Gary Balletto
Statistics
Real name	Gary Balletto
Nickname	Tiger
Weight	Lightweight
Nationality	American
Birth date	May 21st 1975
Birth place	Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Style	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	35
Wins	30
Wins by KO	25
Losses	3
Draws	2
No contests	0

Gary Balletto (b. May 21, 1975) is a professional boxer. He has twice won minor lightweight titles (the IBU and EBA 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 construction company, and is married with three children^[1]. He was featured in the movie "Sweet Dreams," due to his attempts to unionize boxers with the JAB. Download high resolution version (800x1229, 141 KB)Dermophthirius, a microbothriid monogenean from the skin of a sting ray File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The lightweight division is the 130 pounds (59 kilograms) to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area    - City 20. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area    - City 20. ... The Joint Association of Boxers is an attempt to unionize professional boxers, who are often called the most exploited athletes. ...

Balletto turned pro just 10 days before his 21^st birthday, amassing a 30-3-2 record in a 7-year career. 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. There is another Michael Clark, New Zealand astronomer who discovered comet 71P/Clark in 1973. ... Categories: Casinos | Hotels of the United States | US geography stubs ... ESPN (formerly an initialism for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... For other uses of this term, see Contender. ...

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 desicion.

References

1. ^ http://www.axn-asia.com/buzzsites/the-contender2/fighter-gary.html

External links

• BoxRec Profile
• Sweet Dreams Movie