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HOw did Rocky Graziano get started in Rocky Graziano's carreer?
Graziano heard from a couple of his friends about a tournament going on with a gold medal for the winner.
How old was he when he first fought?
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Did he win the first tournament his friends told him about?
He fought four matches and ended up winning the New York Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union Boxing Competition (1939).
Did he fight soon again after that?
A couple of weeks into amateur fighting, Graziano was picked up for stealing from a school.
When was his next match?
After he got out of the reformatory, he headed back to the gym to earn money and while there, met Eddie Cocco who started his professional career.

Question: Did he know immediately that he wanted to get into boxing?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Rocky Graziano know immediately that he wanted to get into boxing?