Age: 28 (11-26-80)
Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island
Record: 30-5-0, 15 KOs I View BoxRec.com Official Record Breakdown
Managers: Peter Manfredo Sr.(Father), Vito Deluca
Trainers: Peter Manfredo Sr., Freddie Roach
Former NABO Junior Middleweight Champion
Finalist in Season One of The Contender

Peter Manfredo Jr. was practically born in a gym, his family likes to say, with boxing flowing through his veins.  The son of Peter Manfredo Sr., a former world kickboxing champion who holds a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and being a professional boxer himself, Manfredo Jr. grew up watching his father train and mentor boxers at the family’s gym in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Having started boxing at the tender age of seven, Manfredo Jr. competed in his first match at nine-years-old.  He then proceeded to fight in 165 amateur bouts, including a bronze medal-winning performance at the 2000 Eastern Olympic Trials.  Manfredo Jr. is the only boxer in New England history to receive the Outstanding Boxer Award at the Junior Olympics, as well as win the title for the Silver Mittens, the New England Golden Gloves and the New England Tournament of Championships.

Manfredo Jr. eventually turned professional at the age of nineteen and in his debut bout, he won a four-round decision over Steve Garrett.  Less than two years later, Manfredo Jr. captured the EBA Light Middleweight Championship with an eighth-round TKO over Mike McFail.  He went on to successfully defend his EBA title two months later, winning a unanimous ten round decision over Charles Clark.

In October 2002, in front of a packed arena of fans at the Dunkin Donuts Center in his hometown of Providence, Manfredo Jr. stepped up in weight class and registered a seventh-round TKO over former WBC and WBA Light Welterweight champion Frankie “The Surgeon” Randall. Manfredo Jr.’s nineteenth consecutive victory came at the historic Blue Horizon in Philadelphia with a sixth-round TKO over Leonard Townsend.  In January 2004, he went on to win the NABO Junior Middleweight title in a sixth-rounder against the previously undefeated Sherwin Davis in an ESPN2 co-feature at Foxwoods Casino.

In 2005, Manfredo Jr. was selected to be on “The Contender”.  In order to compete in the show’s tournament, he had to give up his NABO title.  During “The Contender” Tournament, Manfredo Jr. suffered his first loss as a professional to the then relatively unknown Alfonso Gomez.  When fellow New Englander Jeff Fraza was medically disqualified from fighting, Manfredo Jr. was voted back on show by his fellow Contender boxers.

Making the most of his second chance, Manfredo Jr. defeated both Miguel Espino and Joey Gilbert and in a semi-final rematch, he defeated Gomez and advanced to the championship bout.  Fighting live at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas for the $1 million purse, Manfredo Jr. lost the eight round fight to the undefeated Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora.  Although defeated, Manfredo Jr.  gained the admiration of millions of fans who witnessed him fight with heart and passion.
Five months later and in front of eleven thousand fans, Manfredo Jr. was back in the ring with Mora to fight in “The Contender” Rematch at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In a very close fight, Mora won in a controversial eight round split decision.

In February 2006, despite a blizzard that kept many in their homes, nearly ten thousand fans came to watch Manfredo Jr. fight the former WBC number one rated Super Middleweight Scott “The Sandman” Pemberto in “The Contender” Special: East Coast Pride at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.  For this match, Manfredo Jr. had moved up two weight divisions from 154 pounds to his more natural fighting weight of 168 pounds.  Looking the sharpest he’s ever been, Manfredo Jr. floored Pemberton three times and ended the fight in a third round TKO.

After defeating Pemberton, Manfredo Jr. battled his hometown rival Joey “The KO Kid” Spina, who claimed to be “the real Contender” and not “the Pretender” after defeating Contender season one fighter Jesse Brinkley.  Fighting Spina in “The Contender” Special: Put Up or Shut Up, Manfredo Jr. once again proved to be the real deal.  After knocking Spina down twice, the fight ended in the third round with Manfredo Jr. scoring another impressive TKO victory.  

In April 2007, Manfredo Jr. went on to fight Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe in Calzaghe’s hometown of Cardiff, Wales.  Although losing to Calzaghe in a controversial early stoppage, Manfredo Jr. has quickly bounced back winning four of his last five fights.

Manfredo Jr. is managed by his father and trained by world renowned trainer Freddie Roach along with former world champions Sugar” Shane Mosely, “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas and “Irish” Micky Ward.

Manfredo Jr. resides in Connecticut with his wife, Yamilka–his high school sweetheart and their three children, Alexis Marie, Mercedes Marie, and Peter Jr.