Personal Life
- Graziano was the son of Fighting Nick Bob, who had a brief boxing career.
- Bert Sugar wrote in his book "The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time": "Graziano was raised on the Lower East Side where both sides of the tracks were wrong." He overcame coming from a disadvantaged background, to rise to the top of the ring and entertainment world.
- He died from cardiopulmonary failure on May 22, 1990 in New York.
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