Vinny Paz held world titles at lightweight, light middleweight and super middleweight divisions.He became the second fighter in boxing history to win both the lightweight and junior middleweight world championships. He is the 5 time champion As the 5x tattoo on his hand lets us know. Shortly after winning the world title, He was forced to relinquish the title due to a serious car accident in which his neck was broken. Doctors informed him he might never walk again and would certainly never fight again. He had to wear a medical device called a Halo, a circular metal brace screwed into the skull in four spots and propped up with four metal rods. Pazienza had the Halo screwed to his skull for 3 months, during which time he maintained a workout regime--disobeying the doctors' orders He returned to the ring thirteen months after the accident and beat future WBC World Jr. Middleweight Champion Luis Santana via a 10-round decision. It is considered the greatest comeback in boxing history and it will be retold on the big screen next week in the feature film Bleed for This . Here is our interview with him from May 16th 2011.
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