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Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing

Background Info:

Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing is a professional boxing promotional company based out of the Bronx, NY and founded and run by Joe DeGuardia. DeGuardia, the son of a professional prizefighter, grew up around the sport, first lacing up the gloves in his fathers gym in the Bronx at a very young age, before having his first official bout at the age of 9. In 1988, DeGuardia won the NY Golden Gloves Welterweight championship. The following year DeGuardia graduated from law school and following his admission to the bar, joined the Bronx District Attorney's Office as a prosecutor. After his time spent in the DA's office, DeGuardia developed his own indepedent law practice. It was during this same time that DeGuardia also took over full management of the Morris Park Boxing club in the Bronx.

DeGuardia first got into professional boxing as a manager, but later on shifted his efforts towards the promotional aspect of the business. DeGuardia's company, Star Boxing, is now one of the leading promotional companies in the U.S., having promoted shows on such networks as Pay-Per-View, HBO, Showtime, ESPN, Telemundo, Telefutura, and MSG, as well as on the internet through collaborative efforts with GoFightLive.TV. DeGuardia ran a successful monthly series during the early 90's at Yonkers Raceway, and then again in the 2000's when he ran ten shows at the Paradise Theatre in the Bronx ("Punchin at the Paradise". Among Star's promoted fighters and events, the Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr. trilogy was one of the most successful trilogies in boxing history, generating over 50 million in revenue.

Modern Day:

Star Boxing continues to promote events, both locally and on the national and worldwide level, on a regular basis. Star Boxing has over twenty professional boxers signed under their banner. DeGuardia was recently voted to become the President of the Boxing Promoter's Association, which consists of over thirty of the top U.S. promoters working together under one organization to improve the sport of boxing as a whole.

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Boxingman33 (talk) 18:54, 5 October 2010 (UTC)BoxingMan33