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By Thomas Gerbasi - Six years is a long time. In the fight game it can be an eternity, and in a lot of ways it has been for Peter Manfredo Jr. But strangely enough, in the time between my first conversation with ‘The Pride of Providence’ in 2004 and our most recent chat earlier this week, his end game has never wavered.
“I don’t want to fight all my life,” Manfredo told me back in January of 2004, days before he knocked out Sherwin Davis in the sixth round. “My plan is to become a world champion, make some money, take care of my family, and retire.”
At the time, Manfredo was 23 years old, 19-0 as a pro, and if you mentioned the word ‘Contender’ to the part-time electrician, student, and prizefighter, the only thing that would have popped into his head was that it meant he was closing in on his dream.
But after the win over Davis and a subsequent victory over Anthony Bonsante less than four months later, Manfredo’s life would be irrevocably altered when he was called by the production company of reality show guru Mark Burnett to compete on NBC’s boxing reality show ‘The Contender.’ [Click Here To Read More]
“I don’t want to fight all my life,” Manfredo told me back in January of 2004, days before he knocked out Sherwin Davis in the sixth round. “My plan is to become a world champion, make some money, take care of my family, and retire.”
At the time, Manfredo was 23 years old, 19-0 as a pro, and if you mentioned the word ‘Contender’ to the part-time electrician, student, and prizefighter, the only thing that would have popped into his head was that it meant he was closing in on his dream.
But after the win over Davis and a subsequent victory over Anthony Bonsante less than four months later, Manfredo’s life would be irrevocably altered when he was called by the production company of reality show guru Mark Burnett to compete on NBC’s boxing reality show ‘The Contender.’ [Click Here To Read More]
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