Comments Thread For: Paul Spadafora: The rebirth, the regrets, the hopes, and the dreams

[paulf]

I'm not interested in reading the hard-luck story of someone who put a bullet in the mother of their children.

He sounds like any other prisoner/ex-con telling a fanfiction version of his life to whoever's willing to waste their time listening.

[PBR Streetgang]

I remember Paul on his way up, very slick boxing skills. He didn't have that elite power but he was tough as nails and was an excellent boxer. I would have loved to see him in against better competition. That being said, that Dorin fight was a war. I love Hattie and even though Gatti smoked Dorin, I would have loved to see that matchup.

25 years ago, there was an excellent boxing video game called HBO Boxing or something. I would always play as Angel Manfredy and my buddy always chose Paul Spadafora...we would have some wars on that game. We got together when Paul and Angel fought in person and treated the event like it was some big PPV fight. Good times.....

[BodyBagz]

"....to find and work with a fighter who can do what he missed out on, and create the openings and career opportunities that he was never afforded."

FOH

He was aight

[1Eriugenus]

This is funny about Ryan Garcia. Paul Spadafora & Michael Dokes were among the most legitimately talented fighters I've ever seen. People would pay good money to just see them spar. Boxing people would go into ecstasy talking about how good they were. They couldn't succeed when they drank & took drugs. Ryan thinks HE can drink, take drugs & still succeed? Get out of here.

[richardt]

He was a walking self-sabotage machine. I guess he is a reformed scumbag.

[TonyRespectful]

Paying the price for your misdeeds ain’t sad .It’s a necessary part of life .He effed around and found out.

[MulaKO]

Substance abuse has stopped many from reaching their full potential.

Let alone potential but being alive is a big plus in his situation

[ShoulderRoll]

Substance abuse has stopped many from reaching their full potential.

[hitmanjosh]

I never knew much about him at all or seen him fight before I was to fight him although I did have a copy of one of his fights I found after our fight. I had never faced a white fighter with the smoothness and slickness. I would face him in Steubenville, OH on the undercard of my teammate Lonny Beasley vs Lonnie Bradley of NY for the WBO Middleweight Title. I would later run into him again on his rise up on the undercard of Sugar Ray Leonard Vs Hector Camacho in Atlantic City. I always followed him because he beat me and I gave up boxing after that loss so he was worth following in my mind. He had a lots of ups and downs but look at God, he's still standing and able to give back and those people in his former town had better learn to forgive or trust me there going to have a rude awaking of there own. I'm glad he's good and doing well and look forward to seeing him in Vegas which I use to frequent but not as much since my mother passed. The kid was physically strong too, but not a big puncher and I say kid because he was much younger than myself when we fought by like 8 years or so.

[MulaKO]

did Paul have lotta potential

he gets written about once or twice each year

Yes
Potential doesn’t even sum it up
Sad truly sad