There was a scar above his nose and he’d picked up other damage, to his mouth and ear, later saying: “I was hit more times than a fender in a parking lot.”

With boxing in the blood and parents who owned a bar, young Sinatra had his share of scrapes. ‘O’Brien’ and Dolly were married in 1913 and two years later they had a son, calling him Francis Albert Sinatra. But Dominick was into other things besides boxing and was caught up in bootlegging, eventually getting arrested after a shooting incident. It is likely that he met his wife, Dolly Garaventa, through another fighter as she was the sister of Dominick Garaventa. There were no listed fights between 19 but O’Brien came back and fought twice more, losing both and bowing out. According to BoxRec, ‘O’Brien’ debuted in 1910 and wound up winning four and losing six while other records have him at 1-7. Born in Sicily, he fought out of Hoboken in New Jersey having emigrated several years earlier. His ring name was Marty O’Brien because Italian boxers would use Irish names in the hope that it would endear them to a New York audience. ANTHONY Martin Sinatra was a prizefighter.

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