Manfredo stops Benfield

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/6677/manfredbenfieldit8.jpg Super middleweight "The Pride of Providence" Peter Manfredo, Jr. (29-5, 14 KOs) scored a sixth round TKO over Shane "The Irish Hitman" Benfield (17-2, 9 KOs) on Friday night at the Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. The Contender: Season One star's body attack finally took its toll and the bout was stopped at 2:30 of round six. In the co-feature, three-time female world champion Jaime "The Hurricane" Clampitt (18-5-1, 7 KOs) defended her IWBF lightweight crown with a majority decision over Belinda Larcuente (23-22-3, 9 KOs). Scores were 97-93, 97-93, 95-95. article from f i g h t n e w z

Comments (19)

Gatti9783

Wow...."the Irish Hitman" must really suck. Manfredo fought where he belongs...some out of the way gym/hall or whatever. As long as he stays off TV...good luck too him. Nice to know he gets support from his fellow New Englanders :nonono:

18y ago

Brother_Blues

Wow...."the Irish Hitman" must really suck. Manfredo fought where he belongs...some out of the way gym/hall or whatever. As long as he stays off TV...good luck too him.

18y ago

Diego_Morales

I think Peter Manfredo vs. Antwun Echols would be a good FNF on ESPN2 and if he could win that fight maybe try and set something up with Allan Green and start clearing out this SMW division!!!!

18y ago

revs1227

:gives: . EXACT;YYYY

18y ago

deuce_drop

:gives: . exactly, it's like being a gold medal winner at the special olympics. whats better than that??? not being in the special olympics!!!!

18y ago

jdubb863

Manfredo is a BUM!... He doesnt be long on TV anymore... He showed in the Lacy fight that he doesnt want it when fighting the top guys... but when he fights C class fighters he talks like hes the shit.

18y ago

Hyperion

lol people were saying lacy was gonna smash manfredo....manfredo goes in there putboxes lacy, loses a close fight and he was exposed... that being said, he fought very stupdly against lacy...he couldve won that fights so easily...

18y ago

boxing_fan1

Manfredo definitely doesnt deserve the disrespect he gets. Hes actually a good boxer, and you just gotta look at his fights with Spina and Pemberton to see that. I even thought he barely won the fight against Lacy, just by 1 point though. He's just in a tough weight division, if he moves down to middle, I can see him beating a lot of the top 15. Theres definitely still hope for him.

18y ago

Spirit

How exactly has he been exposed? I don't recall him being overhyped in the first place and second of all I don't think there's a person around who knows boxing and thinks he couldn't have won the Lacy fight. The Calzaghe stoppage was highly controversial. I'm not saying Calzaghe wouldn't have beaten him otherwise, but then again he went in there with one of the current p4p best. Manfredo might not be anything special, but there's a prejudice going around just because he fought on the contender. Cut him some slack..

18y ago

robjr

manfredo... poor guy. what a joke! altho glad he's able to make a living. they threw him into the lions den and he's been exposed. even his lackey contender fans arent jabbering anymore. I gave him credit from the big improvement freddie roach made on his rematch with moa where he was robbed. and his impressive KO's on pemberton and spina. But after that he went right back to how he fought before.. He could of beat lacy easily.. but the stamina wasnt there and he fought inside.. stupid

18y ago

robjr

Hell yeah man, I respect both of them... They both got balls. Roach is doing a good job training Manfredo. he looked really sharp against pemberton and spina. but in his past few fights it wasnt there at all.

18y ago

Liaison

Good luck to him, i'm certainly a fan and he showed his worth in the Lacy/Calzaghe fights. True warrior...

18y ago

Spirit

I don't understand the disrespect for Manfredo, he's a down to earth guy. I mean he outboxed Lacy but showed balls trading with him even though it cost him the fight. When asked why he abondoned his strategy here on boxingscene he answered honestly by saying he's stupid. Hell, if they were to fight again I can see Manfredo beating him by decision. If Calzaghe decides to stay at 175 this guy might win a belt one day. I'm not counting him out just yet

18y ago

KESSLER

They used it CORRECTLY. You capatilize on that fame, I wouldn't be suprised if a VERY GOOD boxer joins, one that seems to be avoided. Hell yeah man, I respect both of them... They both got balls. Roach is doing a good job training Manfredo.

18y ago

SkillspayBills

You gotta give it to guys like Manfredo and Gomez, they really used their Contender names. They used it CORRECTLY. You capatilize on that fame, I wouldn't be suprised if a VERY GOOD boxer joins, one that seems to be avoided.

18y ago

KESSLER

You gotta give it to guys like Manfredo and Gomez, they really used their Contender names.

18y ago

Gatti9783

Gotta give him a lot of credit after taking a lot of L's though. He still has the determination to stay in the game.

18y ago

J90

manfredo is a true warrior not

18y ago

Diego_Morales

Was wondering what happend in that fight, also wonder if Peter will ever get another shot at anyone worth while? Maybe an Allan Green or Edison Miranda/Mikkel Kessler winner?

18y ago