in their third season. LEE CANALITO: I sized the opponent up and when we started boxing I showed him respect but when you get hit you react. Lee Canalito Boxing and Personal Training 3570 Noah Houston, Texas 713-298-3429 Email Me KEN HISSNER: Your trainer Angelo Dundee I’m sure was high on you. LEE CANALITO: A fight with Gerry Cooney fell through when they didn’t accept the offer. Youtube - May 1 2020... May 1 2020. watch Lee Canalito boxing video; Bruce Lee Real Fight with Western Boxing Champion Lau Dai Chuen. He told me to go out and shadow box like we are mad with each other. I believe you should treat people with respect. He played defensive tackle at the University of Houston for two seasons before his college football career was derailed by a knee injury. Top Boxing Trainers Jose Guzman and Curtis Jones join Larry Goldberg in studio for this edition of boxinginsider.com Radio.

Did your acting career take away from your boxing career? KEN HISSNER: Your last two fights were good wins. He also appeared on Magnum P.I. LEE CANALITO: It was my pleasure talking to you Ken. KEN HISSNER: After having 4 fights in your initial start in 1977 you had a 19 month gap until your next fight the end of 1978. He started banging on the lockers and yelling “I’m the Greatest”. He wouldn’t fight again for eight months returning at Madison Square Garden stopping Dennis Jordan, 13-7, in four rounds. In 1978 Sylvester Stallone cast Canalito, who had never acted, to co-star in the 1978 movie Paradise Alley, which Stallone wrote and directed. When you work with non-boxers you get paid regularly unlike you do with boxers. Great guy and a fun guy,” said Termite Watkins. Curtis and Jose break down current events including a discussion on Floyd Mayweather's comments on there being to many title belts in boxing. Canalito was a lineman at Sterling H.S. It would be just short of a year when Canalito returned to the ring in July of 1983 posting a first round knockout and an eight round decision over veteran James Dixon, 15-29-2, both in Atlantic City. I only had a couple days of sparring.I felt I won and was in charge. If he would have been a full-time boxer this writer is sure he would have been a contender as he was No. 16-0 Prospect Alexis Rocha called in and discussed his next fight a the state of the Welterweight division and how he would fare against Errol Spence-Danny Garcia winner. LEE CANALITO: Most favorite thing is holding pads especially with kids. When Stallone took over as my manager that is when he brought Richie in to train me. This writer remembers seeing Lee “Italian Stallion” Canalito fight in a couple of his twenty-one fights if memory serves me right. What happened? KEN HISSNER: I want to thank you for taking the time to answer questions and wish you all the success in the world in the future. When did you switch over to Richie Giachetti?

He would appear in 1988 in The Glass Jungle and in 1990 in the Emperor of the Bronx. In March of 1985 Canalito stopped Lou Benson, Jr., 15-8-2, in Atlantic City and six months later in the same Sands Casino stop Steve Zouski, 24-8, in seven rounds. In 1986 he returned to Houston scoring a seventh round knockout and eight months later stopping Dan Ramsey, 6-3, in the first round in Las Vegas. KEN HISSNER: In 1982 your wins over Vic Brown and Luis Acosta were good wins. Upon retiring as a boxer he opened up the Lee CanalitoVIP Boxing Gym in Houston.He has provided inter-city HISD elementary, junior and senior high school after school boxing and fitness programs. LEE CANALITO: I lost interest. Lee Canalito, former professional heavyweight boxer, provides private lessons and training for all skill and fitness levels! Unbeaten Heavyweight Lee “Italian Stallion” Canalito“ The Way It Happened.. By: Ken Hissner. LEE CANALITO: I had a swollen knee but took the fight and he was hard to hit. He stopped the first three opponents within two rounds before meeting then prospect Greg Sorrentino, 7-1-1, in St. Louis, MO, in May of 1977 winning a four round decision. LEE CANALITO: Acosta fight he had many fans there.

As you can see having only twenty-one fights over ten years meant he was a part-time boxer but had an impressive record.He was 6:05 with a high weight of 269 and a low of 239. Posted on 07/21/2017. There were too many fights falling through and too many broken promises. Football Team in 1971. In the dressing room he said let’s do this for the reporters out in the gym. Dixon seemed more concerned on survival than winning. KEN HISSNER: Any funny stories you can talk about? He was managed by Texas millionaire Hugh Benbow and later by Stallonewhen he was 8-0 while trained by Richie Giachetti. watch Lee Canalito boxing video; El Canalito de mi Rancho. I also sparred with Riddick Bowe and Tyrell Biggs and I felt I held my own. Canalito was a lineman at Sterling H.S. Ten months later Canalito would end his career with a first round stoppage over Mike Jones, 4-1, in Houston in September of 1987. KEN HISSNER: I know you opened a gym called Lee Canalito V.I.P.Gym. He never yelled but the rest of the trainers did and I didn’t need that.

