SPORT & NOTE
Silvio Branco

Male

"Il Barbaro"
Cruiserweight, Italy, Civitavecchia, Roma, Lazio
Born: 26 August 1966, Civitavecchia, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Height 6ft, mt 1,83

(brother of Gianluca Branco)

Club: Civitavecchia Ring

as an amateur:
1984 Teramo, Italian National Novice B Championships welterweight winner
1987 Bologna, Italian Championships super-welterweight 3rd place

amateur record: 23 contests, won 21, lost 1, draw 1


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1984
+ Jan. 27Sandro ArtistaOstia, Italy WPTS 3
+ Feb. 28Paolo IezziRoma, Italy WPTS 3
Roma, Italy, May 4-5, Primi Pugni Tournament winner, 67 kg
+ May 4Massimo PerfettiRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ May 5Paolo IezziRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ June 29Roberto Di BartolomeoRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ Aug. 25Giuseppe De BellisRoma, Italy WTKO 3
Roma, Italy, Nov. 9-10, Lazio Regional Novice B Championships winner, 67 kg
+ Nov. 9Stefano BovaRoma, Italy WTKO 1
+ Nov. 10Marco VecchioniRoma, Italy WTKO 3
Teramo, Italy, Italian National Novice B Championships winner, 67 kg
+ Dec. 18Gianco Delle VedoveTeramo, Italy WPTS 3
+ Dec. 20G.Paolo MasottiTeramo, Italy WPTS 3
+ Dec. 22Antonio RoncaTeramo, Italy WPTS 3
1985
+ May 24Vito Antonio MaggioCivitavecchia, Italy WPTS 3
+ Oct. 22Santo ColomboRoma, Italy WPTS 3
1986
No results recorded
1987
+ Mar. 20Marco VecchioniRoma, Italy WPTS 3
= Apr. 24Marco PerazziCivitavecchia, Italy Draw 3
+ May 7Marco PerazziRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ May 13Angelo FigusRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ May 30Salvatore CalaresuCivitavecchia, Italy WAB
+ June 21Marco Dell'UomoFrosinone, Italy WKO
+ July 24Vincenzo BottiPrincipina a Mare, Italy WKO
Bologna, Italy, Italian National Championships 3rd place, 71 kg
+ Nov. 24Andrea IndaniBologna, Italy WTKO-I
+ Nov. 25Domenico BiffoneBologna, Italy WPTS 3
- Nov. 26Michele MastrodonatoBologna, Italy LTKO

