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:: -= Franco Floyd Fontanero =- :: Chief Photographer & Photo Journalist 
Franco Floyd Fontanero.
Floyd is his first name, but being Spanish, people starting calling him
Franco; saying that for a Spaniard the name Franco fit. Franco was born in
Colorado, moving to Washington State as a young boy. While growing up in a
small town in Colorado where his ancestors settled many years ago, not far
from the home of the "Manassa Mauler", Jack Dempsey. They would gather round
and listen to the stories of this great fighter. There was a small grocery
store which sat on a street corner with three or four Everlast boxing
magazines sitting on a small shelf. Coming from a poor family with his Mother
being the only parent, money to buy the Everlast magazines was something he did not have. He would
sneak past the one man clerk and thumb through the pages as quickly as he
could just to get a glimpse of the fighters. With that he was content. On a
small Airline radio which through out the fight would hiss and crackle from
the bad reception, he would listen to the fights. After moving to Washington
State he and his friends would pile up around the old TV to see the fights.
Once being able to save a little pocket money, he would drive to Las
Vegas, see a fight and drive back. This went on and on until his wife Rose
decided it would be cheaper "If we just move to Nevada." "Every fighter is
my hero. And being a part of boxing, (if only a small part) is a dream come
true," says Franco. "I would like to give special thanks to two very special
people, my dear friend Referee Kenny Bayless. It may be that without my
meeting him my dream may have never come true. And to my brother and friend
Floyd "Joy" Mayweather Sr., whom I have always admired; "You are number
one." Franco joined Diamond Gloves Boxing in August of 2001. Now, he is working to expand his horizons in digital photography, and photographic lighting. DiamondGloves.com and Diamond Gloves Boxing are honored to have Franco Floyd Fontanero as our lead photographer and contributing photo journalist.
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