Tony Grano

Tony Grano
Tony Grano ringside at a boxing card at Foxwoods, 2010
Statistics
Real name	Tony Grano
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nationality	American
Born	(1980-11-11) November 11, 1980 Hartford, Connecticut
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	23
Wins	20
Wins by KO	16
Losses	2
Draws	1

Anthony "Tony" Grano (born November 11, 1980, in Hartford, Connecticut) 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 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. The KO over Kauffman was Ringside Magazines 2009 heavyweight fight of the year. After stopping highly regarded Brian Minto in a NABF heavyweight title eliminator bout at 1;:04 of the third round. Grano went on to fight former heavyweight contender DaVarryl Williamson 27-6 for the NABF heavyweight championship. On June 23, 2012 Grano shocked fans and skeptics with a devastating 4th round knockout over Williamson capturing the NABF title and securing a 6th spot in the WBC rankings. Grano and his team are working on getting a fight to defend his title and move one step closer to a world title shot. ^[1]

External links

• Professional boxing record for Tony Grano from BoxRec
• Tony Grano website
• Grano upsets Minto YouTube highlight

References