A. Joseph DeNucci explained

Office:21st Auditor of Massachusetts
Term Start:1987
Term End:2011
Governor:Michael Dukakis
William Weld
Paul Cellucci
Jane Swift (acting)
Mitt Romney
Deval Patrick
Successor:Suzanne Bump
Office1:Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Constituency1:16th Middlesex (1977–1979)
10th Middlesex (1979–1986)
Term Start1:1977
Term End1:1986
Predecessor1:Ed Markey
Successor1:Anthony Mandile
Birth Date:30 August 1939
Party:Democratic

A. Joseph DeNucci (August 30, 1939 – September 8, 2017)[1] was a middleweight boxer and the Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Early life and career

DeNucci started working at 10 in a bowling alley, picking up and racking pins. DeNucci started boxing at 16, winning the New England Golden Gloves Championship.[2]

A boxer in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, DeNucci compiled a record of 54 wins (with 27 knockouts), 15 losses, and 4 draws. He lost two middleweight fights, both by split decision, to Emile Griffith. DeNucci holds the record for the most fights, 23, in the Boston Garden.[3]

Political career

DeNucci served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for ten years, where he was chairman of the Human Services Committee. DeNucci then served as the Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1987 to 2011.[2] DeNucci was the longest-serving Auditor in Massachusetts history. He decided not to seek re-election in 2010.

Personal life

DeNucci had five children and fourteen grandchildren, and was married to Barbara DeNucci. He was a member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.

DeNucci died on September 8, 2017, from complications related to Alzheimer's disease.[4] Postmortem analysis of DeNucci's brain confirmed that he experienced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: James V. Horrigan . Boston Uncommon/5 Things You Don't know about A. Joseph DeNucci – 06/20/2004 . Boston Globe Magazine . September 20, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060922002713/http://www.joedenucci.com/auditor.pdf . September 22, 2006 . dead .
  2. Web site: A. Joseph DeNucci . Joe DeNucci State Auditor . September 20, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021225075924/http://www.joedenucci.com/boxing.htm . December 25, 2002 .
  3. http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/11410 Box Rec-Joe DeNucci
  4. News: Joe DeNucci, 78, prizefighter, state's longest-serving auditor . . Bryan . Marquard . September 8, 2017.
  5. News: . Kalter . Lindsay . Boston University confirms former Massachusetts Auditor Joseph DeNucci, ex-NHL player had CTE . July 2, 2018 .