Franco Udella (born 25 February 1947 in
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitan ...
) is an Italian former world
boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...
champion.
Amateur career
Olympic games results
1968 (as a Light flyweight)
*Lost to
Alberto Morales
Alberto Morales Moraga was the 16th Mayor of the commune of Pichilemu, office which he held between March and May 1935, under President Arturo Alessandri Palma. He was succeeded by Serafín López Lizana, who died in office in September 1935.
P ...
(Mexico) 0-5
1972 (as a flyweight)
*1st round bye
*Defeated Felix Maina (Kenya) 5-0
*Lost to Boris Zoriktuyev (Soviet Union) 1-4
Pro career
Udella turned pro in 1972 and won the newly created WBC light flyweight title in 1975 with a disqualification win over Valentin Martinez in the 12th round. Udella was then stripped of the title in August 1975, for failing to defend against Paraguayan
Rafael Lovera, who had never fought a professional fight. The following year he challenged WBC light flyweight world champion
Luis Estaba, but lost by KO in the 3rd round. He never challenged for a major title again. He retired in 1979 after a loss to
Charlie Magri for the EBU (European) flyweight title.
See also
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List of light-flyweight boxing champions
This is a list of world light-flyweight boxing champions (also known as junior-flyweight), as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Assoc ...
External links
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1947 births
Living people
Flyweight boxers
Light-flyweight boxers
World light-flyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions
Olympic boxers of Italy
Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Cagliari
Italian male boxers