Английская Википедия:Gary Balletto

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Gary Balletto (born May 21, 1975) is a world champion boxer. He has won 3 lightweight titles since 1996 IBU, EBA and USBF 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- Balletto’s Boxing Gym, a realty company- Balletto Realty, and a construction company- Balletto Construction. He has 3 children, Gary, Hailey, and Aiden.[1]

Balletto turned pro just 10 days before his 21st birthday, amassing a 30–3–2 record in a 10-year career of boxing, 26 by way of knock out. 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 verity documentary "Sweet Dreams", which told the story of his life and efforts to unionize the sport through JAB.[2]

Balletto continued his boxing career, winning by technical knockout on against light welterweight prospect Matthew Strode.

In June 2013, Balletto sustained a spinal cord injury in his backyard playing with his son, spinning around on a pull up bar that gave way. He broke 6 vertebrae in his neck, leaving him with a C5 spinal cord injury. He is now a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down. Determined to fight this battle as he has all of his bouts in the ring, he has not let the injury slow him down. In 2017, Balletto founded “The Gary Tiger Balletto Foundation” to bring awareness to and provide resources and assistance to those with paralysis injuries.

His current efforts include the creation of the first affordable adaptive gym in the state of Rhode Island, in conjunction with the Cranston YMCA. He has already raised funds and donated two Functional Electric Stimulation bikes which are booked and used around the clock, by Balletto himself and others with paralysis injuries to maintain muscle health and prevent atrophy.

There is additional equipment being added to complete a full, comprehensive adaptive gym. The gym was set to open to members of the local community with like injuries and other conditions such as stroke, MS, etc. to come and work out alongside their family members by spring 2019.

Balletto resides in Cranston, Rhode Island, with his girlfriend and children.

Professional boxing record

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Шаблон:Abbr Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
36 Шаблон:Yes2Win 31–3–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Strode TKO 9 (10), Шаблон:Small 2006-12-01 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
35 Шаблон:No2Loss 30–3–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Norberto Bravo UD 5 2006-02-06 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
34 Шаблон:Yes2Win 30–2–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Aaron Torres Шаблон:Abbr 5 2006-01-21 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
33 Шаблон:No2Loss 29–2–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Gregorio Vargas Шаблон:Abbr 12 2003-10-31 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
32 Шаблон:Yes2Win 29–1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Luis Alfonso Lizarraga UD 10 2003-07-25 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
31 Шаблон:Yes2Win 28–1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Houghtaling KO 4 (10), Шаблон:Small 2003-05-30 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
30 Шаблон:Yes2Win 27–1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Walker KO 1 (12), Шаблон:Small 2003-03-21 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
29 Шаблон:Yes2Win 26–1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Polo Perez KO 1 (10) 2003-01-11 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
28 Шаблон:No2Loss 25–1–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Clark UD 10 2002-10-25 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
27 Шаблон:Yes2Win 25–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Alric Johnson KO 4 (10) 2002-07-26 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
26 Шаблон:Yes2Win 24–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Mike DiBenedetto TKO 9 (10), Шаблон:Small 2002-03-01 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
25 Шаблон:Yes2Win 23–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon John Trigg Шаблон:Abbr 4 (6), Шаблон:Small 2001-12-07 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
24 Шаблон:Yes2Win 22–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Fray Luis Sierra TKO 1 (10) 2001-11-16 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
23 Шаблон:Yes2Win 21–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Joseph Figueroa UD 10 2001-06-02 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
22 Шаблон:Yes2Win 20–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Freddy Cruz UD 6 2001-05-04 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
21 Шаблон:Yes2Win 19–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon John Scalzi TKO 1 (8) 2001-03-02 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
20 Шаблон:Yes2Win 18–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Hector Arroyo Шаблон:Abbr 6 2001-02-09 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
19 Шаблон:Yes2Win 17–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Larry O'Shields TKO 4 (6), Шаблон:Small 2000-12-22 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
18 Шаблон:Yes2Win 16–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Dinkins TKO 3 (4) 2000-11-17 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
17 Draw 15–0–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Glenn Ford Шаблон:Abbr 6 2000-02-25 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
16 Шаблон:Yes2Win 15–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Teddy Worth TKO 2 (?) 1999-11-24 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
15 Шаблон:Yes2Win 14–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Duron Wilson TKO 4 (?), Шаблон:Small 1999-01-29 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
14 Шаблон:Yes2Win 13–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Forbes David KO 1 (?) 1998-12-12 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
13 Шаблон:Yes2Win 12–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Alonzo Sojourney TKO 1 (?), Шаблон:Small 1998-10-24 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
12 Шаблон:Yes2Win 11–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Santiago TKO 6 (?) 1998-08-02 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
11 Шаблон:Yes2Win 10–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Felix Marti TKO 6 (?) 1998-06-19 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
10 Шаблон:Yes2Win 9–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Dominick Monaco TKO 3 (?) 1998-06-05 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
9 Шаблон:Yes2Win 8–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Hector Querio TKO 1 (?), Шаблон:Small 1998-03-27 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
8 Шаблон:Yes2Win 7–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Gerry Ocampo KO 2 (4) 1998-02-20 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
7 Шаблон:Yes2Win 6–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Ortiz TKO 2 (4), Шаблон:Small 1997-12-05 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
6 Шаблон:Yes2Win 5–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Jose LaPorte TKO 2 (?), Шаблон:Small 1997-10-23 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
5 Шаблон:Yes2Win 4–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Rafael Pina TKO 1 (?) 1997-09-25 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
4 Шаблон:Yes2Win 3–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Barton Velez Шаблон:Abbr 1 (?) 1997-03-13 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
3 Шаблон:Yes2Win 2–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Miguel Vasquez TKO 1 (?) 1996-10-25 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
2 Шаблон:Yes2Win 1–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Lucas Pacheco Шаблон:Abbr 1 (4) 1996-09-27 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
1 Draw 0–0–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Hector Querio Шаблон:Abbr 1 (4) 1996-05-11 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small

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