Английская Википедия:Gianluca Branco
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Gianluca Branco (born 20 September 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2014. He held the European super-lightweight title twice between 2001 and 2009, the European Union welterweight title from 2012 to 2013, the European welterweight title from 2014 to 2016, and challenged twice for a world title in 2004 and 2006. Gianluca is the younger brother of former boxer Silvio Branco.
Professional career
Branco made his professional debut on 7 April 1995, knocking out Aladar Horvath in six rounds. Fighting almost exclusively in his native Italy, he would spend the next nine years undefeated, save for a points draw against Viktor Baranov on 19 October 1998. Branco won his first major regional championship—the vacant European light-welterweight title—on 23 June 2001, with a majority decision victory over Gabriel Mapouka. Two successful defences of the title were made, against George Scott on 17 November 2001 (sixth-round technical decision) and Allan Vester on 9 March 2002 (tenth-round stoppage).
On 24 January 2004, Branco fought for his first world championship—the vacant WBC light-welterweight title—against veteran Arturo Gatti. This was also Branco's first visit to the United States, where Gatti was an established star. Branco started off well, counterpunching the combinations of Gatti, until the latter injured his hand severely by landing a punch on Branco's hip in round five. Gatti then had to rely entirely on his jab to stay out of trouble for the remainder of the fight. By the tenth round, with the fight still close, Gatti turned the tide decisively in his favour when he scored a knockdown against Branco. By the end of twelve rounds, Gatti won a clear unanimous decision (UD) to hand Branco his first loss.[1]
Branco would receive a second opportunity at a world title on 4 March 2006, this time against WBO light-welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. From the opening round, Branco had no answer for the undefeated superstar, who stopped him in eight rounds.[2] On 16 May 2008, Branco won his second European light-welterweight title. Despite suffering a knockdown in the second round, he went on to claim a split decision over the defending champion Lynes.[3] Branco made one defence, on 19 December 2008, stopping Juho Tolppola in nine hard-fought rounds.[4]
Having moved up in weight, Branco made his first of two attempts at winning the European welterweight title, on 26 March 2010, but lost a UD to Matthew Hatton.[5] On 10 November 2012, Branco won the vacant European Union welterweight title with a UD over Krzysztof Bienias. Once defence was made, on 22 February 2013, in a UD victory against Lukasz Maciec. On 22 November 2014, Branco succeeded in his second attempt at winning the now-vacant European welterweight title, by forcing Rafał Jackiewicz to retire in his corner after six rounds.[6]
Professional boxing record
Шаблон:Abbr | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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53 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 49–3–1 | Rafał Jackiewicz | Шаблон:Abbr | 6 (12), Шаблон:Small | 22 Nov 2014 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
52 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 48–3–1 | Konstantins Sakara | UD | 6 | 21 Dec 2013 | Шаблон:Small | |
51 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 47–3–1 | Łukasz Maciec | UD | 12 | 22 Feb 2013 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
50 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 46–3–1 | Krzysztof Bienias | UD | 12 | 10 Nov 2012 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
49 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 45–3–1 | János Petrovics | TKO | 6 (6), Шаблон:Small | 11 Nov 2011 | Шаблон:Small | |
48 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 44–3–1 | Semjons Moroseks | PTS | 6 | 27 Nov 2010 | Шаблон:Small | |
47 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 43–3–1 | Matthew Hatton | UD | 12 | 26 Mar 2010 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
46 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 43–2–1 | János Petrovics | PTS | 6 | 11 Jul 2009 | Шаблон:Small | |
45 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 42–2–1 | Juho Tolppola | TKO | 9 (12) | 19 Dec 2008 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
44 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 41–2–1 | Colin Lynes | Шаблон:Abbr | 12 | 16 May 2008 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
43 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 40–2–1 | Nico Salzmann | PTS | 8 | 29 Feb 2008 | Шаблон:Small | |
42 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 39–2–1 | Laszlo Komjathi | TKO | 4 (6) | 8 Dec 2007 | Шаблон:Small | |
41 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 38–2–1 | Arek Malek | PTS | 6 | 31 Jul 2007 | Шаблон:Small | |
40 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 37–2–1 | Adam Zadworny | TKO | 1 (6) | 8 Oct 2006 | Шаблон:Small | |
39 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 36–2–1 | Miguel Cotto | TKO | 8 (12), Шаблон:Small | 4 Mar 2006 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
38 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 36–1–1 | Farid El Houari | TKO | 4 (8) | 22 Jul 2005 | Шаблон:Small | |
37 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 35–1–1 | Ariel Francisco Burgos | TKO | 6 (8), Шаблон:Small | 12 Mar 2005 | Шаблон:Small | |
36 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 34–1–1 | Vasile Herteg | TKO | 2 (6) | 24 Jul 2004 | Шаблон:Small | |
