- Silvio Branco
Silvio Branco (born
August 26 ,1966 inCivitavecchia ,Italy ) is a professional boxer in thelight heavyweight (175 lb) division. His record is 55-8-2 (34 KOs).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 undefeatedRichie Woodhall for the European title but was taken apart and KOd.1996 he beat respected contenderThomas 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 againstSven Ottke .He went up agan 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 veteranFabrice Tiozzo and also lost a second European title bid toThomas Ulrich by KO.He defeated Puero Rican puncher
Manny Siaca on Thursday, July 27, 2006 to win the WBA interim light-heavyweight championship. When Tiozzo laid down his title on October 19, 2006, Silvio Branco became again the full WBA world champion. He lost this title on April 28, 2007 once more against the Croatian boxer Stipe Drviš.See also
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List of current world boxing champions *
List of WBA world champions
*List of boxing triple champions External links
* [http://silviobranco.blogspot.com Silvio Branco Website]
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