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	Paul Spadafora
		Paul Spadafora (born September 5, 1975) is a native of Pittsburgh who is a professional boxer.
		Spadafora had a fruitful amateur career, winning 75 of the 80 bouts he participated in during that stage of his life as a boxer.
		On June 27 of the same year, Spadafora announced he is relinquishing the IBF world Lightweight title, to move to the Jr.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Paul_Spadafora.html (533 words)

	Newsmaker/ Paul Spadafora-- Now an admitted addict, former boxing champ seeks mercy in court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Spadafora pleaded guilty last week to second-degree assault, a reduced charge, but one that still could put him in prison for two to three years under the state's standard sentencing guidelines.
		Spadafora's use of a handgun in the crime is punishable by three to 14 months in prison, according to those same guidelines.
		Spadafora, 38-0-1 as a professional boxer, never could have reached such heights if he were not capable of self-discipline, Acri said.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04362/432861.stm (1045 words)

	Paul Spadafora and Joe Mesi: Two Cities and a 'Baby' Indeed
		What separates Paul Spadafora and Joe Mesi is the fact that the former had every opportunity to continue to take advantage of his situation and did not, while the latter continues to exploit it to this day.
		Although Paul Spadafora and Joe Mesi are fortunate to share a similar type of support, their reaction towards it of late has been quite a contrast.
		Paul Spadafora, despite being two years younger, has risen into the top five of his weight class and is taking on serious threats.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /boxing-news/trellert2804.php (1421 words)

	StraightJAB.com - May 4, 2002 - IBF Lightweight Champ Paul Spadafora - The will to Beat Floyd...The Way? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Paul joins us live in the studio and is not shy about the fact that he wants Floyd Mayweather Jr.
		Overall, this interview is a real treat to listen to because Paul Spadafora is one of the most upfront, and candid interviews we have ever had.
		SJ is fully behind Paul and we believe that he has the ability to unify the championship.
	www.straightjab.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 (353 words)

	Spadafora fires trainers - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Paul Spadafora's co-trainers disagreed on how he should fight Leonard Dorin, with Jesse Reid suggesting to go inside with combinations and Tom Yankello urging to stay outside and use angles.
		Spadafora listened to neither of his cornermen during his lightweight unification bout with Dorin on May 17, instead trading blows in a bloodbath that ended in a dubious draw.
		Spadafora also denied reports that he was stabbed, saying that his recent visit to the Sewickley Valley Hospital emergency room was to treat a sprained ankle.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_151795.html (529 words)

	Spadafora retains IBF lightweight title - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Spadafora faced his first major challenge Saturday night, one that brought both a reputable opponent and a national audience on HBO's Boxing After Dark series, one that would either legitimize his stature in the boxing world or ruin it.
		Spadafora went to the body in the sixth, but was warned by Sharif for a low blow one minute into the round.
		Spadafora revealed a cut under his right eye in the seventh, as blood trickled from the wound, which was slightly swollen.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/s_60551.html (1201 words)

	ESPN.com - BOXING - Spadafora sees clean comeback
		Paul Spadafora, walking to a court hearing on Nov. 10, 2003, eventually pleaded guilty to second-degree felony assault for shooting his girlfriend, Nadine Russo.
		Spadafora was set to hire the legendary Emanuel Steward as his trainer, and Acri was trying to set up a rematch with Dorin or a mega-bout with either Floyd Mayweather Jr.
		Spadafora's father was an addict who died of a drug overdose when Paul was 9.
	sports.espn.go.com /sports/boxing/news/story?id=2703542 (2217 words)

	Boxing Coverage updated 24/7 at MaxBoxing.com
		In 2003, Pittsburgh’s Spadafora, after a fight with girlfriend, shot her in the chest at a gas station.
		Spadafora has yet to sign a contract, but he’d better because according to reports out of Pittsburgh, the kid is broke.
		Spadafora is a quality fighter, not Hall of Fame material, but exciting enough for people to watch, especially in Pittsburgh.
	www.maxboxing.com /Calvin/Watkins092906.asp (614 words)

	MMANEWS.COM \| Paul Spadafora Wins In Comeback Fight
		Spadafora (39-0-1), the former IBF lightweight champion, served a sentence split between Camp Hill Penitentiary and a prison-style boot camp for the October 2003 shooting of his girlfriend outside a gas station in McKees Rocks.
		Spadafora, known as the "Pittsburgh Kid," entered the ring in white trunks with blue trim with the nickname "Comeback Kid." He has traditionally worn fl and gold trunks.
		Spadafora opened a cut above Zepeda's right eye in the first round of the scheduled 10-round bout and used a sharp right jab to bloody his opponent.
	www.mmanews.com /boxing/Paul-Spadafora-Wins-In-Comeback-Fight.html (297 words)

