Joe DeGuardia (born July 4, 1963, in the Bronx, NY) is the founder and CEO of Star Boxing, a professional boxing promotional company based out of the Bronx, NY. DeGuardia has promoted such fighters as former Light Heavyweight Champions, Lou De Valle, and Antonio Tarver. Star Boxing, promoted such events as Antonio Tarver vs. Bernard Hopkins, Tarver vs. Glen Johnson, and all three Tarver vs. Roy Jones Jr.fights. The Tarver vs. Jones Trilogy was one of the highest grossing trilogy’s in Boxing History.

DeGuardia is a graduate of Fordham University, and Hofstra Law School. A former NY Golden Gloves Champion, DeGuardia first worked for the District Attorney’s Office, before founding The Law Offices of Joseph M. DeGuardia.

In the early 1990s DeGuardia took over control of the Morris Park Boxing Club, in the Bronx, which was run by his father for nearly 25 years.

DeGuardia first got into the professional fight game as a manager but now acts solely as a promoter. Most recently DeGuardia was elected as President of the Boxing Promoters Association.