Real name Gary Balletto Wins 31 Division Lightweight Losses 3 Nationality USA Role Boxer Draws 2 | Rated at Lightweight Name Gary Balletto Stance Orthodox stance Nickname(s) Tiger Wins by KO 26 Total fights 36 Number of contests 0 | |
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Born May 21, 1975 (age 48)
Providence, Rhode Island ( 1975-05-21 ) | ||
Former boxer Gary Balletto strives to walk again after an injury by using a Functional Electrical St
Gary Balletto (born May 21, 1975) is a boxer. He has once won minor lightweight titles (the IBU and EBA belts). Outside the ring, in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, Balletto is the New England representative for the Joint Association of Boxers (JAB), owns a boxing gym, and is married with three children.
Balletto turned pro just 10 days before his 21st birthday, amassing a 30–3–2 record in a 10-year career of boxing. One of his three losses came to Michael Clark (a unanimous decision in 10 rounds at Foxwoods), who would later appear on the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2" as a team-mate of Balletto, where they both were on the Gold Team. Another loss came to Gregorio Vargas, a former WBC Featherweight champion and IBA Super-Featherweight champion, to whom Balletto lost his IBU title.
On the show, Balletto won his first-round fight, where Aaron Torres chose him as an opponent, by split decision. In his second fight, Norberto Bravo beat him, by unanimous decision.
In 2008, he appeared at IFC Theater in New York City to promote a feature verite documentary "Sweet Dreams", which told the story of his life and efforts to unionize the sport through JAB.
Balletto has since continued his boxing career, winning by technical knockout on against a young light welterweight prospect Matthew Strode.
