Arthur Mercante Sr.

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Arthur Mercante Sr. was a renowned American boxing referee best known for officiating many high-profile championship bouts during the sport’s golden era.

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Arthur Mercante Sr. canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boxing referee ⓘ
human ⓘ
sports official ⓘ
awardReceived Induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
burialPlace Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
child Arthur Mercante Jr. ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-04-25 ⓘ
educatedAt New York University ⓘ
United States Merchant Marine Academy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian American ⓘ
familyName Mercante ⓘ
fieldOfWork professional boxing ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre sports writing ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasPartInWikiCategory American boxing referees ⓘ
hasRelative Arthur Mercante Jr. ⓘ
knownFor calm and authoritative refereeing style ⓘ
strict but fair enforcement of boxing rules ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
name Arthur Mercante Sr. ⓘ
notableEventParticipatedIn Fight of the Century (Ali vs. Frazier I) ⓘ
notableFor officiating high-profile world championship boxing matches ⓘ
refereeing during boxing’s television era in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
notableWork Inside the Ropes ⓘ
numberOfWorldTitleFightsRefereed over 140 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
boxing referee ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Garden City, New York, United States ⓘ
positionHeld boxing referee in world title bouts ⓘ
refereedMatch Emile Griffith vs. Nino Benvenuti ⓘ
Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III ⓘ
George Foreman vs. Joe Frazier (1973) ⓘ
Joe Frazier vs. Jimmy Ellis (1970) ⓘ
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I ⓘ
residence Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
workedIn New York City ⓘ
yearsActiveAsReferee 1950s–1980s ⓘ

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Arthur Mercante Sr. → name → Arthur Mercante Sr. ⓘ