{"id":359226,"date":"2026-07-31T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359226\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:00:10","slug":"antonio-sabato-jr-splits-with-partner-katia-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359226\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Sabato Jr splits with partner Katia Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CLEVELAND,<\/p>\n

Antonio Sabato Jr. delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Alex Wong<\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a wrap. Exit stage left. Cut!<\/p>\n

After almost a decade together, Antonio Sabato Jr. and Katia Fernandez have gone their separate ways, TMZ first reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sources told the outlet that the Tampa area-based exes were actually engaged, a fact they impressively managed to keep quiet. As for who ended things? The insiders added it was Fernandez, a model who now works in real estate.<\/p>\n

Another fun fact: Sabato, who shot to fame for roles in \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d and \u201cMelrose Place,\u201d relocated to Florida from California in 2019. The move came a year after an unsuccessful run for Congress, and three years after claiming Hollywood \u201cblacklisted him\u201d<\/a> for speaking at the Republican National Convention in support of now President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Well, not all of Hollywood. Sabato, who pays the bills these days working construction, joined Official Celebrity Boxing<\/a>, a company that organizes and promotes live bouts between non-athletic influencer types purely for entertainment purposes.<\/p>\n

Last September, the single father of three pummeled former \u201cReal Housewives of New Jersey\u201d star Joe Giudice, winning the \u201cBattle of the Italian Stallions\u201d pay-per-view special.<\/p>\n

As for Sabato\u2019s next match? The 54-year-old middleweight announced on Instagram last month he was headed south to return to the ring, and would send updates as they come.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiami, baby!\u201d he wrote of the PPV fight<\/a> which is set for Nov. 21. Location and opponent: TBD.<\/p>\n

So, why would Sabato want to keep taking punches in his middle age?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever going to be a time when I wake up one morning and go, \u2018I\u2019m old.\u2019 I don\u2019t have that DNA,\u201d the Rome native told WFLA-TV<\/a> in 2024. \u201cI could be 90 years old, and if the challenge is there, I\u2019m always going to train no matter what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Madeleine Marr<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald<\/p>\n

Celebrity\/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper\u2019s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Antonio Sabato Jr. delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-359226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}