He took Karate for many years before boxing

such a nice post Mrs. Rosenblatt! j/k. He looks ok, but Pazienza was such a wild brawler that a more skilled boxer would have landed more shots against Vinny. But Dana was no slouch, solid fighter, just not quite at world class level.

Dana never seemed to notice? He got knocked out cold in round 4 in 1996 and would've got knocked out cold in round 3 in this fight if the knockdown happened 30 seconds earlier. He was a good pro, he didn't have nearly as good of a career as Vinny did.

he lost a disputed split decision in the rematch to Rosenblatt after ko'ing Rosenblatt in the first fight and dropping Rosenblatt and pushing the action the whole 2nd fight. he has 50 wins in 60 fights, including 2 wins in 3 fights over haugen, he beat arroyo only a year after arroyo lost his title, took the wba 154lb title from dele, who had a good career, honeyghan was former world champ and still commonwealth champ when paz ko'd him, and lots of other guys who fought for major world titles. you say "he lost to jones" like that's some kind of slight to him, when jones is a lock for the hall of fame with major titles in 4 divisions. the only way to avoid losing in boxing is to avoid tough fights. those guys you mention him losing to also lost. so what?

The TKO in the first Rosenblat fight was the result of illegal action in the first round. A cowardly punch whilst action had been called to a halt and Rosenblatt was walking unsuspectingly to his corner; Pazienza attacked him .Honeyghan had serious inner ear damage from a fight whereby his opponent hit him with a hammer;he was merely a shadow of his former self. Jones toyed with Pazienza and carried the contest until he made him roll on the canvass irrationally. Many dispute the result in the Haughen contest where Pazienza 'won'., as do many dispute the result in the contest of June 94 when he fought the shadow of Duran.

you asked who did paz beat. I told you and you just repeat the same script you were talking off before. this is the net. people can scroll up and don't need to keep reading the same thing over and over. Rosenblatt got kfto, period. that excuse just hurts any other arguments you try to make. rosenblat getting dropped by paz and squeeking by with questionable decision after getting ko'd the first time is by far rosenblat's best "win". paz beat haugen TWICE, so no matter how you feel about one of them, he has an undiputed win over 2 division titlist, and the other guys I mentioned

sure...let's forget the other two times he beat Greg Haugen..

Ian Senior- Bingo: Paz was good fighter and that was it ! No more no less. A 43 year old Duran knocked Vinny on his ass imagine if the age difference was reversed a 32 year old Duran against a 43 year old Paz.

banacek8675 ... Frank Savannah was a sparring partner of mine . The Man hit like a Truck unfortunately for him he had a bit of a glass jaw ... great lad tho ✊

Pazienza is a dirty low, even subterranean contestant, who many times disrespects even the refs. He has no regard whatsoever for Mr Orlando, as is evidenced in Honyghan and Rosenblatt 1. The boxing fraternity at large allows his misconduct for economic reasons. But MR MERCANTE ensured a fair fight and a good decision in the contest above. He IS the big winner in this contest.

@@ianseniormorrison agreed. Mercante was very professional

He was a bum who never held a major title and beat guys past their primes. Get over it.

@@haroof he lost one fight out of about 30. You’re delusional.

He was 36 years old, compared to 33 in their first one.

I agree

troyhbk I felt these are the three rounds Pazienza won.

@@banacek8675 you don't think he won the round where he knocked rosenblatt down? Vinny didn't win round 2. It was a close fight but Vinny knocked him down, so I think Vinny gets the nod.

Haroof He beat Olympic gold medalist Howard Davis, hall of famer Terry Norris and hall of famer Glenwood Brown.