Nicky furlano biography
- It's been a long 30 years for Furlano since stepping away from the spotlight of boxing and into a life of drug dealing, failed business ventures and jail.
- Nicky Furlano was a scrappy immigrant, Toronto street kid who boxed his way to fame with a rare combination of skill and swagger.
- Nick Furlano ; career, 1976-1984 ; debut, 1976-10-09 ; ID#, 012990 ; sex, male ; nationality, Canada.
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The fact that Nicky Furlano is alive to tell his story today is something of a miracle.
As we sit across from one another in a small, hot bakery, Furlano can’t help but get excited about discussing his career as a professional boxer. Before I can ask the first question and get the recorder started, he’s 10 minutes into talking about the current state of boxing and where he went wrong.
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His nose is flat like a board, the only real telling sign of his previous career other than a few short memory lapses. His blue, short-sleeved shirt is undone, showing a mound of chest hair sticking out of his sleeveless, short-cut undershirt. What was once a bushy, vibrant mustache is now a thin, greyed goatee.
It’s been a long 30 years for Furlano since stepping away from the spotlight of boxing and into a life of drug dealing, failed business ventures and jail stints. At 26 years old, he walked away from a promising boxing career and into a life of trouble. His is
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Frank Cotroni
Not to be confused with Francesco "Frank" Cotroni Jr., his son.
Canadian mobster (1931–2004)
Frank Cotroni (born Francesco Cotrone;[1]Italian:[franˈtʃeskokoˈtroːne]; 1931 – 17 August 2004) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Cotroni crime family in Montreal, Quebec.
Cotroni was born in 1931, in Montreal. His family, including his brother Vincenzo, had immigrated to Montreal in 1924, from Mammola, Calabria, Italy. His brother founded and headed the Cotroni crime family. Cotroni's principle illicit businesses were drug trafficking and labor racketeering, while he also worked at various times as a restaurateur, boxing promoter, owner of strip clubs in both Montreal and Toronto, ceramic manufacturer, and owner of a vending machine company. Cotroni had connections with the Bonanno crime family, and in 1975, was convicted in the United States of smuggling cocaine and sentenced to 15 years in prison. In prison, Cotroni met fellow inmate French-Canadian Réal Simard, and Simard would become Frank's driver and eventual hitman upon their relea
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Nick Furlano boxer
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