Gianluca Branco
Gianluca Branco | |
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Born | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy | 20 September 1970
Nationality | Italian |
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Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 53 |
Wins | 49 |
Wins by KO | 24 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
Gianluca Branco (born 20 September 1970) is an Italian former
Professional career
Branco made his professional debut on 7 April 1995,
On 24 January 2004, Branco fought for his first world championship—the vacant WBC light-welterweight title—against veteran Arturo Gatti. This was also Branco's first visit to the United States, where Gatti was an established star. Branco started off well, counterpunching the combinations of Gatti, until the latter injured his hand severely by landing a punch on Branco's hip in round five. Gatti then had to rely entirely on his jab to stay out of trouble for the remainder of the fight. By the tenth round, with the fight still close, Gatti turned the tide decisively in his favour when he scored a knockdown against Branco. By the end of twelve rounds, Gatti won a clear unanimous decision (UD) to hand Branco his first loss.[1]
Branco would receive a second opportunity at a world title on 4 March 2006, this time against WBO light-welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. From the opening round, Branco had no answer for the undefeated superstar, who stopped him in eight rounds.[2] On 16 May 2008, Branco won his second European light-welterweight title. Despite suffering a knockdown in the second round, he went on to claim a split decision over the defending champion Lynes.[3] Branco made one defence, on 19 December 2008, stopping Juho Tolppola in nine hard-fought rounds.[4]
Having moved up in weight, Branco made his first of two attempts at winning the European
Professional boxing record
53 fights | 49 wins | 3 losses |
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By knockout | 24 | 1 |
By decision | 25 | 2 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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53 | Win | 49–3–1 | Rafał Jackiewicz | RTD | 6 (12), 3:00 | 22 Nov 2014 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Terracina, Italy | Won vacant European welterweight title |
52 | Win | 48–3–1 | Konstantins Sakara | UD | 6 | 21 Dec 2013 | PalaBadminton, Milan, Italy | |
51 | Win | 47–3–1 | Łukasz Maciec | UD | 12 | 22 Feb 2013 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Montalto di Castro, Italy | Retained European Union welterweight title |
50 | Win | 46–3–1 | Krzysztof Bienias | UD | 12 | 10 Nov 2012 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Civitavecchia, Italy | Won vacant European Union welterweight title |
49 | Win | 45–3–1 | János Petrovics | TKO | 6 (6), 0:28 | 11 Nov 2011 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Pontedera, Italy | |
48 | Win | 44–3–1 | Semjons Moroseks | PTS | 6 | 27 Nov 2010 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Civitavecchia, Italy | |
47 | Loss | 43–3–1 | Matthew Hatton | UD | 12 | 26 Mar 2010 | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England | For vacant European welterweight title
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46 | Win | 43–2–1 | János Petrovics | PTS | 6 | 11 Jul 2009 | BJK Akatlar Arena, Istanbul, Turkey | |
45 | Win | 42–2–1 | Juho Tolppola | TKO | 9 (12) | 19 Dec 2008 | PalaLido, Milan, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title |
44 | Win | 41–2–1 | Colin Lynes | SD | 12 | 16 May 2008 | PalaRuffini, Turin, Italy | Won European light-welterweight title |
43 | Win | 40–2–1 | Nico Salzmann | PTS | 8 | 29 Feb 2008 | PalaLido, Milan, Italy | |
42 | Win | 39–2–1 | Laszlo Komjathi | TKO | 4 (6) | 8 Dec 2007 | La Palestre, Le Cannet, France | |
41 | Win | 38–2–1 | Arek Malek | PTS | 6 | 31 Jul 2007 | Centro Polifunzionale, San Genesio ed Uniti, Italy | |
40 | Win | 37–2–1 | Adam Zadworny | TKO | 1 (6) | 8 Oct 2006 | PalaLido, Milan, Italy | |
39 | Loss | 36–2–1 | Miguel Cotto | TKO | 8 (12), 0:49 | 4 Mar 2006 | Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico | For WBO light-welterweight title |
38 | Win | 36–1–1 | Farid El Houari | TKO | 4 (8) | 22 Jul 2005 | Campione d'Italia, Italy | |
37 | Win | 35–1–1 | Ariel Francisco Burgos | TKO | 6 (8), 2:35 | 12 Mar 2005 | Mazda Palace , Milan, Italy
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36 | Win | 34–1–1 | Vasile Herteg | TKO | 2 (6) | 24 Jul 2004 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
35 | Win | 33–1–1 | Nasser Lakrib | TKO | 4 (10) | 8 May 2004 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
34 | Loss | 32–1–1 | Arturo Gatti | UD | 12 | 24 Jan 2004 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US | For vacant WBC light-welterweight title |
