John DiGilio

John Alite was a predator. He had a lot of childhood issues and did a lot of fuck up shit. He also jumped guys from behind when he was on Dust.

Alite got his ass kicked recently at one of the bars here in Jersey within the past 5 years I wanna say at Cuzin's in Marlboro.

yep, that was 2 years ago.

Hugh McIntosh

Did John Perna graduate from Seton Hall?

Yeah , I mean he was there for four years so I assume he walked out of Seton Hall with a degree.

Dante
John just got married and mellowed out a lot.

I havent seen him in probably about ten years, he was in the same wild and crazy Frat at Seton Hall as a good buddy of mine who is 7 years older than me.

Joe is more level headed and business minded. Ralph is a nice kid.

Eddie Melo was a Frank Controni guy I believe, he was Golden Gloves or equivalent in Canada.

Ive read many stories, seen interviews and know people that new him. Seems Jimmy Burke could and would love to hurt People with his hands. How it all started.

A lot of these mobsters or anyone for that matter that enjoy hurting people were abused as children. Burke certainly did.
Some are just born evil.

Some of the older mobsters used to box too. Gigange and Gravano are two examples. I am sure there are many others who didn’t just fight on the street and weren’t just tough with weapons in their hands. Perna being a wrestler is a great example provided too. I would love to hear stories of him going to the projects in Newark and robbing dealers though. That sounds unbelievable because those projects were a different kind of rough in the 80s and 90s.

Anastasia killed a guy with his bare hands. The mad hatter, Lord high executioner. Enough said.

Many professional fighters start out as tough street fighters too. I wonder if some of these guys who grew up fighting could’ve gone professional had they applied themselves.

I wish there was more information on Joe Scopo. Bo Dietl is a tough guy himself and he talks this guy up as a fighter and a tough guy a lot.

Were any of the guys that we are naming great earners as well? Anastasia was a great earner. So was Sammy. Idk if they were making money like Tommy Gambino, Ponte, Franzese or any heavy earners like that but they were still making millions every year.

The robbing the drug dealers story might be somewhat convoluted. He may have went to buy drugs and then took the drugs without paying( not large quantities). He wasnt strong arming them and using a gun to steal their money, that i can tell you.
Did he ever punch some small time street dealer and then rob a few dime bags of weed? Maybe.
Did he rob half a key of coke or a pound of weed? NO !

Now that sounds more believable.

Mickey Cohen would have to be mentioned too. He was a professional boxer. He even told bugsy off to his face(supposedly).

Just sharing what I’ve been told, again those guys are all 7 years older than me.

What other tough guys in Jersey did you hear about? I only heard about Accetturo and Perna.

Perna's a fighter? Digilio we know will knock you out. A serious Middleweight boxer.

New Jersey state champ for wrestling.