Medal record | ||
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Representing Italy | ||
Men’s Boxing | ||
European Amateur Championships | ||
1989 Athens | Featherweight |
Sandro Casamonica (born December 3, 1969, in Rome) is a professional boxer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Athens, Greece. Nicknamed Zorba, he made his professional debut in 1992.
Casamonica won the WBO Inter-Continental Lightweight Title on December 17, 1999, by defeating Victor Baute of Spain. A year later he captured the WBA International Lightweight Title after knocking down Hungary's Zoltan Kalocsai. He was stripped of the title on February 18, 2002, due to his failure to defend his belt against Miguel Callist.
39 fights | 34 wins | 5 losses |
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By knockout | 21 | 3 |
By decision | 13 | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, Time | Date | Location | Notes |
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39 | Loss | 34–5 | Paulie Malignaggi | TD | 7 (12) | 4 Dec 2004 | Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, US | Fight stopped due to a cut caused by an accidental head clash - went to the scorecards;For WBC International super lightweight title |
38 | Win | 34–4 | Samir Hamzaoui | PTS | 6 | 24 Jul 2004 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy | |
37 | Win | 33–4 | Marian Leondraliu | PTS | 6 | 8 May 2004 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy | |
36 | Win | 32–4 | Franck Patte | PTS | 6 | 9 Dec 2003 | Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy | |
35 | Win | 31–4 | Nasser Lakrib | PTS | 6 | 14 Oct 2003 | PalaItalia, Milan, Italy | |
34 | Win | 30–4 | Mircea Lurci | PTS | 6 | 22 Jul 2003 | Piazza della Vittoria, Pavia, Italy | |
33 | Loss | 29–4 | Jason Cook | KO | 3 (12) | 2 Aug 2002 | San Mango d'Aquino, Calabria, Italy | For vacant EBU European lightweight title |
32 | Win | 29–3 | Abdelilah Touil | UD | 12 | 9 Nov 2001 | Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy | Retained WBA Inter-Continental lightweight title |
31 | Win | 28–3 | Zoltan Kalocsai | KO | 4 (12) | 10 Aug 2001 | Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy | Won WBA Inter-Continental lightweight title |
30 | Win | 27–3 | Ali Lefenni | KO | 5 (6) | 26 May 2001 | Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy | |
29 | Win | 26–3 | Kimoun Kouassi | PTS | 6 | 17 Mar 2001 | Rome, Lazio, Italy | |
28 | Win | 25–3 | Sunday Aderoju | PTS | 6 | 17 Feb 2001 | Padua, Veneto, Italy | |
27 | Win | 24–3 | Manuel Gomes | PTS | 6 | 28 Jul 2000 | Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy | |
26 | Loss | 23–3 | Artur Grigorian | TKO | 9 (12) 1:48 | 19 Feb 2000 | Estrel Hotel, Neukölln, Germany | For WBO lightweight title |
25 | Win | 23–2 | Víctor Manuel Baute | KO | 5 (12) | 17 Dec 1999 | Trapani, Sicily, Italy | Won WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title |
24 | Win | 22–2 | Adrian Parlogea | KO | 3 (?) | 16 Oct 1999 | PalaCinghiale, Bondeno, Italy | |
23 | Win | 21–2 | Eugen Parvu | TKO | 3 (6) | 7 Aug 1999 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy | |
22 | Loss | 20–2 | Billy Schwer | RTD | 8 (12) 1:27 | 8 May 1999 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England, UK | Casamonica turned his back and walked to his corner;For EBU European lightweight title |
21 | Win | 20–1 | Gianni Gelli | KO | 6 (10) | 24 Oct 1998 | San Marino City, San Marino | Retained Federazione Pugilistica Italiana lightweight title |
20 | Win | 19–1 | Athos Menegola | TKO | 6 (10) | 6 Dec 1997 | PalaGallo, Catanzaro, Italy | Fight stopped due to injury;Retained Federazione Pugilistica Italiana lightweight title |
19 | Win | 18–1 | Massimo Bertozi | KO | 1 (10) | 15 Oct 1997 | Cadelbosco di Sopra, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | Won Federazione Pugilistica Italiana lightweight title |
18 | Win | 17–1 | Vukašin Dobrašinović | TKO | 3 (8) | 9 Aug 1997 | San Gennaro Vesuviano, Campania, Italy | Fight stopped due to injury |
17 | Win | 16–1 | Zoran Sekularac | TKO | 7 (?) | 10 May 1997 | PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy | |
16 | Win | 15–1 | Mike Fernandez | TKO | 5 (?) | 19 Apr 1997 | Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy | |
15 | Win | 14–1 | Alberto Lopez | PTS | 8 | 12 Oct 1996 | Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Milan, Italy | |
14 | Win | 13–1 | Pascal Montulet | TKO | 2 (?) | 20 Jun 1996 | Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Milan, Italy | |
13 | Win | 12–1 | Antonio Strabello | TKO | 2 (?) | 9 Mar 1996 | Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy | |
12 | Win | 11–1 | Smal Jakupi | TKO | 3 (?) 1:03 | 10 Feb 1996 | PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy | |
11 | Win | 10–1 | Alfonso Garcia | KO | 2 (?) | 16 Dec 1995 | Voghera, Lombardy, Italy | |
10 | Win | 9–1 | Michelle Dahmani | TKO | 5 (?) | 14 Jul 1995 | Sheraton Rome Parco de Medici, Rome, Italy | |
9 | Loss | 8–1 | Mazasi Kongodi | PTS | 8 | 17 Feb 1995 | Rome, Lazio, Italy | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Mohamed Soltani | TKO | 5 (?) | 26 Dec 1994 | Rome, Lazio, Italy | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Aladar Horvath | PTS | 6 | 2 Nov 1994 | PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Rachid Bouri | TKO | 2 (?) | 24 Nov 1993 | Palasport Flaminio, Rimini, Italy | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Mazasi Kongodi | PTS | 6 | 24 Sep 1993 | PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Ferenc Szakallas | PTS | 6 | 30 Jul 1993 | Salò, Lombardy, Italy | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Janos Santa | TKO | 2 (?) | 5 Mar 1993 | Lumezzane, Lombardy, Italy | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Dragutin Barcanac | KO | 5 (6) | 19 Dec 1992 | Mediolanum Forum, San Severo, Italy | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Miljenko Vuletin | KO | 4 (6) | 7 Oct 1992 | Priverno, Lazio, Italy | Professional debut |
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