Career
He also boxed as a bantamweight, and unsuccessfully fought for the World bantamweight title. He made his professional debut in June 1941, in Honolulu, where he was to fight the majority of his bouts. He defeated Paul Francis by a knockout in the second round.
Unfortunately, Paterson was unable to make the weight, and indeed collapsed at the weigh-in.
The result was that Paterson was stripped of his, and a non-title fight was arranged between Marino and Rinty Monaghan of Northern Ireland. A month later Marino fought Peter Keanan, the previous holder of the World flyweight title, before Paterson.
In October 1947, Marino and Rinty Monaghan met at Harringay Arena, London for the vacant World flyweight title, previously held by Jackie Paterson. The title fight was recognised by the National Boxing Association but not the British Boxing Board of Control.
Dado then returned to the United States of America, and continued his career.
Marino was also famous for his summer flamboyant short-sleeve floral shirts. Indeed, it was common to observe that someone was wearing a "Dado Mario shirt"
In November 1951, Allen returned for a re-match in Honolulu, but Marino retained the title with another unanimous decision. In his next fight, a non-title fight, Marino was stopped in seven rounds, in Honolulu, by Yoshio Shirai, of Japan.
Marino was down six times before his manager leapt through the ropes to halt the fight.
The title fight was in Tokyo, Japan, in front of 40,00 spectators. Shirai took Marino’s title with a unanimous points decision.
This was Marino’s last fight.