Vincent Gigante

American boxer and mobster (1928–2005)

Vincent Louis Gigante ( jig-AN-tee, Italian: [dʒiˈɡante]; March 29, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as "Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family of New York City between 1981 and 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fought in twenty-five matches between 1944 and 1947. He then started working as a Mafia enforcer for what was known at that time as the Luciano crime family, forerunner of the Genovese family.

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