Jason Parillo was a 30-year-old father of two young children when a detached retina brought an abrupt end to his undefeated boxing career. A pupil of Hall of Fame boxing coach Jesse Reid, who would ultimately guide 23 fighters to world titles, Parillo had only begun to mine the extent of his abilities. But, as the fighting gods would have it, a unanimous-decision victory over Reggie Strickland at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis was the final stop on that particular stretch of Parillo’s journey.
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How abrupt end to boxing career led to Jason Parillo’s rise as MMA coach – MMA Junkie