Vinny Pazienza boxer

Vinny Pazienza boxer
bouts
60
won
50
lost
10
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
super middleweight
Debut
1983-05-26
Height
5′ 7½″/171cm
Reach
70½″/179cm
Age
-
Born
1962-12-16
Death
-
Nationality
USA

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Vinny Paz (born Vincenzo Edward Pazienza, December 16, 1962), formerly Vinny Pazienza, is an American former professional boxer who held world titles at lightweight and light middleweight. The 2016 film Bleed for This is based on his comeback from a spinal injury.In the 1980s, Pazienza built a reputation along the East Coast, defeating such opponents as Melvin Paul (KO 2), Joe Frazier Jr. (TKO 7), Harry Arroyo (UD 10), Nelson Bolanos (TKO 6), and Roberto Elizondo (KO in 10). His first world title fight came on June 7, 1987, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he outpointed Greg Haugen over 15 rounds to become the IBF world lightweight champion. The pair would meet two more times: Haugen recovering the title in an immediate rematch, and Pazienza prevailing in a 10-round decision in their rubber match in 1990.Pazienza failed in title tries in the junior welterweight division: in 1988, against WBC World Champion Roger Mayweather and in 1990, against both WBO Champion Hector "Macho" Camacho and WBA World Champion Loreto Garza.In 1991, Pazienza moved into the junior middleweight division. This movement was at the advice of his new trainer Kevin Rooney. In his first fight at junior middleweight, he won the USBA championship against Ron Amundsen in a 12-round decision. He defeated the WBA world jr. middleweight champion Gilbert Delé with a 12th-round TKO in Providence, becoming the second fighter in boxing history to win both the lightweight and junior middleweight world championships.Pazienza was forced to relinquish the title due to a serious car accident in which his neck was broken. He was scheduled for a Jan.10 title defense against PAT LAWLOR in Atlantic City but it was called off. Doctors informed him he might never walk again and would certainly never fight again. Pazienza had to wear a medical device called a Halo, a circular metal brace screwed into the skull in four spots and propped up with four metal rods. He had the Halo screwed to his skull for three months, during which time he maintained a workout regimen against doctors orders. He returned to the ring thirteen months after the accident and defeated future WBC world jr. middleweight champion Luis Santana by a 10-round decision.After the Santana fight, Pazienza went on to defeat Brett Lally by a 6th-round TKO, and then, in another TKO, former world champion Lloyd Honeyghan in the 10th round. Pazienza went on to win the vacant IBO middleweight world title in 1993 with an 11th-round KO over Dan Sherry. Pazienza then went on to beat Roberto Durán twice, both via unanimous decision, with the IBC super middleweight title on the line both times. In the first fight, Durán put Pazienza down in Rounds 2 and 5, but referee Joe Cortez controversially ruled the Round 2 knockdown to be a slip. The first fight divided the people watching as some felt that Durán had won a close fight, but others felt that Pazienza had won either narrowly or widely after finishing strongly in the last five rounds. The second fight was more lopsided in Pazienza's favour, as despite the official judges giving Pazienza the win by scores of 116–112, 117–111 and 118–110, the TV commentators expressed puzzlement at the closeness of the official scoring as they thought that Pazienza had won every round in a 120–108 shutout.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2004-03-27 Tocker Pudwill WWWWWL Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
2002-03-01 Eric Lucas WWLWWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket LOST
Unanimous decision
2001-12-07 Levan Easley DWWLWL Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
2001-09-21 Tim Shocks LLLWWL Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet, Cranston WIN
Unanimous decision
2001-07-27 Pat Lawlor LWLLLW Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet, Cranston WIN
KO
2001-02-09 Aaron Davis WLWWWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket LOST
Technical knockout
1999-11-05 Dana Rosenblatt WWWWWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket LOST
Split-decision
