Son of Dominic and Jenny Cagia Carangio. Enlisted in the Army in December 1942 at Camp Croft, South Carolina.
Boxed as a bantam weight, and coached boxing for 60 years. Formed the Police Athletic Club(later became PAL-Police Athletic League) in Charlotte in 1951. Inducted into the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame.
Lou was the Godfather of amateur boxing on the Charlotte sports scene for nearly 50 years. A former pro bantamweight, Lou made his living working high steel construction but his passion was training young men. He produced many champions including four time world amateur and Olympian Bernard Taylor, heavyweights Neil Wallace, Waban Thomas and Olympian Calvin Brock, future world pro bantamweight champion Kelvin Seabrooks and many more. It is estimated his boxers won over 1,000 amateur matches.
Boxed as a bantam weight, and coached boxing for 60 years. Formed the Police Athletic Club(later became PAL-Police Athletic League) in Charlotte in 1951. Inducted into the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame.
Lou was the Godfather of amateur boxing on the Charlotte sports scene for nearly 50 years. A former pro bantamweight, Lou made his living working high steel construction but his passion was training young men. He produced many champions including four time world amateur and Olympian Bernard Taylor, heavyweights Neil Wallace, Waban Thomas and Olympian Calvin Brock, future world pro bantamweight champion Kelvin Seabrooks and many more. It is estimated his boxers won over 1,000 amateur matches.
Son of Dominic and Jenny Cagia Carangio. Enlisted in the Army in December 1942 at Camp Croft, South Carolina.
Boxed as a bantam weight, and coached boxing for 60 years. Formed the Police Athletic Club(later became PAL-Police Athletic League) in Charlotte in 1951. Inducted into the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame.
Lou was the Godfather of amateur boxing on the Charlotte sports scene for nearly 50 years. A former pro bantamweight, Lou made his living working high steel construction but his passion was training young men. He produced many champions including four time world amateur and Olympian Bernard Taylor, heavyweights Neil Wallace, Waban Thomas and Olympian Calvin Brock, future world pro bantamweight champion Kelvin Seabrooks and many more. It is estimated his boxers won over 1,000 amateur matches.
Boxed as a bantam weight, and coached boxing for 60 years. Formed the Police Athletic Club(later became PAL-Police Athletic League) in Charlotte in 1951. Inducted into the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame.
Lou was the Godfather of amateur boxing on the Charlotte sports scene for nearly 50 years. A former pro bantamweight, Lou made his living working high steel construction but his passion was training young men. He produced many champions including four time world amateur and Olympian Bernard Taylor, heavyweights Neil Wallace, Waban Thomas and Olympian Calvin Brock, future world pro bantamweight champion Kelvin Seabrooks and many more. It is estimated his boxers won over 1,000 amateur matches.
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