33 | Win | 32–0–1 | Michel Raynaud | PTS | 6 | 5 Nov 2002 | Villa Erba, Cernobbio , Italy
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32 | Win | 31–0–1 | Massimo Bertozzi | PTS | 6 | 13 Sep 2002 | Hotel Marina Piccola, Puglia, Italy | |
31 | Win | 30–0–1 | Allan Vester | TKO | 10 (12) | 9 Mar 2002 | Montecatini Terme, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title |
30 | Win | 29–0–1 | George Scott | TD | 6 (12) | 17 Nov 2001 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title; TD after Scott was cut from an accidental head clash |
29 | Win | 28–0–1 | Gabriel Mapouka | MD | 12 | 23 Jun 2001 | Massy, France | Won vacant European light-welterweight title
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28 | Win | 27–0–1 | Frederic Tripp | PTS | 6 | 17 Feb 2001 | Padua, Italy | |
27 | Win | 26–0–1 | Adejoussi Adewale | UD | 6 | 22 Dec 2000 | Monfalcone, Italy | |
26 | Win | 25–0–1 | Slobodan Vlaovic | PTS | 6 | 17 Jun 2000 | Bovezzo, Italy | |
25 | Win | 24–0–1 | Slobodan Vlaovic | UD | 6 | 18 Mar 2000 | Ferrara, Italy | |
24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Francesco Cioffi | PTS | 6 | 3 Dec 1999 | Milan, Italy | |
23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Gheorghe Paraschiv | TKO | 2 | 16 Oct 1999 | Bondeno, Italy | |
22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Horia Dobre | TKO | 1 (6) | 7 Aug 1999 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Francesco Cioffi | UD | 6 | 24 Apr 1999 | Ferrara, Italy | |
20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Nassim Yahiaoui | PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 1998 | Brindisi, Italy | |
19 | Draw | 18–0–1 | Viktor Baranov | PTS | 8 | 19 Oct 1998 | Bari, Italy | |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Andile Nongaza | TKO | 4 (6) | 28 Jul 1998 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Massimo Bertozzi | PTS | 10 | 9 May 1998 | Aulla, Italy | Retained Italy light-welterweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Elyes Mahdjoub | UD | 8 | 26 Feb 1998 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Elyes Mahdjoub | PTS | 6 | 29 Nov 1997 | Novara, Italy | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Antonio Strabello | KO | 6 (10) | 28 Aug 1997 | Forte Michelangelo, Civitavecchia, Italy | Retained Italy light-welterweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Francesco Cioffi | PTS | 10 | 30 May 1997 | Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | Won vacant Italy light-welterweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Lajos Nagy | TKO | 4 (12) | 13 Feb 1997 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Civitavecchia, Italy | Won vacant light-welterweight title
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11 | Win | 11–0 | Abderzek Oulad Laarbi | TKO | 1 (6) | 28 Dec 1996 | Castel Mella, Italy | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Angel Fernandez | TKO | 1 (6) | 12 Dec 1996 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Civitavecchia, Italy | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Janos Zsiros | TKO | 1 (6) | 8 Aug 1996 | Town Square, San Mango d'Aquino, Italy | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Rene Orlovsky | TKO | 4 (6) | 2 May 1996 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Civitavecchia, Italy | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Rene Orlovsky | TKO | 4 (6) | 20 Jan 1996 | Palasport, Marsala, Italy | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Hamit Riahi | PTS | 6 | 4 Jan 1996 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Fabio Marinoni | PTS | 6 | 27 Sep 1995 | Petrosino, Italy | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Mario Spadaro | TKO | 5 (6) | 5 Aug 1995 | Tatti, Italy | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Maurizio Bonito | KO | 4 (6) | 26 Jun 1995 | Cinigiano, Italy | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Mauro Barigelli | KO | 3 (6) | 3 Jun 1995 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Aladar Horvath | KO | 6 (6) | 7 Apr 1995 | Rome, Italy |
References
- ^ Associated Press (25 January 2004). "Gatti overcomes hand injury, beats Branco". ESPN. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- Gannett Company. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- Sky. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Schmidt, Erik (22 December 2008). "Branco Stops Tolppola". Boxing News 24. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Kevin (27 March 2010). "Matthew Hatton beats Gianluca Branco to win European welterweight title". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Furman, Luke (22 November 2014). "Branco Stops Jackiewicz To Capture EBU Crown". BoxingScene. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
External links
- Boxing record for Gianluca Branco from BoxRec (registration required)