Barry Audia

Barry Alan Audia (born August 1, 1957) (alias "The Pennington Pounder") is a former professional boxer from Pennington Gap, Virginia. He began his boxing career in the early 1970s and turned professional in 1980. His ranking as a boxer peaked in the mid-1980s at number 7 in the world.[1]

Boxing career

Barry Audia had 35 professional bouts. Out of these, he won 30 (KO 18) and lost 5 (KO 1). He traveled to various places across the continental United States and to parts of Europe for his fights. Audia fought notable boxers such as Errol Christie,[2] Giovanni Bovenzi, and Thomas Hearns as an amateur.

Life after boxing

After his last successful fight against Gary Thomas in Bristol, Tennessee, Audia officially resigned as a professional boxer. He now runs and operates Audia’s Boxing Gym in Pennington Gap, VA.[3]

In 1989, he met his present wife Paula. The couple married in 1991. They are still together with one son, Barry Alan Audia II.[4] He is now a middle school science teacher and high school golf coach in Lee County, Virginia, where Audia was born and has resided for most of his life.

References
  1. http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=26840&cat=boxer
  2. "BoxRec: Login".
  3. http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9025170
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-12-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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