Peter Manfredo Jr is scheduled to fight on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights on May 23, 2008 at the Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. His opponent has been been announced yet. Manfredo is coming off a 3rd round RTD victory over Pasco, Washington Luis Lopez in a fight held at the Coeur d'Alene Casino in Worley, Idaho on Friday, May 3, 2008. Lopez was down in round one and two more times in round three before retiring on his stool.
Manfredo's previous bout was on Friday, March 14, 2008 at the Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island where he beat Shane "The Irish Hitman" Benfield at 2:30 of round six by TKO. Manfredo was coming off a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Jeff Lacy on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada in an undercard fight on the Mayweather-Hatton card. Lacy had been absent from the ring for a year due to a shoulder injury.
| Fight | Location | Date | Boxing Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manfredo vs TBA | Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, RI |
May 23, 2008 Friday 7:00 PM |
Friday Night Fight Tickets |
Peter "The Pride Of Providence" Manfredo Jr
Peter Manfredo is trained by Freddie Roach, world class trainer and owner of Wildcard Boxing Club in Los Angeles. Manfredo sparred with Micky Ward as he was preparing for his fight with Arturo Gatti in 2002 and with Fernando Vargas as he was preparing for his fight with Oscar De La Hoya. In 2005, Manfredo was the runner-up on NBC's boxing reality series, The Contender's finale.
Peter Manfredo Jr beat hometown rival Joe Spina by a 3rd round TKO at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island on October 14, 2006. Spina's corner stopped the fight after three right hooks from Manfredo left Spina staggered and dazed.
On April 7, 2007 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales Manfredo got the chance to fight boxing's longest active reigning title holder, super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe whom he lost to by a 3rd round TKO. The Calzaghe-Manfredo fight was stopped at 1:30 of round three when Calzaghe delivered a barrage of unanswered punches to the corned and covered up Manfredo.
After losing to Joe Calzaghe, Manfredo returned to the US and beat Ted Muller by 9th round TKO on Friday, May 11, 2007 at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Following that win on Wednesday, June 20, 2007, Manfredo won a hard fought 10-round unanimous decision over the quick, counter punching David Banks at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.