Michele di Rocco

Michele di Rocco (born 4 May 1982) is an Italian professional boxer of Romani origin. He is a former European and European Union super-lightweight champion, and has challenged once for the WBA super-lightweight title. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships and represented Italy at the 2004 Olympics, both in the lightweight division.

Michele di Rocco
Born	(1982-05-04) 4 May 1982 (age 43) Foligno, Umbria, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Other names	The King
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light-welterweight
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	45
Wins	41
Wins by KO	18
Losses	3
Draws	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Italy Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Lightweight European Championships 2002 Perm Lightweight

Professional career

On 2 October 2004, di Rocco made his professional debut against Marian Bunea, stopping him in four rounds. He won his first regional championship—the European Union super-lightweight title—on 26 December 2006, defeating Giorgio Marinelli via unanimous decision (UD). One defence of the title was made a month later, on 30 January 2007, when di Rocco travelled to Finland and scored a UD over Juho Tolppola. On 21 September 2007, di Rocco lost his title to veteran and fellow Italian Giuseppe Lauri, who stopped him in seven rounds. In a rematch five years later, on 14 April 2012, di Rocco stopped Lauri in one round to regain his now-vacant title.^[1]

Di Rocco's career highlight came on 8 June 2013, when he defeated Lenny Daws via UD to win the vacant European super-lightweight title. However, the decision was highly disputed by Daws.^[2] Four successful defences were made of the title over the following two years. On 28 May 2016, di Rocco travelled to Scotland to face former two-weight world champion Ricky Burns, with the vacant WBA super-lightweight title on the line. In a very one-sided fight where di Rocco was knocked down twice, Burns won by stopping him in the eighth round.^[3]

