{{short description|American politician and boxer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |image= File:1983 A Joseph DeNucci Massachusetts House of Representatives.png | office = 21st Auditor of Massachusetts | term_start = 1987 | term_end = 2011 | governor = Michael Dukakis<br>William Weld<br>Paul Cellucci<br>Jane Swift (acting)<br>Mitt Romney<br>Deval Patrick | predecessor =John J. Finnegan | successor = Suzanne Bump | office1 = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | constituency1 = 16th Middlesex (1977–1979)<ref name="PubOfComm1977p138">{{Citation |last=O'Neill|first=Edward B.|title=1977-1978 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|page= 138|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|location=Boston, MA|year=1977}}</ref> <br>10th Middlesex (1979–1986)<ref name="PubOfComm1979p129"/> | term_start1 =1977<ref name="PubOfComm1977p138"/> | term_end1 = 1986<ref name="PubOfComm1989p28">{{Citation |last=O'Neill|first=Edward B.|title=1989-1990 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|page= 28|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|location=Boston, MA|year=1989}}</ref> | predecessor1 = Ed Markey | successor1 = Anthony Mandile | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|8|30}}<ref name="PubOfComm1979p129"/> | birth_place = Newton, Massachusetts<ref name="PubOfComm1979p129">{{citation |last=O'Neill|first=Edward B.|title=1979-1980 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |page=129|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|location=Boston, MA |year=1979}}</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|8|1939|8|30}} | death_place = | alma_mater = Boston University<ref name="PubOfComm1989p28"/> | party = Democratic<ref name="PubOfComm1979p129"/> }}
'''A. Joseph DeNucci''' (August 30, 1939 – September 8, 2017)<ref name=Boston>{{cite web |author=James V. Horrigan |title=Boston Uncommon/5 Things You Don't know about A. Joseph DeNucci – 06/20/2004 |work=Boston Globe Magazine |url=http://www.joedenucci.com/auditor.pdf |accessdate=September 20, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922002713/http://www.joedenucci.com/auditor.pdf |archivedate=September 22, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an American boxer and politician who served as the Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
==Early life and career== DeNucci started working at 10 in a bowling alley, picking up and racking pins. DeNucci started boxing at 16, winning the New England Golden Gloves Championship.<ref name=Auditor>{{cite web|title=A. Joseph DeNucci |work=Joe DeNucci State Auditor |url=http://www.joedenucci.com/boxing.htm |accessdate=September 20, 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021225075924/http://www.joedenucci.com/boxing.htm |archivedate=December 25, 2002 }}</ref>
A boxer in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, DeNucci compiled a record of 54 wins (with 27 knockouts), 15 losses, and 4 draws. He lost two middleweight fights, both by split decision, to Emile Griffith. DeNucci holds the record for the most fights, 23, in the Boston Garden.<ref>[http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/11410 Box Rec-Joe DeNucci]</ref>
==Political career== DeNucci served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for ten years, where he was chairman of the Human Services Committee. DeNucci then served as the Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1987 to 2011.<ref name=Auditor/> DeNucci was the longest-serving Auditor in Massachusetts history. He decided not to seek re-election in 2010.
==Personal life== DeNucci had five children and fourteen grandchildren, and was married to Barbara DeNucci. He was a member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
DeNucci died on September 8, 2017, from complications related to Alzheimer's disease.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joe DeNucci, 78, prizefighter, state's longest-serving auditor |journal=Boston Globe |first=Bryan |last=Marquard |date=September 8, 2017}}</ref> Postmortem analysis of DeNucci's brain confirmed that he experienced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).<ref>{{cite news |journal=Boston Herald |last=Kalter |first=Lindsay |title=Boston University confirms former Massachusetts Auditor Joseph DeNucci, ex-NHL player had CTE |date=July 2, 2018 }}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=John J. Finnegan}} {{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Auditor of Massachusetts |years=1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006}} {{s-aft|after=Suzanne Bump}} {{s-par|us-ma-hs}} {{s-bef|before=Ed Markey}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives<br>from the 16th Middlesex district|years=1977–1979}} {{s-aft|after=Bruce N. Freeman}} |- {{s-bef|before=Eleanor Campobasso}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives<br>from the 10th Middlesex district|years=1979–1986}} {{s-aft|after=Anthony Mandile}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=John J. Finnegan}} {{s-ttl|title=Auditor of Massachusetts|years=1987–2011}} {{s-aft|after=Suzanne Bump}} {{s-end}}
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