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Ran across this nice article in the Portland Press Herald on Mar 31, 1935 which runs a good biography of Vincenzio from his early days in Italy up to a present moving to Portland, Maine to visit family there and begin renewed training leaving New York where he'd failed pretty bad in his early career in America.

Sun, Mar 31, 1935, Portland Press Herald, Maine - Nice introductory article on Vincenze Troiano who'd come recently to visit with relatives in Portland and take up training at the Porland Athletic Club with hopes to restart his career which was going no where while he was in New York with the management there. Before he started his training at the PAC, he had a nasal operation but then started his new training after that. This article notes that Troiano was born December 13, 1909 in the town, Manfredonia, Italy. At 14 his brother died and he left school to help support his mother who was widowed along with three younger brothers and two sisters. Then living in Naples, in 1926 his mother died and now Vincenzo was head of the family! He took up working at an electrical supply and equipment manufacturer and while there began boxing training in between working at the factory and tending to his family. In 1930 at the age of 20 he won the amateur championship of Naples and later finished his amateur career as title champion of all Italy. He fought a total of 74 bouts in three years. From 1932 to 1934 he took part in 25 professional bouts loosing one decision to an Abel Arcote, ex champion of France. Vincenzo was W23 / L0 / D2 in those bouts. Money he won from these bouts he used to help him on his voyage to America.