Anthony "Tony" Grano (born November 11, 1980) is an American heavyweight boxer. He was the US amateur heavyweight (201 lbs limit) champion in 2005.

Amateur highlights

2005 * National Golden Gloves Heavyweight competition ** Defeated Arturo Reyes 5-0 ** Defeated Allen Grissom RSC 2 ** Defeated Erick Vega 3-2 ** Lost to

Eric Fields Eric Fields (born June 14, 1982) is an American professional boxer. He is from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Amateur career Fields started boxing in 2003 and became the 2005 and 2006 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight champion. In 2005 he beat Tony Grano ...

1-4 in final, for 2nd place * United States Amateur Heavyweight championships ** Defeated Yuwshua Zoock 27-4 ** Defeated Tim Skolnik RSC 3 ** Defeated Marcus Henry 14-10 ** Defeated Homer Fonesca RET 4, to win championship

Professional career

Grano, originally from Connecticut, now trains and fights out of West Palm Beach FL. Weighing 220 pounds, Italian-American Tony "TNT" Grano made his debut in 2005 and has a record of 20-2-1 with 16 knockouts. In 2009, Grano scored a KO over previously undefeated (18-0) amateur star

Travis Kauffman Travis Kauffman (born August 21, 1985) is an American former professional boxer. Background and amateur career Kauffman was born and raised alongside his brother Jason, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Kauffman's father, Marshall, a former 7–1 amat ...

. The KO over Kauffman was Ringside Magazines 2009 heavyweight fight of the year. After stopping veteran

Brian Minto Brian Matthew Minto (born January 27, 1975) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2016. He challenged once for the WBO cruiserweight title in 2010. Professional career Minto turned pro in 2002 and won his first 8 ...

in a NABF heavyweight title eliminator in the third round Grano KOd shopworn 43-year old former contender

DaVarryl Williamson DaVarryl Jerome Williamson (born July 25, 1968) is an American former professional boxer. A highly-touted amateur, he challenged once for the IBF world heavyweight title in 2005. Early and personal life Williamson was raised in poverty in th ...

for the NABF heavyweight championship. He lost his momentum by dropping a decision to 19-2 Eric Molina in 2013 and has been idle since.

External links

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Tony Grano website

Grano upsets Minto YouTube highlight

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grano, Tony 1980 births Boxers from Connecticut Heavyweight boxers Living people Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers Sportspeople from Hartford, Connecticut American male boxers American people of Italian descent