title: Tony Grano
text: # Tony Grano
  
  Anthony "Tony" Grano (born November 11, 1980) 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 veteran Brian Minto in a NABF heavyweight title eliminator in the third round Grano KOd shopworn 43-year old former contender DaVarryl Williamson for the NABF heavyweight championship. He lost his momentum by dropping a decision to 19-2 Eric Molina in 2013 and has been idle since.
  
  