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LAS VEGAS – Gifted former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora is a fan of Gervonta Davis, and says there is more to Davis than meets the eye.
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LAS VEGAS – Gifted former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora is a fan of Gervonta Davis, and says there is more to Davis than meets the eye.

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Former lightweight world champion Paul Spadafora has pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and simple assault on police officers who responded to a domestic dispute at his home on Kearns Avenue in the West End in 2016. The 42-year-old boxer was sentenced to time served and probation.

Charles Marsico, the half-brother of former world lightweight boxing champion Paul Spadafora, died July 4, officials have confirmed. He was 40. Officials said they believe he died due to a "suspected overdose." Marsico was found inside a family home in the West End on Kearns Avenue.

As previously reported, prosecutors dropped assault charges against former lightweight champion Paul Spadafora for allegedly stabbing his brother and kicking his mother during a family dispute, though he's still charged with threatening city police officers who intervened, and spitting on one.

Prosecutors have dropped assault and other charges against former lightweight champion Paul Spadafora for allegedly stabbing his brother and kicking his mother during a family dispute, though he's still charged with threatening police officers who intervened, and spitting on one.

Former world champion Paul Spadafora's preliminary hearing has been postponed on charges stemming from a December incident, where the boxer allegedly stabbed his brother, kicked his mother and then threatened Pittsburgh police who arrived to assist his family members.

Former world champion Paul Spadafora will remain in jail, as he was blasted during a court appearance by a Allegheny County judge in the state of Pennsylvania. Spadafora, 41 years old, was recently arrested for stabbing his brother, kicking his mother and threatening to kill police. Spadafora's attorney had tried to get him released to enter a treatment facility.

The sad continuing story of Paul Spadafora’s many run-ins with the criminal justice system has added another troubling allegation. The 41-year-old former lightweight titleholder was arrested last night after allegedly stabbing his brother and assaulting his mother, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He also allegedly threatened to kill the responding police officers, threw an object at them and spit at them. Police needed to use a Taser to help subdue him.

Prosecutors have withdrawn charges against former lightweight world champion Paul Spadafora, who was accused of holding a knife in front of a convenience store worker.