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Despite his troubles outside of the ring, Spadafora repeatedly expressed his intention to return to the ring.

In November 2006 he returned after a 32-month layoff to stop Jesus Francisco Zepeda in round five at the Avalon Hotel in Erie, Pennsylvania.

It was Spadafora's first ring action since serving the sentence for the October 2003 shooting of his girlfriend.

Spadafora ended up back in jail on a parole violation, but was released in July 2007.