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Total Fights | 51 |
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Wins | 49 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 7 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 19 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and eight months, Paul Spadafora fought 51 times with 49 wins, a single loss, and 1 draw.
Spadafora retired from professional boxing with a record of 49-1-1, which included one lightweight world-title win and seven successful title defense fights. He had a 37.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 19 of his total 51 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. The only loss in Spadafora's career was a 12-round majority decision loss to Johan Perez.
His last fight was a 8-round unanimous decision victory over Héctor Velázquez on July 11, 2014.
Some of Spadafora's best fights and notable victories include wins over Victoriano Sosa, Francisco Campos, Frankie Zepeda, Alain Hernandez, Ivan Orlando Bustos, Ivan Fiorletta, and Renato Cornett.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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51 | Jul 11, 2014 | 38 | Héctor Velázquez | Win | UD |
50 | Nov 30, 2013 | 38 | Johan Perez | Loss | MD |
49 | Apr 6, 2013 | 37 | Robert Franckel | Win | UD |
48 | Dec 1, 2012 | 37 | Solomon Egberime | Win | UD |
47 | Aug 18, 2012 | 36 | Humberto Toledo | Win | UD |
46 | Nov 20, 2010 | 35 | Alain Hernandez | Win | RTD5 |
45 | Mar 12, 2010 | 34 | Ivan Fiorletta | Win | TKO8 |
44 | Sep 30, 2009 | 34 | Jermaine White | Win | UD |
43 | Jun 24, 2009 | 33 | Ivan Orlando Bustos | Win | TKO6 |
42 | Apr 25, 2008 | 32 | Shad Howard | Win | UD |
41 | Mar 9, 2007 | 31 | Oisin Fagan | Win | SD |
40 | Nov 22, 2006 | 31 | Frankie Zepeda | Win | TKO5 |
39 | Jul 17, 2004 | 28 | Francisco Campos | Win | TKO10 |
38 | Apr 29, 2004 | 28 | Ruben Galvan | Win | UD |
37 | May 17, 2003 | 27 | Leonard Dorin | Draw * | SD |
36 | Nov 9, 2002 | 27 | Dennis Holbaek | Win * | UD |
35 | Mar 9, 2002 | 26 | Angel Manfredy | Win * | UD |
34 | Aug 14, 2001 | 25 | Charles Tschorniawsky | Win | UD |
33 | May 8, 2001 | 25 | Joel Perez | Win * | UD |
32 | Dec 16, 2000 | 25 | Billy Irwin | Win * | UD |
31 | Sep 9, 2000 | 25 | Rodney Jones | Win | UD |
30 | May 6, 2000 | 24 | Mike Griffith | Win * | TD |
29 | Mar 3, 2000 | 24 | Victoriano Sosa | Win * | UD |
28 | Dec 17, 1999 | 24 | Renato Cornett | Win * | TKO11 |
27 | Aug 20, 1999 | 23 | Israel Cardona | Win * | UD |
26 | Mar 30, 1999 | 23 | Eugene Johnson | Win | UD |
25 | Jan 22, 1999 | 23 | Rocky Martinez | Win | UD |
24 | Dec 4, 1998 | 23 | Dezi Ford | Win | TKO10 |
23 | Oct 23, 1998 | 23 | Sam Girard | Win | UD |
22 | Aug 30, 1998 | 22 | David Thomas | Win | TKO2 |
21 | Jun 23, 1998 | 22 | Jose Aponte | Win | PTS |
20 | May 27, 1998 | 22 | Amado Cabato | Win | TKO7 |
19 | Mar 26, 1998 | 22 | Troy Fletcher | Win | UD |
18 | Dec 11, 1997 | 22 | Roger Brown | Win | UD |
17 | Oct 15, 1997 | 22 | Hector Ramirez | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Sep 13, 1997 | 22 | Kino Rodriguez | Win | UD |
15 | Aug 13, 1997 | 21 | Bernard Harris | Win | UD |
14 | May 23, 1997 | 21 | Julio Cesar Merino | Win | TKO5 |
13 | Mar 1, 1997 | 21 | Joe Lafontant | Win | PTS |
12 | Dec 22, 1996 | 21 | Greg McLean | Win | KO2 |
11 | Nov 21, 1996 | 21 | Mark Andreske | Win | TKO5 |
10 | Sep 27, 1996 | 21 | Jeff Whaley | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Jun 22, 1996 | 20 | Antonio Gonzalez | Win | UD |
8 | Jun 10, 1996 | 20 | Calvin Faggins | Win | TKO2 |
7 | May 7, 1996 | 20 | Erik Joshua | Win | UD |
6 | Mar 31, 1996 | 20 | Julio Ibarra | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Feb 20, 1996 | 20 | Michael Lopez | Win | RTD3 |
4 | Dec 13, 1995 | 20 | Lacebian Crockett | Win | KO1 |
3 | Nov 15, 1995 | 20 | Anthony Hardy | Win | UD |
2 | Nov 7, 1995 | 20 | Nathaniel Hardy | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Oct 18, 1995 | 20 | Steve Maddux | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Paul Spadafora (The Pittsburgh Kid) is a 48-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. on September 5, 1975. He is a former lightweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1995 to 2014.
Spadafora made his professional boxing debut against Steve Maddux at the age of 20 on October 18, 1995, defeating Maddux via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 35 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 14 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on August 20, 1999 after 26 professional fights, against Israel Cardona for the lightweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Cardona via 12 round unanimous decision to become the lightweight champion of the world.
Spadafora has won one world title at lightweight. For all the details about Spadafora's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Spadafora had just a single loss in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Mexican boxer Héctor Velázquez on July 11, 2014. Spadafora won the fight via 8 round unanimous decision. It's been 9 years, 8 months, and 17 days since this fight.
Spadafora had a total of nine world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and seven successful title defenses. He won eight of these fights and drew in one.
Paul Spadafora fought for a lightweight world title in two fights and won once. He won one lightweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Aug 20, 1999 | Israel Cardona | Lightweight | IBF* | UD |
Paul Spadafora had seven lightweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Nov 9, 2002 | Dennis Holbaek | Lightweight | IBF | UD |
Mar 9, 2002 | Angel Manfredy | Lightweight | IBF | UD |
May 8, 2001 | Joel Perez | Lightweight | IBF | UD |
Dec 16, 2000 | Billy Irwin | Lightweight | IBF | UD |
May 6, 2000 | Mike Griffith | Lightweight | IBF | TD |
Mar 3, 2000 | Victoriano Sosa | Lightweight | IBF | UD |
Dec 17, 1999 | Renato Cornett | Lightweight | IBF | TKO |
Spadafora fought a total of 51 times during his professional career, which includes 9 world-title fights at the lightweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
August 20, 1999: Spadafora wins his first world title by defeating Israel Cardona via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the IBF lightweight world champion.
March 3, 2000: Spadafora successfully defends the IBF lightweight title against Victoriano Sosa, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Spadafora knocked out 19 of his 51 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 37.3%. Of his total 49 wins, 19 of them were via KO (38.8%).
Spadafora's first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at lightweight. He defeated Israel Cardona via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Spadafora won one world title at lightweight.
Spadafora had 7 successful title defense fights.