35 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 33–1–1 | Nasser Lakrib | TKO | 4 (10) | 8 May 2004 | Шаблон:Small | |
34 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 32–1–1 | Arturo Gatti | UD | 12 | 24 Jan 2004 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
33 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 32–0–1 | Michel Raynaud | PTS | 6 | 5 Nov 2002 | Шаблон:Small | |
32 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 31–0–1 | Massimo Bertozzi | PTS | 6 | 13 Sep 2002 | Шаблон:Small | |
31 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 30–0–1 | Allan Vester | TKO | 10 (12) | 9 Mar 2002 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
30 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 29–0–1 | George Scott | Шаблон:Abbr | 6 (12) | 17 Nov 2001 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
29 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 28–0–1 | Gabriel Mapouka | Шаблон:Abbr | 12 | 23 Jun 2001 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
28 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 27–0–1 | Frederic Tripp | PTS | 6 | 17 Feb 2001 | Шаблон:Small | |
27 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 26–0–1 | Adejoussi Adewale | UD | 6 | 22 Dec 2000 | Шаблон:Small | |
26 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 25–0–1 | Slobodan Vlaovic | PTS | 6 | 17 Jun 2000 | Шаблон:Small | |
25 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 24–0–1 | Slobodan Vlaovic | UD | 6 | 18 Mar 2000 | Шаблон:Small | |
24 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 23–0–1 | Francesco Cioffi | PTS | 6 | 3 Dec 1999 | Шаблон:Small | |
23 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 22–0–1 | Gheorghe Paraschiv | TKO | 2 | 16 Oct 1999 | Шаблон:Small | |
22 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 21–0–1 | Horia Dobre | TKO | 1 (6) | 7 Aug 1999 | Шаблон:Small | |
21 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 20–0–1 | Francesco Cioffi | UD | 6 | 24 Apr 1999 | Шаблон:Small | |
20 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 19–0–1 | Nassim Yahiaoui | PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 1998 | Шаблон:Small | |
19 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 18–0–1 | Viktor Baranov | Шаблон:Abbr | 8 | 19 Oct 1998 | Шаблон:Small | |
18 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 18–0 | Andile Nongaza | TKO | 4 (6) | 28 Jul 1998 | Шаблон:Small | |
17 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 17–0 | Massimo Bertozzi | PTS | 10 | 9 May 1998 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
16 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 16–0 | Elyes Mahdjoub | Шаблон:Abbr | 8 | 26 Feb 1998 | Шаблон:Small | |
15 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 15–0 | Elyes Mahdjoub | PTS | 6 | 29 Nov 1997 | Шаблон:Small | |
14 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 14–0 | Antonio Strabello | KO | 6 (10) | 28 Aug 1997 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
13 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 13–0 | Francesco Cioffi | PTS | 10 | 30 May 1997 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
12 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 12–0 | Lajos Nagy | TKO | 4 (12) | 13 Feb 1997 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
11 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 11–0 | Abderzek Oulad Laarbi | TKO | 1 (6) | 28 Dec 1996 | Шаблон:Small | |
10 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 10–0 | Angel Fernandez | TKO | 1 (6) | 12 Dec 1996 | Шаблон:Small | |
9 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 9–0 | Janos Zsiros | TKO | 1 (6) | 8 Aug 1996 | Шаблон:Small | |
8 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 8–0 | Rene Orlovsky | TKO | 4 (6) | 2 May 1996 | Шаблон:Small | |
7 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 7–0 | Rene Orlovsky | TKO | 4 (6) | 20 Jan 1996 | Шаблон:Small | |
6 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 6–0 | Hamit Riahi | PTS | 6 | 4 Jan 1996 | Шаблон:Small | |
5 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 5–0 | Fabio Marinoni | Шаблон:Abbr | 6 | 27 Sep 1995 | Шаблон:Small | |
4 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 4–0 | Mario Spadaro | Шаблон:Abbr | 5 (6) | 5 Aug 1995 | Шаблон:Small | |
3 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 3–0 | Maurizio Bonito | KO | 4 (6) | 26 Jun 1995 | Шаблон:Small | |
2 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 2–0 | Mauro Barigelli | KO | 3 (6) | 3 Jun 1995 | Шаблон:Small | |
1 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 1–0 | Aladar Horvath | Шаблон:Abbr | 6 (6) | 7 Apr 1995 | Шаблон:Small |
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- ↑ Associated Press (25 January 2004). "Gatti overcomes hand injury, beats Branco". ESPN. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ Zayas, Pedro (5 March 2006). "Cotto stops Branco, retains WBO junior welterweight title". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "Branco claims Lynes' belt". Sky Sports. Sky. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ Schmidt, Erik (22 December 2008). "Branco Stops Tolppola". Boxing News 24. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ Mitchell, Kevin (27 March 2010). "Matthew Hatton beats Gianluca Branco to win European welterweight title". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ Furman, Luke (22 November 2014). "Branco Stops Jackiewicz To Capture EBU Crown". BoxingScene. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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