Francesco Grandelli

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Francesco Grandelli
Born (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 29)
Torino, Piedmont, Italy
Statistics
Weight(s) Featherweight
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record [1]
Total fights22
Wins17
Wins by KO4
Losses2
Draws2

Francesco Grandelli is an Italian professional boxer. He held the Italian featherweight title twice between 2018 and 2019 and international wbc Silver Champion in the year 2019 and European Silver champ in the year 2023.Lives in Nichelino with her jasmine de santis campaign.

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Professional career

Grandelli made his professional debut on 23 May 2015, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Marco Iuculano at Pala Hilton Pharma in Ferrara, Italy. [2] He secured two more PTS wins in 2015, against Lorenzo Cali in June [3] and Antonio Sponziello in September, [4] before suffering his first career defeat against Giuseppe Carafa in December via PTS over four rounds. [5]

He began 2016 with a PTS win over Sponziello in a rematch [6] followed by a draw against Dionisie Tiganas, [7] just two weeks apart in May. In July, Grandelli defeated Tiganas in a rematch via third-round technical knockout (TKO) [8] followed by a PTS win over Shoaib Zaman twenty days later. [9] His final fight of 2016 was a PTS win against Carmelo Palermo in November. [10]

After only fighting once in 2017—a TKO victory over Stefan Slavchev in July [11] —Grandelli defeated Emiliano Salvini via unanimous decision (UD) over ten rounds to capture the vacant Italian featherweight title, with the judges scoring the bout 99–91, 99–92 and 98–93. [12] The bout took place on 23 February 2018 at the Teatro Tenda in Grugliasco, Italy. He only fought once more in 2018, securing a UD win over Milan Delic in March. [13]

Following a PTS win over Wallington Orobio in April 2019, [14] Grandelli defeated Nicola Cipolletta by UD over ten rounds to capture the vacant Italian featherweight title for a second time. The bout took place on 5 July in Grugliasco, Italy. Two judges scored the bout 97–92 while the third scored it 98–91. [15] His next fight came against Reece Bellotti for the vacant WBC International Silver featherweight title. The bout took place on 11 October at the PalaTrento in Trento, Italy. Grandelli defeated Bellotti via split decision (SD) to capture the WBC's regional title, with the judges' scorecards reading 96–94 and 96–95 in favour of Grandelli, and 96–95 to Bellotti. [16]

Professional boxing record

15 fights13 wins1 loss
By knockout20
By decision111
Draws1
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
15Win13–1–1 Reece Bellotti SD1011 Oct 2019 PalaTrento, Trento, ItalyWon vacant WBC International Silver featherweight title
14Win12–1–1Nicola CipollettaUD105 Jul 2019Grugliasco, ItalyWon vacant Italian featherweight title
13Win11–1–1Wallington OrobioPTS625 Apr 2019Palasport San Filippo, Brescia, Italy
12Win10–1–1Milan DelicUD616 Mar 2018Centro Sportivo Comunale, Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy
11Win9–1–1Emiliano SalviniUD1023 Feb 2018Teatro Tenda, Grugliasco, ItalyWon vacant Italian featherweight title
10Win8–1–1Stefan SlavchevTKO2 (6)7 Jul 2017Grugliasco, Italy
9Win7–1–1Carmelo PalermoPTS627 Nov 2016 Grugliasco, Italy
8Win6–1–1Shoaib ZamanPTS423 Jul 2016Palasport, Valenza, Italy
7Win5–1–1Dionisie TiganasTKO3 (4)2 Jul 2016 Rivarolo Canavese, Italy
6Draw4–1–1Dionisie TiganasPTS428 May 2016Porto Garibaldi, Italy
5Win4–1Antonio SponzielloPTS413 May 2016 PalaRuffini, Turin, Italy
4Loss3–1Giuseppe CarafaPTS45 Dec 2015PalaOzan, Ugento, Italy
3Win3–0Antonio SponzielloPTS426 Sep 2015Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy
2Win2–0Lorenzo CaliPTS420 Jun 2015Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy
1Win1–0Marco IuculanoPTS423 May 2015Pala Hilton Pharma, Ferrara, Italy

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