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Lou Nova (March 16, 1913 – September 29, 1991) aka Cosmic punch was an American
United States

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 boxer
Boxing

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 and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. Born in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

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, California
California

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, the 6' 3 1/2" (1.92 m) Nova was the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and World Amateur Boxing Champion in 1935. After turning pro boxer, he remained undefeated in his first 22 matches, and won 40 fights in total. He was the first top rated boxer to practice yoga
Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
, and reportedly did headstands in the dressing room before his title bout with Joe Louis.

pset Tommy Farr
Tommy Farr

Thomas George Farr was one of the most famous British people boxings of all time. Born in Clydach Vale, Wales and nicknamed "the Tonypandy Terror", he became List of British heavyweight boxing champions and Empire heavyweight champion on 15 March 1937....
 in 15 round decision.






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Lou Nova (March 16, 1913 – September 29, 1991) aka Cosmic punch was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. Born in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, the 6' 3 1/2" (1.92 m) Nova was the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and World Amateur Boxing Champion in 1935. After turning pro boxer, he remained undefeated in his first 22 matches, and won 40 fights in total. He was the first top rated boxer to practice yoga
Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
, and reportedly did headstands in the dressing room before his title bout with Joe Louis.

Boxing career

He upset Tommy Farr
Tommy Farr

Thomas George Farr was one of the most famous British people boxings of all time. Born in Clydach Vale, Wales and nicknamed "the Tonypandy Terror", he became List of British heavyweight boxing champions and Empire heavyweight champion on 15 March 1937....
 in 15 round decision. Nova had Farr near a knockout in the 14th round when Referee Eddie Josephs started counting as he lay in the rope. However, Farr resumed the fight after the count reach two. Both men were in a state of exhaustion in the last round.

He went on to defeat Max Baer in the first televised heavyweight prizefight June 1, 1939, on WNBT-TV in New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. The left side of Baer's face was battered out of shape after ten rounds of the most excruciating fighting he had ever undergone, and was bleeding so severely from a severe laceration of the lower lip he could hardly breathe when the referee stopped the bout. Nova beat Baer again in 1941, Nova was knocked down for a brief one count in the 4th from a Baer right hand. Baer was knocked down by a right for a nine count, after he got up he was knocked down again by a right hand, that sent him down again. Referee Donovan stopped the bout as the count was at two.

He was injured badly in his fight with Tony Galento
Tony Galento

Dominic Anthony Galento was an Italian American heavyweight boxing. Nicknamed "Two Ton" for his reasoning to his manager for being nearly late to one of his fights: "I had two tons of ice to deliver on my way here"....
 and was in the hospital for a while afterward, almost losing an eye.

On September 29 1941 he fought Joe Louis
Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was a List of Heavyweight Champions.Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, he is considered to be one of the greatest in boxing history....
 for the heavyweight title. Nova was knocked down once in the 6th round. Nova made a poor showing. According to Nat Fleischer (The Ring, December 1941, page 4) he didn't win a round and took a terrible beating in the sixth round. The end was somewhat controversial because the fight was stopped with just one second left in the round when Nova arose unsteadily from the knockdown.

Nova went on to box 4 more years, losing bouts to Lee Savold
Lee Savold

Lee Savold was a heavyweight boxer who held the British and European version of the World Heavyweight championship between 1950 and 1951 and was a leading contender in the forties and early fifties....
, Tami Mauriello, Lee Oma, and Joe Baksi
Joe Baksi

Joe Baksi was a top heavyweight contender who defeated fighters such as Tami Mauriello, Lee Savold, Lou Nova, and Freddie Mills, while losing decisions to Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles....
.

Acting career

After leaving the fight ring, he became an actor. His motion picture
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 debut was as Kid Mandell in MGM's Swing Fever (1943
1943 in film

The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.EventsTop grossing films Awards16th Academy Awards*Bataan ...
) starring Kay Kyser
Kay Kyser

James Kern Kyser was a popular bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s....
 and Marilyn Maxwell
Marilyn Maxwell

Marilyn Maxwell , born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, was an American actress and entertainer.Noted for her blonde hair and sexy persona she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on United Service Organizations tours with Bob Hope....
. Other movie roles include that as Hubert in the 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
 film noir
Film noir

Film noir is a film term used primarily to describe stylish cinema of the United States Crime film, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation....
 crime
Crime film

A crime film, in the most general sense, is a film that involves various aspects crime and the criminal justice system. Stylistically, it can fall under many different genres, most commonly drama, Thriller , Mystery fiction and film noir....
 drama
Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth characterization of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, crime and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves, others, society and even natural phenome...
 Somewhere in the Night
Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night is a psychological thriller, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and released in 1946 in film. It was Mankiewicz's first film for 20th Century Fox, and his third film overall....
 (1946
1946 in film

The year 1946 in film involved some significant events....
) starring John Hodiak
John Hodiak

John Hodiak was an United States actor.He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, the son of Walter Hodiak and Anna Pogorzelec ....
.

Nova acted in over 20 movies. He appeared in one stage
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
 role, that as O'Malley in the Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 play The Happiest Millionaire (1956) starring Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon

Walter Davis Pidgeon was an American actor of Canada birth, who lived most of his life in the United States, and eventually became a U.S. citizen....
, which ran for 271 performances, in which Nova performed the popular baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 poem Casey at the Bat
Casey at the Bat

"Casey at the Bat", subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888", is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances....
. Nova's guest spots on TV
Television program

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 include Space Patrol
Space Patrol

Space Patrol has been the title of several science fiction works:*Space Patrol , the United States 1950s TV series with a concurrent radio version...
, Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy

Hopalong Cassidy is a cowboy-hero, created in 1904 by Clarence E. Mulford and appearing in a series of popular stories and novels. In print, the character appears as a rude, rough-talking 'galoot'....
, General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an United States anthology series that was broadcast on CBS radio and television program. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public relations Services....
, 77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip is an hour-length American television Private investigator#PIs in fiction series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith , and Edd Byrnes....
, Shotgun Slade
Shotgun Slade

Shotgun Slade is an United States Western television series starring Scott Brady that aired in television syndication from October 24, 1959 until 1961....
 and Get Smart
Get Smart

Get Smart is an United States comedy television series that Satire the Spy fiction genre. Created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, and Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 of CONTROL, a secret U.S....
.

Retirement

He was inducted into World Boxing Hall of Fame
World Boxing Hall of Fame

The World Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Riverside, California, United States, in Southern California. The WBHF is one of two recognized international boxing hall of fames, with the other being the International Boxing Hall of Fame, with the IBHOF being the more widely recognized institution....
 in 1991, and into the Sacramento City College
Sacramento City College

Sacramento City College is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California, California. SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had enrollment of 22,197 for the Spring 2008 semester....
 Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.

Lou Nova died at age 78 in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
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