Peter Manfredo Jr. (born November 26, 1980, Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is a professional boxer. He held the NABO Light Middleweight Title and is a fully qualified electrician. Although he regularly wears the Italian flag on his trunks to show his heritage, he is a representative of the US.

In 2005, he entered reality tv show The Contender, and was placed on the East Coast Team. He was challenged to fight Alfonso Gomez in the first fight, and lost—much to everyone's surprise. But when Jeff Fraza was withdrawn with chickenpox, he was brought back in—by "fate" he said. He beat Miguel Espino in his second chance at the first round, and went on to face Joey Gilbert in the second round. Here, an accidental headbutt stopped the fight, and Manfredo was given a win on points. He then was re-matched up with Gomez, whom he beat, in the semi-final. A final against Sergio Mora awaited. He lost—his second career defeat.

Manfredo fought a second bout scheduled with Sergio Mora on October 15, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Many ringside observers felt Manfredo won the fight convincingly, but Mora won by a controversial split decision.

Manfredo fought Scott Pemberton on February 2, 2006 to a sold out crowd in the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island on ESPN. It was his first fight at Super Middleweight, as he won by a dramatic 3rd round knockout. On October 14, 2006 Manfredo defeated Joey Spina with an impressive 3rd round TKO also at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

On April 7, 2007, Manfredo fought Welsh undefeated Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe in Calzaghe's 20th title defense. The fight was originally scheduled for March 3, but had to be re-arranged for the later date. The show, from the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff was aired on HBO in the United States.

Manfredo lost the fight when the referee stopped the contest in the third round, with the challenger being subjected to a rapid succession of head and body shots by Calzaghe, making no attempt to fight back and fading fast, although his corner, and some ringside boxing pundits, were adamant that the fight was stopped too soon. But many at ringside also pointed out that the fight would have been stopped for "real" in about a minute. Manfredo himself believed that the fight was stopped prematurely.. One month later Manfredo easily defeats Ted Muller in a ninth round stoppage.

Peter Manfredo's next fight was June 20, 2007 just one month after his previous victory, at Foxwoods Hotel and Casino, located in Southern New England against tough veteran (14-1)David Banks. Manfredo got the relative easy decsion 97-93 on all the judges cards. Manfredo hopes to fight former World Champion Jeff Lacy or up and comer Alan Green later in 2007. Some have also speculated he would fight now retired Rhode Island legend, Vinny Paz. At 44 years old however, a comeback by Paz seems unlikely.

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