Photojournalism: Sports: Sports-6

Welterweight Gennaro Pellegrini, Jr., left, prepares for a punch during the first round of his debut, four-round knockout of James Andre Harris at the Blue Horizon in Philadelphia. Pellegrini, a policeman and Army National Guardsman, achieved his goal of winning his first professional fight before being deployed to Iraq, where he was later killed in action.

Welterweight Gennaro Pellegrini, Jr., left, prepares for a punch during the first round of his debut, four-round knockout of James Andre Harris at the Blue Horizon in Philadelphia. Pellegrini, a policeman and Army National Guardsman, achieved his goal of winning his first professional fight before being deployed to Iraq, where he was later killed in action.