Michele di Rocco | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | The King | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Light-welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Foligno, Umbria, Italy | 4 May 1982|||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michele di Rocco (born 4 May 1982) is an Italian professional boxer of Romani origin. He is a former European and European Union super-lightweight champion, and has challenged once for the WBA super-lightweight title. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships and represented Italy at the 2004 Olympics, both in the lightweight division.
On 2 October 2004, di Rocco made his professional debut against Marian Bunea, stopping him in four rounds. He won his first regional championship—the European Union super-lightweight title—on 26 December 2006, defeating Giorgio Marinelli via unanimous decision (UD). One defence of the title was made a month later, on 30 January 2007, when di Rocco travelled to Finland and scored a UD over Juho Tolppola. On 21 September 2007, di Rocco lost his title to veteran and fellow Italian Giuseppe Lauri, who stopped him in seven rounds. In a rematch five years later, on 14 April 2012, di Rocco stopped Lauri in one round to regain his now-vacant title. [1]
Di Rocco's career highlight came on 8 June 2013, when he defeated Lenny Daws via UD to win the vacant European super-lightweight title. However, the decision was highly disputed by Daws. [2] Four successful defences were made of the title over the following two years. On 28 May 2016, di Rocco travelled to Scotland to face former two-weight world champion Ricky Burns, with the vacant WBA super-lightweight title on the line. In a very one-sided fight where di Rocco was knocked down twice, Burns won by stopping him in the eighth round. [3]
45 fights | 41 wins | 3 losses |
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By knockout | 18 | 3 |
By decision | 22 | 0 |
By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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45 | Loss | 41–3–1 | Eduard Troyanovsky | TKO | 4 (10), 2:18 | 1 Jul 2017 | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia | |
44 | Win | 41–2–1 | Mikheil Avakyan | DQ | 4 (6) | 25 Mar 2017 | Atlantico Live, Rome, Italy | Avakyan disqualified for repeated fouls |
43 | Loss | 40–2–1 | Ricky Burns | TKO | 8 (12), 1:57 | 28 May 2016 | The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland | For vacant WBA light-welterweight title |
42 | Win | 40–1–1 | Alexandre Lepelley | KO | 8 (12) | 30 May 2015 | Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title |
41 | Win | 39–1–1 | Kasper Bruun | TKO | 9 (12) | 28 Feb 2015 | Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title |
40 | Win | 38–1–1 | Ruben Nieto | UD | 12 | 3 Oct 2014 | Polideportivo Fernando Martín, Fuenlabrada, Spain | Retained European light-welterweight title |
39 | Win | 37–1–1 | Istvan Kiss | KO | 3 (6) | 17 May 2014 | Pala di Fiore Ostia, Rome, Italy | |
38 | Win | 36–1–1 | Ville Piispanen | UD | 12 | 21 Dec 2013 | PalaBadminton, Milan, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title |
37 | Win | 35–1–1 | Lenny Daws | UD | 12 | 8 Jun 2013 | Palazzetto dello sport Elio Pentassuglia, Brindisi, Italy | Won vacant European light-welterweight title |
36 | Win | 34–1–1 | Laszlo Robert Balogh | TKO | 1 (6) | 20 Oct 2012 | Palazzetto dello sport Gianni D'Arco, Santa Teresa Gallura, Italy | |
35 | Win | 33–1–1 | Giuseppe Lauri | TKO | 1 (12) | 14 Apr 2012 | PalaRewatt, Vicenza, Italy | Won vacant European Union light-welterweight title |
34 | Win | 32–1–1 | Laszlo Szekeres | PTS | 6 | 27 Jan 2012 | Palazzetto dello sport Mario D'Agata, Arezzo, Italy | |
33 | Win | 31–1–1 | Laszlo Robert Balogh | TKO | 1 (6), 2:34 | 7 Oct 2011 | Palazzetto dello sport, Monserrato, Italy | |
32 | Win | 30–1–1 | Robert Cristea | PTS | 6 | 22 Jul 2011 | Palazzetto dello sport, Cecina, Italy | |
31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Laszlo Komjathi | PTS | 6 | 4 Dec 2010 | Palazzetto dello sport, Decimomannu, Italy | |
30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Peter McDonagh | PTS | 6 | 24 Jul 2010 | Stadio Is Arenas, Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | |
