHT. I WANTED AN 8 OR10 ROUND FIGHT. CARMEN GRAZIANO WHO WAS TRAINING ME MADE IT A 6 RD. FIGHT. I KNEW LIGHTBOURNE WHO WAS 6 FT 5 INCHES TALL AT 230LBS.WOULD DANCE AROUND FOR 6 RD.S AND JUST BARELY TRY TO OUT POINT ME. HIS RECORD WAS 10 AND1 WITH 5 OR6 KNOCKOUTS. I WAS PISSED AT GRAZIANO WHO WAS IN CAHOTES WITH TOP RANK, THE PROMOTERS WHO RAN THE BOXING SHOWS ON ESPN. AND I KNEW GRAZIANO WAS IN WITH THEM SO IT WAS A SET UP AND I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO WIN. AND I KNEW IT BUT REALLY NEEDED THE MONEY AND TOOK THE FIGHT. WELL LIGHTBOURNE CAME OUT AS I EXPECTED. HAD ME HURT PRETTY GOOD IN THE 3RD ROUND BUT I GOT THROUGH IT. WELL, I ENDED BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF THIS UP AND COMING FIGHTER. IF I HAD ONE MORE ROUND I WOULD OF KNOCKED HIM OUT. I HAD HIM IN BAD SHAPE IN THE LAST ROUND. I ENDED UP WINNING A UNANIMOUS{sic} DECISION. WHEN I MADE IT TO MY DRESSING I TOLD MY OLD MAN AND MY BROTHER THAT I WAS FINISHED, I'VE HAD ENOUGH. THE SHOT THIS GUY HIT ME WITH IN THE 3RD. ROUND THAT REALLY SHOOK ME UP, 5 YEARS EARLIER THAT PUNCH WOULD OF HAD NO EFFECT ON ME. AS I GOT OLDER I WAS STARTING TO FEEL ALOT OF THE HARD SHOTS THAT 5 YEARS EARLIER HAD NO EFFECT ON ME. PLUS RUNNING WAS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT AND THE SPARRING SESIONS PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT I WAS STARTING TO FEEL THOSE SHOTS. I HAD OFFERS AFTER THAT FIGHT AND ONE OFFER WAS TO FIGHT TYRELL BIGGS, 1984 GOLD MEDALIST FOR 7,500$$$$ FOR A 6 RD. FIGHT. I TOLD GRAZIANO TO TELL HIS MANAGER THAT TO MAKE IT AN 8 OR 10 RD. FIGHT AND TO GIVE BIGGS THE EXTRA MONEY OUT OF MY PURSE. THE MORE RD/S THE MORE MONEY A FIGHTER GETS. WELL HIS MANAGER TURNED DOWN THE OFFER. REASON BEING IS THEY KNEW I WOULD GET TO BIGGS LATE IN THE FIGHT. SO, MY PRIDE WAS WORTH MORE TO ME THAN THE MONEY. I KEPT TRAINING BUT THEN I GOT THE JOB AT GRATERFORD. I TRAINED AT GRATERFORD WITH THERE BOXING TEAM AND SPARRED SOME OF THE INMATE FIGHTERS AS I MDID AT DEL. CO. PRISON.I ALMOST CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO FIGHT GEORGE FOREMAN BUT THAT FELL THROUGH. SO I RETIRED FOR GOOD AND WENT THROUGH THE WARS AT THE STATE PENN. ONE MORE THING BEFORE I END THIS. I MADE DEANS LIST TWICE IN COLLEGE. THAT MEANT ALOT TO ME AND STILL DOES. SO THERE IS A SHORT EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE BOOK I AM WRITING, N...(read more)