 Balletto was 29-1-2 before losing the IBU Lightweight title to Vargas in 2003.Balletto attempted a comeback in 2006 on ESPN's "The Contender".Other notable fights of the IBU were the two IBU World Super Middleweight title fights of Scott "The Sandman" Pemberton and Omar Sheika that became ESPN2's "Fight of the Year" in 2003 and 2004.