Anthony Bonsante
Profile
Born	October 28, 1970
Birthplace	Crosby, Minnesota Crosby, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 2,299 people, 989 households, and 554 families residing in the city. The population density was 755.0 people per square mile . There were 1,081 housing units at an average density of 355.0 per square mile... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Nationality	US American
Residence	Shakopee Shakopee, Minnesota Shakopee is a city southwest of downtown Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Scott County. Located on the south bank bend of the Minnesota River, Shakopee and nearby suburbs comprise the southwest portion of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the thirteenth largest... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nickname	The Bullet
Classification	Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
Boxing Record
Fights	46
Wins (KO Ko Ko or KO may refer to:* Ko , a Tamil action movie directed by K.V. Anand released in April 2011* Ko , the romanization of the Japanese kana こ and コ* Ko Mountain, the second highest peak in Sikhote-Alin*Ko, Lamphun, Thailand... s)	32 (18)
Losses	11
Draws	3
Results on The Contender
First Round	Beat Cooper Brent Cooper Brent "The Disciple" Cooper is a professional boxer. He is also a devout Christian and works as a personal trainer. The vast majority of his professional fights have been contested in Nashville.-Boxing career:...  by technical knockout
Quarter Finals	Lost to Brinkley Jesse Brinkley Jesse Lee Brinkley is a professional super middleweight American boxer. He holds the WBC USNBC Super Middleweight Title as of February 22, 2008.-Personal life:...  by knockout
Fans Favourite	Lost to Smith Ishe Smith Ishe Oluwa Kamau Bhoduri Ali "Sugar Shay" Smith is a professional boxer, and was a competitor on the first season of the reality TV show The Contender....  on points

Anthony "The Bullet" Bonsante (born October 28, 1970 in Crosby, Minnesota

Crosby, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,299 people, 989 households, and 554 families residing in the city. The population density was 755.0 people per square mile . There were 1,081 housing units at an average density of 355.0 per square mile...

) is a professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 and competitor on reality TV show The Contender. He also works overnight as a supervisor at a distribution center.

Personal life

Bonsante is a father of two children, and he looks to them for much of his inspiration, especially in the ring. He is very much proud of his children and his work ethic.

On TV's "The Contender"

He was a contestant on reality TV show The Contender, shortly before which he fought future contestant Peter Manfredo

Peter Manfredo

Peter Manfredo Jr. is a professional boxer. He is the IBO Middleweight champion. He held the NABO Light Middleweight IBU Light Middleweight EBA Light Middleweight...

 and lost. That fight was Manfredo's first defence of the WBO and NABA

Naba

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 Light Middleweight Titles. Bonsante had previously won a fight for the vacant IBU

International Boxing Union

The International Boxing Union was created June 1911 in Paris, France. It was an attempt to create a unified international governing body for professional boxing...

 Super Middleweight Title.

On the show, he was placed on the West Coast team and fought Brent Cooper in the sixth First Round fight. He won in his characteristic aggressive style. However, he was meant to fight Jimmy Lange

Jimmy Lange

Jimmy Lange is a professional boxer from Virginia.-Early life:He began boxing at the age of five in Arlington, Virginia when his father who became his manager first brought him to Olympia Boxing Gym in Falls Church...

, and an argument ensued over his choosing not to do so - Ishe Smith

Ishe Smith

Ishe Oluwa Kamau Bhoduri Ali "Sugar Shay" Smith is a professional boxer, and was a competitor on the first season of the reality TV show The Contender....

 in particular become infuriated at his conduct. Tarick Salmaci

Tarick Salmaci

Tarick Salmaci is a boxer of Lebanese decent. Born and raised in Detroit, Mi. Began his boxing career at age of 8. Had phenomenal amateur career with record of 136-12. Olympic Trials finalist. Raised And learned to fight at the Kronk gym in Detroit. Tarick engaged in many gym wars as an amateur at...

 was the only boxer to accept that he had fought well.

After running into an uppercut from Jesse Brinkley in the quarter finals despite having had the upper hand with his characteristically aggressive boxing style was knocked into a daze, and found himself flat on the canvas. His feud with Ishe continued as they fought in a Fans Favourite Fight on finals night - trying an illegal move on him before going on to lose.

Bonsante fought a rematch with Jesse Brinkley on The Contender Rematch Reality Show. Out punching and out-pointing the very fighter he lost to on the original series. Though the ringside announcers gave the fight to Tony, the judges awarded the victory to Brinkley.

After "The Contender"

In July 2006, he was beaten by Super Middleweight

Super middleweight

Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

 prospect Allan Green

Allan Green

Allan Lamar Green is a professional boxer of the super middleweight division. A notable contender, Green has a current record of 30 wins with 21 knockouts, and three losses.-Amateur career:...

 on ESPN

ESPN

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.

He injected new life in his career on January 12, 2007 with a ten round unanimous decision win over archrival Matt Vanda

Matt Vanda

Matt Vanda, nicknamed the Predator, is a middleweight boxer from east Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.-Professional career:Vanda's first fight as a professional boxer was on March 30, 1996 in the welterweight division against Ed Fuller in Kearney, Nebraska...

 for the Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 state middleweight title and vacant IBA Americas belt, before a big crowd of 8,872 at the Target Center

Target Center

The Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....

 in Minneapolis. Bonsante dropped Vanda in the tenth on the way to a 98-92, 98-91, 98-91 win. He lost a technical decision to John Duddy

John Duddy

John Francis Duddy is a retired middleweight professional boxer, from Derry, Northern Ireland. Duddy fought under the moniker of "Ireland's John Duddy" or "The Derry Destroyer"....

 on March 16 at Madison Square Garden, after referee Steve Smoger judged him unable to continue after the ninth round due to a cut from an earlier accidental headbutt.

On July 31, 2008 Bonsante lost a controversial 1st round KO to Adonis Stevenson

Adonis Stevenson

Adonis Stevenson is a Canadian boxer who was born in Haiti, who goes by the nickname "Superman".Stevenson is currently the WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title holder, and the Canadian super middleweight title holder. On August 1, 2008, at Windsor Station in Montreal, Canada,...

 when Bonsante was caught with a sharp left just 46 seconds into the first round. Bonsante went down on his back, with his eyes shut. Veteran and WBC appointed referee (Gerry Bolen) began counting but stopped at a count of six as it appeared that Bonsante had been knocked out. As Bolen was waiving off the fight, Bonsante rapidly got up and appeared to be completely alert. Nonetheless, the referee refused to allow the fight to continue. ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas

Teddy Atlas

Theodore A. "Teddy" Atlas, Jr. is a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator.-Personal life:...

 commented that Bonsante may have been playing possum by pretending to be knocked out, but miscalculated the referee's reaction.

On January 20, 2009 it was announced that Bonsante would defend his Minnesota middleweight title against challenger Andy Kolle

Andy Kolle

Andy Kolle alias Kaos is a middleweight professional boxer from Minnesota.-Professional career:Kolle made his professional debut with a 3rd round knockout win against Nick Whiting on March 6, 2004. As of November 2010 Kolle’s professional record was 23-2 with 17 wins by knockout...

at Grand Casino Hinckley on March 27 of the same year.
Andy Kolle wins by a TKO in round 3 after which Anthony Bonsante announces retirement from the sport.