	Spadafora arrested in shooting of woman (phillyBurbs.com) \| Pennsylvania News
		Spadafora, who was in the front passenger seat, got out of the vehicle after it had stopped and became upset when he saw that the vehicle's two left-side tires were flat, the witness told police.
		Spadafora was arrested last week on charges of public lewdness and intoxication after officers said they spotted him Friday urinating on a Pittsburgh street.
		Spadafora made news outside the ring last year when he posted bail for a suspected drug dealer, who was released mistakenly when the man used a fake name.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-10262003-185486.html (868 words)

	Paul Spadafora article - Boxing Chat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 2003, Pittsburgh’s Spadafora, after a fight with girlfriend, shot her in the chest at a gas station.
		Spadafora has yet to sign a contract, but he’d better because according to reports out of Pittsburgh, the kid is broke.
		Spadafora is a quality fighter, not Hall of Fame material, but exciting enough for people to watch, especially in Pittsburgh.
	www.saddoboxing.com /boxing_forum/index.php/topic,37047.0.html (611 words)

	ESPN.com: BOXING - Couldn't question Spadafora before, or after
		Spadafora answered all of these questions in the two defining fights of his lightweight career thus far, and neither of those fights came against Leonard Dorin.
		Victoriano Sosa, a solid but unheralded rising contender consistently beat Spadafora to the punch, had him on the deck twice early in their fight, and looked on the verge of a knockout win.
		Spadafora simply once again demonstrated that he is among the best lightweights in the world.
	espn.go.com /boxing/columns/kellerman_max/1556920.html (1002 words)

	Sharkie’s Week In Boxing - Angel Manfredy Vs. Paul Spadafora
		Spadafora is regarded as a light puncher but also as a slick boxer, similar in style to a Pernell Whitaker or Chris Byrd who use angles and movement to control the tempo of their fights.
		Paul looked to be outclassed in the first and second rounds although he looked slightly better in the second.
		Spadafora fought a smart fight, showed good stamina and Boxing skills and has elevated his standing among his peers in the Lightweight division, which is rich in talent.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /PaulSpadaforavsAngelManfredy.html (1105 words)

	The Storm That is Paul Spadafora
		Two arrests, a stint in rehab, two cutmen who have passed away, and a boxing career that's looking to regain the momentum it had a few years ago, are all things swirling around the former IBF lightweight titlist, and that doesn't even include an impending court date this fall.
		It will be Spadafora's second fight since a controversial draw with Leonard Dorin in May of last year in a lightweight title bout, a fight that marked the unraveling of the 28-year-old.
		Spadafora, undefeated in 37 bouts with one draw and 14 KOs, is a new person according to Reid.
	www.maxboxing.com /Stowell/Stowell071704.asp (596 words)

	Fightnews
		Spadafora looked to go to the body more and began to connect with the right hook to the head of Dorin.
		Spadafora, who often starts slowly, was on the offensive quickly but didn't seem to find his defensive rhythm until the fifth round.
		Spadafora was stunned again in the eighth round by that stinging right hand of Dorin but he responded with his best round of the night in the ninth.
	www.fightnews.com /spadafora-dorin.htm (1362 words)

	Boxing News: Paul Spadafora Charged
		Paul Spadafora May Be Out of Jail for now, but his Problems are Just Beginning.
		The only ones who have had good words for Spadafora is his brother and his promoter, because certainly none of the eyewitnesses to the alleged crime had anything nice or promising to say in defense of Spadafora.
		Spadafora then pushed Russo into the passenger side of the vehicle, got into the driver seat and drove to another area of the parking lot.
	www.doghouseboxing.com /Chee/Paul_Spadafora_102903.html (367 words)

	Boxing: Paul Spadafora is the Slim Shady of Boxing?
		Spadafora tarnished his life's legacy (and we all have one) by admitting to having used cocaine and alcohol.
		Spadafora was seen as a potential rival of Arturo Gatti and Floyd Mayweather, JR.
		While we can't say that Spadafora's family is to blame for his problems, that may have been the case.
	www.ringsidereport.com /Santiago4202006.htm (963 words)

	Pittsburgh Sports Report - A Fighting Chance. Spadafora’s Fate Rests In His Hands by Jim Frazier
		Spadafora drew national television audiences and staggering crowds to Duquesne’s Palumbo Center, the Petersen Events Center and his home away from home, Mountaineer Park in Chester, West Virginia.
		Manning, who says this is “make or break time” for Spadafora, notes that two things – potential earnings and being surrounded by people concerned with his well being – give Spadafora a chance that most others in his situation do not have.
		Once Spadafora is released, he’ll be on parole and he’ll have to pass random urinalysis.
	www.pghsports.com /2005-Issues/psr0506/05060101.html (1457 words)

