Tony Danza is an American actor known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who’s the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom The Tony Danza Show.

In 1975, as a joke, Danza’s friends entered him in the New York City Golden Gloves (Source: The Biography Channel Presents Tony Danza, 2004). After knocking out his first 6 opponents, Danza was knocked out in the finals.