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Vito Antuofermo (born February 9, 1953) is an
actor who is also a former world Middleweight
boxing champion.

Antuofermo was born in Italy, but his family moved
to the United States when he was 10 years old.
Antuofermo learned how to fight in the tough areas
of New York City, and by his teens he had made up
his mind that he wanted to be a professional
boxer.

In 1979, Antuofermo became world's Middleweight
champion by beating defending champ Hugo Corro by
a decision in 15 rounds at Monte Carlo. An
interesting fact about that fight was that,
according an article on Ring Magazine, Howard
Cosell, who was working on that fight's live
broadcast to the USA, was telling viewers that
Corro was, in his opinion, way ahead on the
judges' cards. When someone on the United
States|American television crew found out it was
Antuofermo who was actually leading on the cards,
Cosell then began to say he had Antuofermo ahead.

On the morning after winning the title, Antuofermo
and his crew were driving to a small vacation in
Italy, when he saw a car fly off a bridge under
which they were passing. The car landed right in
front of his, but luckily the accident did not
injure any occupants in Antuofermo's car. He was
so shocked that he kept driving, and never found
out what happened to the occupants of that car. He
came back to his senses about 20 minutes later.

Antuofermo defended his title against Marvin
Hagler|Marvelous Marvin Hagler in Las Vegas,
Nevada, the fight resulting in a 15-round draw. In
his next defense, against Alan Minter, also in Las
Vegas, he lost the title by a 15-round split
decision. They had a rematch, in London, and
Minter retained the crown by a knockout in eight.

Antuofermo kept fighting and winning, and, after
Hagler won the title from Minter in 1980,
Antuofermo was given another chance to regain the
world Middleweight crown. In front of an HBO
Boxing audience and a full house at Hagler's
native Boston's Boston Garden, Antuofermo this
time lost by a knockout in the fifth round.

After several attempts at becoming a top
Middleweight again, Antuofermo in 1984 retired
from boxing. He began to pursue an acting career,
and in 1990 he landed a small speaking role in The
Godfather Part III. He has landed several small
speaking roles in movies and television shows
since, and has done many theater plays.

Apart from Corro, other boxers he beat included
world champions Eckhard Dagge, Denny Moyer, and
Emile Griffith.

More recently, doctors found a nonlife-threatening
dark spot on Antuofermo's brain. They believe it
might be related to Antuofermo's days as a boxer. 

Antuofermo had 50 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, with
21 wins by knockout.

==External link==
http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=01141
7 Antuofermo record from boxrec.com