# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vinny-paz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:08:31.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vinny-paz"
name: "Vinny Paz"
slug: "vinny-paz"
description: "Vinny Paz, formerly Vinny Pazienza, is an American former professional boxer who held world titles at lightweight and light middleweight. The 2016 film Bleed for This is based on his comeback from a spinal injury. In 2022, he was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame. Paz was also inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2025."
tagline: "American boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VinnyPaz1994.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1962-12-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.788882666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vinnie_paz"
    handle:    "vinnie_paz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668615/"
    handle:    "nm0668615"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://vinnypaz.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%94%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B0"
    title: "Вінні Пацієнца"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85)"
    title: "فيني باز (ملاكم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Pazienza"
    title: "Vinny Pazienza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Paz"
    title: "Vinny Paz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Pazienza"
    title: "Vinny Pazienza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Paz"
    title: "Vinny Paz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5"
    title: "ビニー・パジェンサ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Пациенца, Винни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2527123"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4439014"
    title: "Vinny Pazienza"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump