Career Capsule: "The Pazmanian Devil" Vinny Pazienza

Vinny Pazienza
Date of Birth: December 16, 1962
Hails from: Cranston, Rhode Island
Record: 50-10, 30 KO

Lineal Championships

• None

Additional Titles

• IBF Lightweight (1987-88)

• WBA Super Welterweight (1991-92)

Record in Major Title Fights: 2-6, 1 KO, 1 KOBY

Top Ten Opponents Faced (Ring Magazine/KO/Boxing Illustrated/Boxing Digest; Lineal World Champions in Bold)

• 06/07/1987: UD15 Greg Haugen (Ring #3, Cover Date: 09/87; KO #3, CD: 09/87 - 135)

• 02/06/1988: L15 Greg Haugen (Ring #7, CD: 05/88; KO #4, CD: 05/88 - 135)

• 11/07/1988: L12 Roger Mayweather (Ring #6, CD: 02/89 - 147; KO #3, CD: 02/89; BI #2, CD: 02/89 - 140)

• 02/03/1990: L12 Hector Camacho (Ring #7, CD: 05/91 - 140)

• 08/05/1990: UD10 Greg Haugen (Ring #5, CD: 11/90; BI #4, CD: 10/90 - 135)

• 12/01/1990: DQ by 11 Loreto Garza (Ring #2, CD: 03/91; BI #2, CD: 02/91 - 140)

• 10/01/1991: TKO12 Gilbert Dele (Ring #2, CD: 01/92; BI #6, CD: 02/92 - 154)

• 06/24/1995: TKO by 6 Roy Jones Jr. (Ring #1, CD: 10/95; BI #1, CD: 07/95 - 168)

• 08/23/1996: TKO4 Dana Rosenblatt (Ring #8, CD: 12/96; BI #9, CD: 08/96 - 160)

• 12/06/1997: L12 Herol Graham (Ring #5, CD: 02/98 - 168)

• 03/01/2002: L12 Eric Lucas (Ring #7, CD: 07/02; BD #4, CD: 04/02 - 168)

Unranked Reigning/Former/Future Titlists/Champions Faced

• 05/18/1986: UD10 Harry Arroyo

• 12/15/1992: UD10 Luis Santana

• 06/26/1993: TKO10 Lloyd Honeyghan

• 06/25/1994: UD12 Roberto Duran

• 01/14/1995: UD12 Roberto Duran

• 02/09/2001: TKO by 8 Aaron Davis

Honorarium

• Ring Magazine Comeback of the Year - 1991

• International Boxing Hall of Fame - 2025