Barry Audia

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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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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