He was one of the funniest people. Canalito would be inactive for twenty months returning to the ring in July of 1982 scoring a third round stoppage in Atlantic City. He is an actor, known for Paradise Alley (1978), The Glass … LEE CANALITO: When I was with Angelo in Miami Ali was there. The VIP boxing gym is located at 3570 Noah, Houston TX 77021 We did just that and he was yelling and then stopped. LEE CANALITO: Came along with a friend who was competing in the Golden Gloves. in Houston, TX, and was on Parade magazine’s annual All-America H.S. A win over James Dixon in 1983 was another good win. I had 8 fights and we parted in a good way. Lee Canalito (Born 24th Nov 1953) is a former professional boxer from United States with a record of 21 Wins, 0 Losses, 0 Draws

Canalito debuted in January of 1977 on the undercard of a Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran lightweight title defense at the Fontainbleau Hotel, in Miami Beach, FL, posting a knockout in two rounds.

LEE CANALITO: Angelo saw me in the Gloves and contacted me. This writer remembers seeing Lee “Italian Stallion” Canalito fight in a couple of his twenty-one fights if memory serves me right. 1984 was a 2-0 nothing year and 1985 you came up with another good pair of wins. He was trained by Angelo Dundee from 1977 to 1981 when Richie Giachetti took over until 1987 when Canalito retired from boxing with a 21-0 record with 19 knockouts.

in Houston, TX, and was on Parade magazine’s annual All-America H.S. 9 in the world then and a title challenger today. It would be his first of four bouts in the Sunshine State during his career. Dixon did nothing but run. Youtube - May 13 2019. Lee Canalito, Actor: Paradise Alley. In 1971, there was a real fight between Bruce Lee and Lau Dai Chuen, a Hong Kong Western Boxing Lightweight Champion. Nine months later he would fight in his home city of Houston for the first time in 1984 posting three stoppages that year all in Texas.

He was the best one to communicate with me.

Football Team in 1971.

Good looking studd, physically fit and had Angelo Dundee in his corner. Good looking studd, physically fit and had Angelo Dundee in his corner. Just eighteen days later he took on veteran southpaw Vic Brown, 29-29, and scored a first round knockout in Niles, OH. KEN HISSNER: After your football career came to an end at Univ. KEN HISSNER: How was your fight with Greg Sorrentino? In 1979 after scoring a first round knockout in FL, a month later he met veteran Charley Polite, 18-36-3, knocking him out in 6 rounds in Savannah, GA. I thought he was the best heavyweight of all time and I was glad to have sparred with him several times. In 1978 starting a movie career kept him inactive for 19 months until returning to the ring in December of 1978 at the Convention Center in Miami Beach posting a first round knockout. What made you finally retire from boxing? Won novice and open went to Nationals and won 2 fights and hurt my hand and had to withdraw. of Houston is that when you turned to boxing and if not when? Canalito won the Houston Golden Gloves with only seven amateur fights. LEE CANALITO: Yes I do and I believe strongly in God. I’m sure you probably had more non-boxers than boxers in order to make any money doing it. A week after that he stopped Luis Acosta, 15-5, in the first round in West Palm Beach, FL. Canalito had five fights each in New Jersey and Texas along with four in Florida. I attend St. Mary Queen Catholic church as often as I can. Lee Canalito was born on November 24, 1953 in Houston, Texas, USA. Unbeaten Heavyweight Lee “Italian Stallion” Canalito“ The Way It Happened.. KEN HISSNER: What was your feeling prior to waiting for the opening bell of a fight?

That’s three stoppages in twenty-five days. I’m not saying it in a bragging way. BoxingInsider.com Radio Returns in studio with a lively discussion on the Teofimo Lopez defeating Vasyl Lomachenko fight and the scoring. By: Ken Hissner. Unbeaten Heavyweight Lee “Italian Stallion” Canalito “The Way It Happened!” Ken Hissner / December 6, 2017 This writer remembers seeing Lee “Italian Stallion” Canalito fight in a couple of his twenty-one… “He retired from football and was just starting to box when I met him. How is that? His coach Bill Yeoman at Houston said “if Lee Canalito had two good legs he would have been the best defensive college football player ever in college football.”.

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