	Paul Spadafora (006517) - OOTP Developments Forums
		Paul has lived a hard knock life out of the ring.
		He was shot by a police officer in the ankle as a youth in a still controversial incident.
		Paul's past crept in over an incident involving an attempted shooting of his girlfriend.
	www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=82647 (207 words)

	JS Online: Spadafora Held to Draw by Dorin
		Spadafora (36-0-1), the IBF champion who usually gets off to slow starts only to finish with a flurry, never seemed in danger of going down despite being on the defensive most of the bout and came back in the later rounds with combinations and counter punches that scored.
		Of Spadafora's nine fights since becoming the IBF champion in August 1999, it was the eighth in Pittsburgh or the surrounding area.
		Spadafora hoped a victory would elevate him into the upper echelon of lighter-weight boxers and push him closer to the seven-figure paydays that the top champions make.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/ap/may03/ap-box-dorin-spada051703.asp (637 words)

	PSNews - Paul Spadafora
		Paul Spadafora burst on the scene in 1999 with an upset win over Isreal Cardona for the IBF lightweight championship vacated by Shane Mosley.
		What struck me about Paul was his absolute passion for the sport of boxing and more importantly his desire to prove that he is a great fighter not only to the fans but also to himself.
		Paul Spadafora, to put it simply, personifies how a champion should conduct himself in and out of the ring.
	www.boxinginsider.com /interviews/post/interviews/73707530.php (2607 words)

	ESPN.com: BOXING - MaxBoxing: Spadafora silences critics in draw
		"He was nothing like when we fought for the Cardona fight," said Spadafora, alluding to when Dorin sparred with him leading up to his bout with Pito Cardona in 1999 when he won the IBF belt.
		He took the best Dorin had to offer, and when it looked like he might fold from the pressure, that he might cower from the cuts over and under his eyes, or when the 5-foot-9 hometown favorite was nailed with right-handed bombs on the outside from an opponent five inches shorter, he did not.
		Dorin kept eating right hooks and was bleeding profusely from cuts on his left eye, and a new one under his right, before the 12th round ended.
	espn.go.com /boxing/s/2003/0517/1555841.html (884 words)

	BoxingTimes.com - Paul Spadafora vs. Israel Cardona (August 20, 1999)
		Continuing to mix it up in the 2nd, it appeared that Spadafora, 5'9", was foolishly playing with fire, and it was only a matter of time before he got severely burned.
		Round after round, Spadafora shrewdly dictated the exchanges, and continuously caught the aggressive Cardona as he vainly tried to move in.
		Avoiding Cardona's flurries, Spadafora would then step in and deliver clean counters that would soon stall, and short circuit "Pito's" sporadic rallies, and sealed up the IBF lightweight title for him with a one sided decision win.
	www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/1999/990820spadafora_cardona.html (716 words)

	Boxing: New York won't sanction Spadafora-Mayweather bout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Paul Spadafora and Floyd Mayweather won't fight in Madison Square Garden after all.
		A few potential rescheduled venues include the Petersen Events Center (where Dorin and Spadafora fought to a draw in a title elimination bout in May), the Palumbo Center, the Sovereign Center in Reading and unspecified places in Detroit and Las Vegas, where Mayweather and Top Rank are based.
		BoxingTalk.com and MaxBoxing.com reported that the commission denied a boxing license because of Spadafora's recent legal travails, being convicted of public drunkenness and open lewdness in addition to pending felony charges for the shooting of his girlfriend, Nadine Russo, in October.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04056/277333.stm (736 words)

	Boxing News: Paul Spadafora Charged
		Police issued an arrest warrant for Paul Spadafora in connection with a shooting.
		Allegheny County police issued an arrest warrant for Spadafora which charges the boxer with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, the violation of firearms laws and at this moment attempted homicide.
		Acri, said Paul told police a man approached him in his car and at that time then fired a weapon, striking the woman.
	www.doghouseboxing.com /Chee/Paul_Spadafora_102603.html (262 words)

	Paul Spadafora
		Spadafora still has a lot to learn and will only get better, which is pretty scary.
		Spadafora has very good hand speed and, of course, great boxing skills, but the only thing he lacks is a good knockout punch.
		But as he is in a fairly weak division, Spadafora can begin to dominate and hopefully try to unify some of the titles.
	www.boxinggurus.com /spadaforap.html (98 words)

	The Pittsburgh fight: Region benefits from Spadafora's match Downtown
		Those were a few of the offices and bodies represented when the time came to discuss bringing Spadafora's first title defense to his hometown.
		Yet he and Spadafora's camp agreed to withstand the 5-percent amusement tax and a variety of other taxes that the promoter claims knocked 15 percent off the top.
		Al Monzo is a boxing benefactor to Spadafora in particular and Pittsburgh in general, staging about the only local matches anymore at his Palace Inn in Monroeville.
	www.post-gazette.com /sports_headlines/19991217fight1.asp (896 words)

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