Maurizio Stecca | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Maurizio Stecca 9 March 1963 Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Maurizio Stecca (born 9 March 1963) is a retired Italian boxer, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is the younger brother of former super bantamweight world champion of boxing, Loris Stecca.
Stecca began his professional career in 1984 and compiled a career record of 49–4–0. He won the WBO Featherweight Title in 1991 and successfully defended it three times.
Below are the results of Maurizio Stecca, an Italian bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics:
1904: 105–115 lb (47.6–52.2 kg), 1908: −116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920–1928: 112–118 lb (50.8–53.5 kg), 1932–1936: 112–119 lb (50.8–54.0 kg), 1948–2008: 51–54 kg, 2012: 52–56 kg, 2016: 53–56 kg | |
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