29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Arnold Turos | KO | 2 (6), 2:56 | 12 Mar 2010 | Palazzetto dello sport, Bertinoro, Italy | |
28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Carlos Winston Velasquez | PTS | 6 | 25 Sep 2009 | Geovillage Sport Wellness & Convention Resort, Olbia, Italy | |
27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Attila Molnar | KO | 4 (6) | 17 Jul 2009 | Stadio Casaleno, Frosinone, Italy | |
26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Juan Martinez | PTS | 8 | 26 Jun 2009 | Piazza dei Rioni, Porto Santo Stefano, Italy | |
25 | Win | 23–1–1 | Hassan Saku | TKO | 2 (6) | 28 May 2009 | Pala de Andrè, Ravenna, Italy | |
24 | Win | 22–1–1 | János Petrovics | PTS | 6 | 20 Feb 2009 | Palazzetto dello sport, Frosinone, Italy | |
23 | Win | 21–1–1 | János Petrovics | PTS | 6 | 19 Dec 2008 | Palazzetto dello sport di Via Austria, Grosseto, Italy | |
22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Rafael Chiruta | PTS | 6 | 14 Nov 2008 | Palazzetto dello sport, Carbonia, Italy | |
21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Ferenc Szabo | KO | 4 (6) | 12 Jul 2008 | Sequals, Italy | |
20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Laszlo Szekeres | PTS | 6 | 9 Jun 2008 | Foligno, Italy | |
19 | Loss | 17–1–1 | Giuseppe Lauri | TKO | 7 (12) | 21 Sep 2007 | PalaBastia, Livorno, Italy | Lost European Union light-welterweight title; For vacant WBC International light-welterweight title |
18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Zoltan Kalocsai | KO | 2 (6), 2:36 | 25 May 2007 | Pala de Andrè, Ravenna, Italy | |
17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Mircea Lurci | TKO | 3 (6) | 27 Apr 2007 | PalaBotteghelle, Reggio Calabria, Italy | |
16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Juho Tolppola | UD | 12 | 30 Jan 2007 | Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland | Retained European Union light-welterweight title |
15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Giorgio Marinelli | UD | 12 | 26 Dec 2006 | Grosseto, Italy | Won European Union light-welterweight title |
14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Anton Glofak | TKO | 4 (6) | 15 Jul 2006 | Piazza Municipale, Sequals, Italy | |
13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Kalman Norbert Gagyi | PTS | 6 | 23 Jun 2006 | Bonassola, Italy | |
12 | Draw | 11–0–1 | Giorgio Marinelli | SD | 10 | 9 Jun 2006 | Stadio della Pallacorda, Rome, Italy | Retained Italy light-welterweight title; For European Union light-welterweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Miro Dicky | PTS | 6 | 26 May 2006 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy, Italy | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Antonio Mastantuono | TKO | 7 (10), 1:48 | 17 Mar 2006 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy, Italy | Retained Italy light-welterweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Massimo Bertozzi | UD | 10 | 21 Oct 2005 | Centro Umbria Affari, Bastia Umbra, Italy | Won Italy light-welterweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Elad Shmouel | UD | 10 | 8 Aug 2005 | Piazza della Pace, San Mango d'Aquino, Italy | Won vacant IBF Youth light-welterweight title |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Igor Krbusik | TKO | 2 (6) | 20 May 2005 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Csaba Toth | PTS | 6 | 21 Mar 2005 | San Mango d'Aquino, Italy | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Roland Dekany | TKO | 5 (6) | 1 Mar 2005 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Jozef Kubovsky | PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 2004 | Marina, Grosseto, Italy | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Nicolae Burloi | PTS | 6 | 27 Nov 2004 | Palazzetto dello sport Massimo Carrino, Genoa, Italy | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Veselin Dimitrov Vasilev | TKO | 3 (6), 2:22 | 15 Oct 2004 | Palazzetto dello sport Lastra a Signa, Florence, Italy | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Marian Bunea | TKO | 4 (6), 1:56 | 2 Oct 2004 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy |
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