Professional boxing record

45 fights	41 wins	3 losses
By knockout	18	3
By decision	22	0
By disqualification	1	0
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
45	Loss	41–3–1	Eduard Troyanovsky	TKO	4 (10), 2:18	1 Jul 2017	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia
44	Win	41–2–1	Mikheil Avakyan	DQ	4 (6)	25 Mar 2017	Atlantico Live, Rome, Italy	Avakyan disqualified for repeated fouls
43	Loss	40–2–1	Ricky Burns	TKO	8 (12), 1:57	28 May 2016	The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland	For vacant WBA light-welterweight title
42	Win	40–1–1	Alexandre Lepelley	KO	8 (12)	30 May 2015	Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy	Retained European light-welterweight title
41	Win	39–1–1	Kasper Bruun	TKO	9 (12)	28 Feb 2015	Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy	Retained European light-welterweight title
40	Win	38–1–1	Ruben Nieto	UD	12	3 Oct 2014	Polideportivo Fernando Martín, Fuenlabrada, Spain	Retained European light-welterweight title
39	Win	37–1–1	Istvan Kiss	KO	3 (6)	17 May 2014	Pala di Fiore Ostia, Rome, Italy
38	Win	36–1–1	Ville Piispanen	UD	12	21 Dec 2013	PalaBadminton, Milan, Italy	Retained European light-welterweight title
37	Win	35–1–1	Lenny Daws	UD	12	8 Jun 2013	Palazzetto dello sport Elio Pentassuglia, Brindisi, Italy	Won vacant European light-welterweight title
36	Win	34–1–1	Laszlo Robert Balogh	TKO	1 (6)	20 Oct 2012	Palazzetto dello sport Gianni D'Arco, Santa Teresa Gallura, Italy
35	Win	33–1–1	Giuseppe Lauri	TKO	1 (12)	14 Apr 2012	PalaRewatt, Vicenza, Italy	Won vacant European Union light-welterweight title
34	Win	32–1–1	Laszlo Szekeres	PTS	6	27 Jan 2012	Palazzetto dello sport Mario D'Agata, Arezzo, Italy
33	Win	31–1–1	Laszlo Robert Balogh	TKO	1 (6), 2:34	7 Oct 2011	Palazzetto dello sport, Monserrato, Italy
32	Win	30–1–1	Robert Cristea	PTS	6	22 Jul 2011	Palazzetto dello sport, Cecina, Italy
31	Win	29–1–1	Laszlo Komjathi	PTS	6	4 Dec 2010	Palazzetto dello sport, Decimomannu, Italy
30	Win	28–1–1	Peter McDonagh	PTS	6	24 Jul 2010	Stadio Is Arenas, Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy
29	Win	27–1–1	Arnold Turos	KO	2 (6), 2:56	12 Mar 2010	Palazzetto dello sport, Bertinoro, Italy
28	Win	26–1–1	Carlos Winston Velasquez	PTS	6	25 Sep 2009	Geovillage Sport Wellness & Convention Resort, Olbia, Italy
27	Win	25–1–1	Attila Molnar	KO	4 (6)	17 Jul 2009	Stadio Casaleno, Frosinone, Italy
26	Win	24–1–1	Juan Martinez	PTS	8	26 Jun 2009	Piazza dei Rioni, Porto Santo Stefano, Italy
25	Win	23–1–1	Hassan Saku	TKO	2 (6)	28 May 2009	Pala de Andrè, Ravenna, Italy
24	Win	22–1–1	János Petrovics	PTS	6	20 Feb 2009	Palazzetto dello sport, Frosinone, Italy
23	Win	21–1–1	János Petrovics	PTS	6	19 Dec 2008	Palazzetto dello sport di Via Austria, Grosseto, Italy
22	Win	20–1–1	Rafael Chiruta	PTS	6	14 Nov 2008	Palazzetto dello sport, Carbonia, Italy
21	Win	19–1–1	Ferenc Szabo	KO	4 (6)	12 Jul 2008	Sequals, Italy
20	Win	18–1–1	Laszlo Szekeres	PTS	6	9 Jun 2008	Foligno, Italy
19	Loss	17–1–1	Giuseppe Lauri	TKO	7 (12)	21 Sep 2007	PalaBastia, Livorno, Italy	Lost European Union light-welterweight title; For vacant WBC International light-welterweight title
18	Win	17–0–1	Zoltan Kalocsai	KO	2 (6), 2:36	25 May 2007	Pala de Andrè, Ravenna, Italy
17	Win	16–0–1	Mircea Lurci	TKO	3 (6)	27 Apr 2007	PalaBotteghelle, Reggio Calabria, Italy
16	Win	15–0–1	Juho Tolppola	UD	12	30 Jan 2007	Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland	Retained European Union light-welterweight title
15	Win	14–0–1	Giorgio Marinelli	UD	12	26 Dec 2006	Grosseto, Italy	Won European Union light-welterweight title
14	Win	13–0–1	Anton Glofak	TKO	4 (6)	15 Jul 2006	Piazza Municipale, Sequals, Italy
13	Win	12–0–1	Kalman Norbert Gagyi	PTS	6	23 Jun 2006	Bonassola, Italy
12	Draw	11–0–1	Giorgio Marinelli	SD	10	9 Jun 2006	Stadio della Pallacorda, Rome, Italy	Retained Italy light-welterweight title; For European Union light-welterweight title
11	Win	11–0	Miro Dicky	PTS	6	26 May 2006	Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy, Italy
10	Win	10–0	Antonio Mastantuono	TKO	7 (10), 1:48	17 Mar 2006	Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy, Italy	Retained Italy light-welterweight title
9	Win	9–0	Massimo Bertozzi	UD	10	21 Oct 2005	Centro Umbria Affari, Bastia Umbra, Italy	Won Italy light-welterweight title
8	Win	8–0	Elad Shmouel	UD	10	8 Aug 2005	Piazza della Pace, San Mango d'Aquino, Italy	Won vacant IBF Youth light-welterweight title
7	Win	7–0	Igor Krbusik	TKO	2 (6)	20 May 2005	Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy
6	Win	6–0	Csaba Toth	PTS	6	21 Mar 2005	San Mango d'Aquino, Italy
5	Win	5–0	Roland Dekany	TKO	5 (6)	1 Mar 2005	Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy
4	Win	4–0	Jozef Kubovsky	PTS	6	18 Dec 2004	Marina, Grosseto, Italy
3	Win	3–0	Nicolae Burloi	PTS	6	27 Nov 2004	Palazzetto dello sport Massimo Carrino, Genoa, Italy
2	Win	2–0	Veselin Dimitrov Vasilev	TKO	3 (6), 2:22	15 Oct 2004	Palazzetto dello sport Lastra a Signa, Florence, Italy
1	Win	1–0	Marian Bunea	TKO	4 (6), 1:56	2 Oct 2004	Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy