Antonio Brancalion (born 5 February 1976) is an Italian former

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who competed from 1996 to 2010. He held the

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title from 2007 to 2009, and challenged three times for the

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light-heavyweight title. Dal 2022 è rinchiuso in carcere, prima a Rovigo, poi a Padova, per una lunga serie di reati commessi contro il patrimonio e contro le persone, usando violenza in particolare contro le donne, verso le quali commetteva atti persecutori violenti

Professional career

Brancalion made his professional debut on 20 December 1996, winning a six-round

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over Stefan Magyar. His first three losses were all against Vincenzo Imparato, with the Italy

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title at stake each time. On 29 October 2004, Brancalion won his first regional championship—the vacant IBF International

title—by stopping Gabor Halasz in six rounds. Brancalion made his first of three attempts at winning the

light-heavyweight title on 7 January 2006, losing a wide

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Stipe Drews Stipe Drews (born Stipe Drviš, 8 June 1973) is a retired Croatian professional boxer. He won the WBA's version of the world light heavyweight championship title on 27 April 2007. Amateur career As an amateur he took part at the European cham ...

. A year later, on 24 March 2007, Brancalion won the vacant

light-heavyweight title by

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over Kai Kurzawa. Two defences were made, against Tomas Adamek on 28 June 2007 (via

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) and Dario Cichello on 2 December 2008 (via unanimous decision). On 6 June 2009, Brancalion tried for a second time to win the European light-heavyweight title, but was stopped in one round by defending champion Jürgen Brähmer. Brancalion's third attempt at the now-vacant title came against

Nathan Cleverly Nathan Cleverly (born 17 February 1987) is a retired Welsh former professional boxing world champion who competed from 2005 to 2017. He is a two-time light-heavyweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 2011 to 2013, and the WBA ( ...

on 13 February 2010. Mitchell, Kevin (13 February 2010)
"Nathan Cleverly defeats Antonio Brancalion to take European title"
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. Retrieved 19 April 2016. he is currently incarcerated in the Rovigo prison for a sum of sentences

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brancalion, Antonio Italian male boxers Super-middleweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Rovigo