Silvio Branco (born 26 August 1966) is an Italian former
professional boxer
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of
Romani
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origin.
Career
1992 he was outpointed by undefeated southpaw
Agostino Cardamone for the Italian middleweight title.
When Cardamone vacated he could win the vacant crown later. He challenged undefeated
Richie Woodhall for the European title but was taken apart and KOd.
1996 he beat respected contender
Thomas Tate and won hereby the lightly regarded WBU middleweight title. He faced Cardamone twice more and lost both fights.
One division higher he controversially outpointed
Glen Johnson and upset
Robin Reid in England. He got a super middleweight IBF title fight but lost a lopsided decision against
Sven Ottke.
He went up again in 2003 and lost a bid for the vacant European light heavy title against southpaw
Stipe Drviš. Later the same year
Mehdi Sahnoune who had won the vacant WBA title looked for an easy challenger and was sensationally KOd by Branco.
He lost the title 2004 in his very next fight against veteran
Fabrice Tiozzo
Fabrice Tiozzo (born May 8, 1969) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2006. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1995 to 1997, the WBA cruiserweight title ...
and also lost a second European title bid to
Thomas Ulrich by KO.
He defeated Puerto Rican puncher
Manny Siaca on Thursday 27 July 2006 to win the
WBA interim light-heavyweight championship. When Tiozzo laid down his title on 19 October 2006, Silvio Branco became again the full WBA world champion. He lost this title on 28 April 2007 once more against the Croatian boxer
Stipe Drviš.
Branco lost to WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal in Montreal on 25 September 2009.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions
This is a chronological list of world light heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
Championship recognition
1903–1910
The light-heavyweight division was created in 1903, the brainc ...
References
External links
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Silvio Branco Website
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1966 births
Living people
Italian male boxers
People from Civitavecchia
Middleweight boxers
Super-middleweight boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
Cruiserweight boxers
World light-heavyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions
Italian Romani people
Romani sportspeople
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital