Facts: - weight: lightweight - draws: 8 - losses: 29 - ko: 23 - style: orthodox - death date: 22 october 1980 - nickname: the clutch - realname: samuel engotti - total: 131 - birth date: january 17 , 1915 - name: sammy angott - nationality: american - image: file : sammy angott.jpg - birth place: washington , pennsylvania or california , pennsylvania - wins: 94 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sammy angott .
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sammy angott -lrb- january 17 , 1915 -- october 22 , 1980 -rrb- was born samuel engotti in a pittsburgh area town in pennsylvania .he was known as a clever boxer who liked to follow up a clean punch by grabbing his opponent , causing him to be known as '' the clutch . ''in his career , angott met the best fighters in the welterweight and lightweight divisions .he fought sugar ray robinson , bob montgomery , beau jack , fritzie zivic , henry armstrong , redtop davis , sonny boy west , and ike williams .angott retired with a record of 94 wins -lrb- 23 kos -rrb- , 29 losses and 8 draws .he was knocked out just once in his career , by beau jack in 1946 .statistical boxing website boxrec lists angott as the # 6 ranked lightweight of all-time .he was inducted into the ring magazine hall of fame in 1973 and the international boxing hall of fame in 1998 .