Gino Gelormino, 47, a Levittown, Long Island, NY, native, died in a construction accident Tuesday.

Gelormino won the Golden Gloves in 1977 and began his professional career in 1981, where he enjoyed a nine-year stint fighting as a featherweight and junior lightweight. He went 31-3 with 22 knockouts and, in 1988, captured the World Boxing Commission's Continental Americas super-featherweight championship belt. In 1989, he saw his belt and his shot at the world title evaporate after an eighth-round technical knockout at the hands of Anthony English.

Gelormino, who got into construction 10 years ago, was one of the men helping replace the 72-year-old bearings that help support the Triborough Bridge when he lost his footing and fell 35 feet near Astoria Park, police said. He was pronounced dead of multiple injuries at Elmhurst Hospital Center.

He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline, son Matt, 19, and daughter Chloe, 13.