Spadafora keeps hope alive with decision over Frankel
Mark E. Ortega
RingTV.com
April 7, 2013
It was ten years ago next month that Pittsburgh's favorite boxing son, Paul Spadafora, engaged in an HBO Boxing After Dark Fight of the Year candidate with Leonard Dorin. Their twelve-round war ended in a draw, with both unbeaten fighters walking away with their alphabet straps at 135 pounds.
Spadafora would never fight at 135 pounds again, and a plethora of issues outside the ring derailed his career from the promising path it was on.
Though Spadafora (48-0-1, 19 KOs) hasn't fought on major television for the past decade, or beaten a legitimate contender in the junior welterweight division where he now plies his trade, he is ranked by all four of the major sanctioning bodies.
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