I just seen a video of Salvatore Testa and he was built like a brick shithouse. It is said that Nick Scarfo wanted him strangled to death but he was simply too strong, so they had to settle for a shooting.

Chin Gigante was reasonably tall, especially as far as mafioso are concerned, and he had a very strong chin - he was a boxer of course.

Vinnie Butch Corrao/Bobby Boriello is/was very intimidating looking.

Nobody liked having to answer to Fat Pete Chiodo.

On the face of it, meanwhile, Roy De Meo looked out of shape but he was deceptively agile and ferociously strong; not quite sure if he is up there with some of those names though..

Anyone think of anybody else?

Gigante was only about 5'11. And that was actually pretty tall for Italian Americans of his generation. But his imposing presence came from his girth. He was very "meaty" for most of his life. And having the reputation that he had didn't hurt.

And those are all good choices, Moe. But it's the connected guys who were with these guys who were the real steroid cases over the years. And most of those guys still go nameless. If Matty the Horse himself (who also had a big presence) knocked on your door, it wasn't him you had to keep your eye on. It was the guy standing next to him .

Good topic, though .

There are many knuckle draggers in the underworld.Usually the big strong people are willing to give their strong force and loyalty and the small peeps are the ones with the vision,ideas and leadership.

The first two natural big tuff guys(not some new times steroid cases) that comes to my mind are Anastasia and Capone.And don't forget Frankie Rio(Capones bodyguard),a real big tuff guy

Thomas Orefice- soldier in Danny Marino's crew is a massive guy. Not to be messed with.

Funzi tarricone and bobby borriello were big guys also

Charlie Arms is one. Not a made guy. But huge and tough.

http://charliearms.com/

Jesus his arms are like tree trunks and his head looks like a tomato

He's out of the life, though. Good for him. He's actually a very bright guy, and he handled his own appeal and got himself out of a Federal bid. He's down in Florida pretty much full time now and competing in the over 60 bodybuilding competitions. And he's actually past 70 now.

How about, Vincent Filipelli, a former bodybuilder who used to be the bodyguard of jailed mob boss John Stanfa and Robert Ranieri for Philadelphia

I've seen some recent photos of fillipelli and he is massive , ron previte was a big guy aswel

Ron Previte was fat and sloppy. Fillepeli was serious looking.

He just feels grateful to have his dick&balls back after all these years. According to a source of mine him and Anthony Borgesi had skin removed from Angelo Lutz's knee's elbows as well as there own to increase the size of their
Yes they tan their balls in the summer time so their orange

That's Funny Yankees!. Anthony Borgesi looks like the third ape in the evolution chart. He's such a big pussy. I heard his Mom begged her brother and Georgie to never straighten him out. Angelo Lutz does have a lot of skin to offer. There is another putz. Georgie's personal whiping boy!

Gigante's surname didn't reflect his physical appearance.

I always thought Sonny Franzese looked pretty athletic with a solid frame.He even looks healthy in his pics in his 90's

Fat Mike Sarno.
Judging from the pictures the guy looks like a hairless sasquatch

Joey D'Angelo looked pretty solid before he flipped.

Looked young as fuck though, he was a pretender, looks don't mean nothing.

Vinnie Corrao is huge, you seen that picture with him and 4/5 of his crew walking down the street, his father Joe was tall but Vinny is tall and meaty.

Why did Vinny get demoted from capo to soldier? That crew had been in his family for about 60 years apparently.

Frank Calabrese looked like a bull

"Big Ron" Previte was a, six-foot, three-hundred pound ex-cop and security worker for Atlantic City Casinos. Although he may have been "fat and sloppy" the thing most intimidating about him was the fact he had no loyalties to anyone other than himself. Imagine the damage a person like that could inflict.

Agree Parisi. I find it hard to believe that he was even straightened out. He later claimed that he wa bumped to captain. I heard or read somewhere that he never had an initiation ceremony Stanfa simply knighted him totaling bypassing the ceremony. Is that true?

Why do u find it strange previte was made ?? The Philly mob was a fuckin joke bak then , Merlino made ralph natale , the worst boss in the history of the American mob , he proclaimed himself boss straight after he was made , Merlino then proceeded to play him like a fiddle

You're right Domwoods. As for Merlino making Natale and then making him Boss you're so right, that was truly a joke.

Big patty catalano
Guy was a fucking bull
Big italian hands,good with them
Colombo skipper

It's not a joke now?

Previte said himself that he never went through the ceremony, but that stanfa gave him made status. and i guess everyone just accepted it because even after stanfa was gone he was still recognized as made, he was bumped up to captain under merlino.

Hey those were serious guys, THEY WERE LEAVING BODIES IN THE STREETS!


sorry couldn't help myself.

Very surprised about Stanfa. He was old school and wasn't he put in place by New York? He should have known better, but more surprisingly is that Joey should have corrected that right away when he took over. He shoud had broke Previte but instead he bumped him up. WTF?
Wow, Philadelphia is one truly dysfunctional rougue Cosa Nostra family!