PITTSBURGH --  Former IBF lightweight champion PAUL “The Pittsburgh Kid”  SPADAFORA will return to the ring for the second time in three months in a 10-round junior welterweight bout at Heinz Field-VIP Tent in Pittsburgh (100 Art Rooney Drive), the home of the Steelers. Spadafora (42-0-1, 17 KOs), of nearby McKees Rocks, will headline an all-action card, Wednesday, September 30. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Promoted by Michael Acri Boxing Promotions, and sponsored by Eric Jackson Lurie Law Offices, tickets, priced at $100 (ringside), $50 (reserved) and $25 (general admission), will go on sale This Thursday!  September 3.  Tickets can be purchased at Exercise Warehouse Gym & Fitness Center (4042 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA / 412-621-1650), Mitchell’s Restaurant & Bar (304 Ross St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219 / 412-471-3663) and Blue Eagle Sports (726 Broadway Ave. McKees Rocks, PA / 412-331-4884)

In his last fight, Spadafora served up a sixth-round TKO to Argentine strongman Ivan Bustos, on June 24, at the Amphitheatre in Station Square in a soldout Pittsburgh homecoming event.  Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, the four-division world champion and Hall of Fame inductee, is once again running "The Pittsburgh Kid’s training camp in Indiana.  Spadafora’s opponent will be named shortly.