Editing Vito Antuofermo (section)

==Professional career==
Antuofermo had a propensity to cut easily, especially around the eyebrows. In between rounds in his fights, as much attention (if not more) was given to Vito patching up cuts on his face as it was giving him advice and instructions.

In 1979, Antuofermo became World Middleweight Champion by beating defending champion [[Hugo Corro]] by a decision in 15 rounds at [[Monte Carlo]]. According to an article in ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'', [[Howard Cosell]], who was working on that fight's live broadcast to the US, was telling viewers that Corro was, in his opinion, way ahead on the judges' cards. When someone on the American television crew found out it was Antuofermo who was actually leading on the cards, Cosell then began to say he had Antuofermo ahead.  All three judges' scorecards were very close, each showing a tight, one-point margin: 143–142, 146–145 in Antuofermo's favor, and 146–145 in Corro's favor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/01/archives/antuofermo-outpoints-corro-aiming-at-hagler.html|title=Antuofermo Outpoints Corro|work=The New York Times|date=July 1979 |access-date=2023-03-16}}</ref>

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 him, 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.

On November 30, 1979, Antuofermo defended his title against [[Marvin Hagler|Marvelous Marvin Hagler]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], the fight resulting in a controversial 15-round draw. Judge Duane Ford scored the bout in Hagler's favor, 145–141.  Judge Dalby Shirley scored it for Antuofermo, 144–142.  Judge Hal Miller had it even at 143–143.  The draw enabled Antuofermo to retain his title.  In his next defense, against [[Alan Minter]], also in Las Vegas, he lost the title by a 15-round split decision. The bout featured a wild disparity in scoring with a Venezuelan judge scoring the fight for Antuofermo while a British judge had Minter winning 13 of the 15 rounds.  They had a rematch in London on June 28, 1980. Minter retained the crown by a TKO (on cuts) in eight rounds.

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 Championship. 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 TKO on cuts in the fourth round.

After several attempts at becoming a top middleweight again, Antuofermo retired from boxing in 1985.

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

In 1992, [[Michael Franzese]], a [[Caporegime]] of the [[Colombo crime family]], testified that Antoufermo had been under the control of mobsters including Andy Russo. Franzese stated that the outcome of many of Antuofermo's fights was pre-determined so that organized crime figures could safely bet, but that the fights with [[Marvelous Marvin Hagler]] were not fixed.<ref>{{Citation|title=Michael Franzese Testifies About Organized Crime and Professional Boxing - 1992|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUFO5wcbxdA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/iUFO5wcbxdA| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-06-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref>