Gary Balletto
American boxer
- Born
- 21 May 1975, Providence
- Citizenship
- United States, Italy
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- boxer
Gary Balletto (born May 21, 1975) is an American professional boxer. He has won 3 lightweight titles since 1996 (IBU, EBA and USBF). In his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, Balletto is the New England representative for the Joint Association of Boxers (JAB).
Balletto turned pro just ten days before his 21st birthday, amassing a 30–3–2 record in a 10-year career of boxing, 26 by way of knock out. 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. Another loss came to Gregorio Vargas, a former WBC Featherweight champion and IBA Super-Featherweight champion, to whom Balletto lost his IBU title.
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 decision.
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