Giacomo Casanova 17, in 1742, with a degree in law ("for which I felt an unconquerable aversion"). His guardian's hope was that he would become an ecclesiastical lawyer. Casanova had also studied moral philosophy, chemistry, and mathematics, and was keenly interested in medicine. ("I should have been allowed to do as I wished and become a physician, in which profession quackery is even more effective than it is in legal practice.") He frequently prescribed his own treatments for himself and friends. While attending the university, Casanova began to gamble and quickly got into debt, causing his recall to Venice by his grandmother,
Rodolfo Casanova the 1928 Summer Olympics. In his first attempt at a world title, Casanova lost to Sixto Escobar the World Bantamweight Champion. This would be the first world title fight between a Mexican and a Puerto Rican. Rodolfo Casanova Rodolfo Casanova, also known as Baby" Casanova or Chango" Casanova (born June 21, 1915 in León, Guanajuato, deceased November 23, 1980), was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division. He was also the first Mexican to fight a Puerto Rican in the Mexico – Puerto Rico boxing rivalry. Rodolfo was born during the Mexican Revolution, his father Don Rafael Casanova died in