He was never tough. This kid got smacked so many times down here for his big fat mouth. He was a little puny punk with no street credibility at all. He got lucky with a Bronx Tale since he had that little mole on his face. Other than that, he has nothing.
Well, maybe he picked it up from some of the people he hung with if he was only a punk. I dunno if you saw the episodes in The Sopranos that he was in, but he was good. He was the guy executed by Tony crying for his mother.