1999-06-25 Esteban Cervantes WWWWWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Split-decision
1999-04-09 Joseph Kiwanuka WWWLLW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
1999-01-08 Undra White WLLWWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Technical knockout
1998-11-06 Arthur Allen LWWWWL Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
1998-07-26 Glenwood Brown WLWLLL Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Majority decision
1997-12-06 Herol Graham WLLWWW Wembley Arena, Wembley LOST
Unanimous decision
1996-08-23 Dana Rosenblatt WWWWWW Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1995-06-24 Roy Jones Jr WWWWWW Convention Center, Atlantic City LOST
Technical knockout
1995-01-14 Roberto Duran WWWWLW Convention Hall, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1994-11-08 Rafael Williams LLLLWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
1994-06-25 Roberto Duran WWWWWW MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1994-04-05 Jacques LeBlanc WWWLLL Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-12-28 Dan Sherry LWWWLW Ritz Carlton, Aspen WIN
KO
1993-10-26 Robbie Sims LWWWWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-06-26 Lloyd Honeyghan WWWWWW Convention Center, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1993-03-02 Brett Lally WWLLWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Corner retirement
1992-12-15 Luis Santana LLWLLL Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
1991-10-01 Gilbert Dele WWWWWW Civic Center, Providence WIN
Technical knockout
1991-07-02 Ron Amundsen LWWWWL Civic Center, Providence WIN
Unanimous decision
1990-12-01 Loreto Garza WWWWWW Arco Arena, Sacramento LOST
1990-08-05 Greg Haugen WWWLWW Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1990-02-03 Hector Camacho WWWWWW Convention Hall, Atlantic City LOST
Unanimous decision
1989-11-27 Eddie VanKirk WLWWWW Civic Center, Providence WIN
Technical knockout
1989-06-11 Vinnie Burgese WWWLWW Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1989-04-14 Jake Carollo WWWWWW Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1988-11-07 Roger Mayweather WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
1988-10-04 Rick Kaiser LLLLLW Park West, Chicago WIN
Technical knockout
1988-06-27 Felix Dubray WWWWWW Civic Center, Providence WIN
Technical knockout
1988-02-06 Greg Haugen WWWWLW Convention Center, Atlantic City LOST
Unanimous decision
1987-06-07 Greg Haugen WWWWWW Civic Center, Providence WIN
Unanimous decision
1987-02-08 Roberto Elizondo WLWWLW Civic Center, Providence WIN
Technical knockout
1986-11-08 Roger Brown WWWWWL San Juan WIN
Technical knockout
1986-09-18 Nelson Bolanos WWWDWD Civic Center, Providence WIN
Technical knockout
1986-05-18 Harry Arroyo WLLWWW Providence WIN
Unanimous decision
1986-02-05 Joe Frazier Jr WWDDWD Civic Center, Providence WIN
Technical knockout
1985-11-26 Melvin Paul WWWLLW Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1985-09-18 Jeff Bumpus WWWWWL Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1985-03-27 Antoine Lark LLLWLL Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1984-12-01 Abdelkader Marbi WWWWWL Palasport di San Siro, Milan LOST
Technical knockout
1984-11-17 Bruno Simili DLLLLL Riva del Garda WIN
Technical knockout
1984-08-29 Rich McCain WDDLLL Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1984-04-15 Mike Golden WWWLWL Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1984-02-26 David Bell L Civic Center, Beaumont WIN
Technical knockout
1983-12-14 Jose Ortiz LLLLDL Ice World, Totowa WIN
Technical knockout
1983-12-02 Emilio Diaz WLDLLL Warwick WIN
Technical knockout
1983-10-27 Robert Stevenson LDLLLL Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
KO
1983-09-24 Jim Zelinski L Ice World, Totowa WIN
Technical knockout
1983-09-09 Ricardo Moreno debut Caesars Palace, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1983-08-31 Rafael Alicia debut Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1983-08-16 Eddie Carberry L Playboy Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1983-07-10 Patrick Dangerfield WWWW Caesars Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City WIN
KO
1983-06-30 Keith McCoy debut Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
KO
1983-05-26 Alfredo Rivera debut Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout

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