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1988
+ July 14Flip Houthoofdt Milano, ItalyTKO 5
+ Sept. 15Piero Spadaccini Milano, ItalycTKO 6
+ Dec. 30Xhafer Vishaj Civitavecchia, ItalyW 6
1989
+ Apr. 14Patrice Delacourt Milano, ItalyKO 1
+ May 25Alfredo Reyes Rozzano, ItalyKO 2
+ June 10Young Gully Civitavecchia, ItalyTKO 2
+ July 21Jimmy Gourad Tarquinia, ItalyTKO 3
+ Oct. 14Jimmy Gourad Catanzaro, ItalyKO 3
= Dec. 9Judas Clottey Teramo, ItalyDraw 8
1990
+ Jan. 29Libema Nzua Milano, ItalyW 6
+ May 25Abdel Bejaoui Tunis, TunisiaTKO 3
+ Oct. 15Eric Taton Milano, ItalyKO 2
+ Nov. 16Samuel Isiko Piove di Sacco, ItalyKO 1
1991
+ Mar. 27Ray Webb Mestre, ItalyW 8
+ May 15Ian Chantler Montichiari, ItalyTKO 2
+ July 5Erick Ecker Civitavecchia, ItalyTKO 2
+ Nov. 21Larry McCall Perugia, ItalyKO 1
1992
- Feb. 1Agostino Cardamone Civitavecchia, ItalyL 12
(For vacant Italian Middleweight Title)
+ Feb. 25Tomas Garcia Voghera, ItalyTKO 1
1993
+ Jan. 20Patrice Cord'homme Avoiraz, FranceW 6
+ Apr. 16Horace Fleary Roma, ItalyW 6
+ Aug. 20Luigi De Cicilia Civitavecchia, ItalyTKO 3
(Won vacant Italian Middleweight Title)
+ Dec. 29Giovanni De Marco Capo d'Orlando, ItalyTKO 3
(Retained Italian Middleweight Title)
1994
+ Mar. 5Stefano Pompilio Grosseto, ItalyKO 1
(Retained Italian Middleweight Title)
+ June 29Ivano Biagi Follonica, ItalyKO 1
(Retained Italian Middleweight Title)
+ Oct. 14Miguel Angel Arroyo Tandil, ArgentinaW 12
(Won WBC International Middleweight Title)
1995
- Feb. 22Richie Woodhall Telford, Gt.BritainTKO by 9
(For vacant European Middleweight Title)
+ Aug. 2Alexander Zaitsev Erice, ItalyW 12
(Won IBF Inter-Cont’l Middleweight Title)
+ Nov. 30Luis Dionisio Barrera Pofi, ItalyTKO 12
(Retained IBF Inter-Cont’l MIddleweight Title)
1996
+ Jan. 20Jozsef Nagy Marsala, ItalyTKO 1
= May 2Rodney Toney Civitavecchia, ItalyDraw 12
(For vacant WBU Super-Middleweight Title)
+ Aug. 8Csaba Olah San Mango, ItalyTKO 4
+ Sept. 12Thomas Tate Civitavecchia, ItalyW 12
(Won vacant WBU Middleweight Title)
1997
+ Feb. 13Verno Phillips Civitavecchia, ItalyW 12
(Retained WBU Middleweight Title)
+ June 12Ricardo Raul Nunez Giulianova, ItalyTKO 10
(Retained WBU Middleweight Title)
+ Aug. 28Gustavo Francisco Freda Civitavecchia, ItalyTKO 6
(Retained WBU Middleweight Title)
+ Dec. 17Darren Maciunski Calatafimi, ItalyW 12
(Retained WBU Middleweight Title)
1998
+ June 27Rogerio Cacciatore Messina, ItalyW 12
(Retained WBU Middleweight Title)
+ Aug. 22Anthony Andrews Calatafimi, ItalyTKO 8
(Retained WBU Middleweight Title)
- Dec. 18Agostino Cardamone Brindisi, ItalyKO by 10
(Lost WBU Middleweight Title)
1999
- Mar. 27Agostino Cardamone Civitavecchia, ItalyL 12
(For WBU Middleweight Title)
+ May 15Anthony Ivory Capo d’Orlando, ItalyW 8
+ June 26Patrick Swann Benevento, ItalyW 6
+ Nov. 20Marco Antonio Duarte Sabaudia, ItalyW 6
2000
+ Apr. 15Glen Johnson Padova, ItalyW 12
(Won vacant WBU Super-Middleweight Title)
+ June 24Robin Reid Glasgow, Gt.BritainW 12
(Retained WBU Super-Middleweight Title)
- Dec. 16Sven Ottke Karlsruhe, GermanyL 12
(For IBF Super-Middleweight Title)
2001
+ Apr. 28Didier Poujol Civitavecchia, ItalyTKO 1
+ Oct. 20Johan Gimenez Trieste, ItalyW 6
+ Nov. 17Julien Chamayou Civitavecchia, ItalyW 6
2002
+ Feb. 9Jürgen Hartenstein Civitavecchia, ItalyTKO 1
(Won vacant IBF Inter-Cont’l Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 13Ramdane Serdjane Campione d’Italia, ItalyW 6
+ Nov. 24Anton Lascek Rijeka, CroatiaKO 2
2003
- Feb. 8Stipe Drews Berlin, GermanyL 12
(For vacant European Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ May 31Zoltán Béres Civitavecchia, ItalyTKO 5
+ July 22Raul Barreto Pavia, ItalyTKO 6
+ Oct. 10Mehdi Sahnoune Marseille, FranceTKO 11
(Won WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
2004
- Mar. 20Fabrice Tiozzo Lyon, FranceL 12
(Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
- July 17Thomas Ulrich Zwickau, GermanyKO by 11
(For vacant European Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 5Ramdane Serdjane Civitavecchia, ItalyW 10
+ Dec. 21Sasha Mitreski Sabaudia, ItalyTKO 5
(Won vacant WBA Inter-Cont’l Light-Heavyweight Title)
2005
+ May 20Zoltán Béres Santa Marinella, ItalyTKO 4
+ June 17Drago Janjusevic Milano, ItalyTKO 6
+ Dec. 16Radek Seman Miano, ItalyTKO 4
2006
+ July 27Manny Siaca Milano, ItalyW 12
(Won vacant WBA Interim Light-Heavyweight Title)
2007
- Apr. 28Stipe Drews Oberhausen, GermanyL 12
(Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 19Peter Venancio da Silva Berlin, GermanyTW 9
(Won vacant WBC Int’l and Wbc Latino Light-Heavyweight Titles)
2008
+ Apr. 19Abdelkader Benzinia Bucharest, RomaniaW 6
2009
+ Apr. 10Roland Horvath Casoria, ItalyTKO 3
+ June 20Zoltan Kallai Cesano, ItalyTKO 4
- Sept. 25Jean PascalMontreal, CanadaTKO by 10
(For WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
2010
+ Feb. 5Laszlo HubertFuscaldo, ItalyTKO 4
(Won vacant WBC International Cruiserweight Title)
+ Nov. 27Vincenzo RossittoCivitavecchia, ItalyW 12
(Retained WBC International Cruiserweight Title)
2011
+ July 8 Jevgenijs AndrejevsCivitanova Marche, ItalyW 6
2012
= Mar. 17Giacobbe FragomeniPavia, ItalyDraw 12
(For vacant WBC Silver Cruiserweight Title)
- Dec. 15Giacobbe FragomeniRiva del Garda, ItalyL 12
(For vacant WBC Silver Cruiserweight Title)
2013
+ July 6Juho HaapojaCivitavecchia, ItalyTW 10
(Won vacant WBC Silver Cruiserweight Title)

 

Summary

Total bouts: 77, Won: 63 (37 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 0