SPORT & NOTE
Michele DI ROCCO

Male

Super-Lightweight, Italy, Cannara, Foligno, Perugia, Umbria
Born: 4 May 1982, Foligno, Perugia, Umbria, Italy

as an amateur:
1999 Italian amateur champion 57
2000 Budapest, Hungary, World Jr Champs 60
Wpts David Beridze (Grg) 16-6, Lpts Khabib Allakhverdiev (Rus) 8-25
2000 Italian amateur champion 60
2001 Tunis, Tunisia, Mediterranean Games bronze medallist 60
2001 Italian amateur champion 60
Wpts Brunet Zamora (26-22), Final: Wpts Di Sivo (18-7)
2002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Strandjata Tournament bronze medallist 60
2002 Roma, Italy, Trofeo Italia gold medallist 60
Final: Wpts Filip Palic (Cro) 23-9
2002 Perm, Russia, European Sr Champs bronze medallist 60
Wrtd 4 Vladimir Lipsky (Ukr), Wpts Harus Sipahi (Ger) 30-28
Semis: Lstpd 2 Alexander Maletin (Rus)
2002 Italian amateur champion 60
Wstpd 2 Alosci, Wpts Emanuele De Prophetis (16-14)
2003 Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Strandjata Tournament bronze medallist 60
2003 Italian amateur champion 64
Wstpd 2 Carel Sandon, Final: Wpts Brunet Zamora (38-23)
2004 Warsaw, Poland, European qualifier for Athens Olympics 64
Wpts Nathan Brough (Eng) 34-13, Wpts Sergei Bykovsky (Blr) 39-26
Wpts Boris Georgiev (Bul) 42-36, Final: Lpts Patrick Bogere (Swe) 37-51
2004 Athens Olympic Games 64
Wpts Patric Lopez (Ven) 37-30, Wpts Anoushrivan Nourian (Aus) 33-25
Lpts Ionut Gheorghe (Rom) 18-29


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1998
Jurmala, Latvia, European Cadet Championships preliminaries, 54 kg
- Aug. 24Farhad AdjalovJurmala, Latvia LPTS 5:3
1999
No results recorded
2000
Cagliari, Italy, Italia Junior Tournament gold medal, 60 kg
+ June 1Guillaume SalingueCagliari, Italy WPTS
+ June 3Davide ConcuCagliari, Italy WPTS 16:3
2001
No results recorded
2002
Roma, Italy, Trofeo Italia gold medal, 60 kg
+ Mar. 21Araik SachbazjanRoma, Italy WWO
+ Mar. 22Filip PalicRoma, Italy WPTS 23:9
Piove di Sacco and Maddaloni, Italy, Italian Championships gold medal, 60 kg
+ Nov. 30Cristian SpagnoliPiove di Sacco, Italy WRSCO 2
+ Dec. 1Franco GrignolaPiove di Sacco, Italy WPTS 24:3
+ Dec. 7Alessandro AloschiMaddaloni, Italy WRSCO 2
+ Dec. 8Emanuele De ProphetisMaddaloni, Italy WPTS 16:14
2003
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Strandja Mamorial bronze medal, 60 kg
+ Feb. 21Ovidiu BobirnatPlovdiv, Bulgaria WPTS 34:20
- Feb. 22Evgen KibalyukPlovdiv, Bulgaria LPTS 30:13
Ferrara, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Hungary, 60 kg
+ Apr. 5Gyula KateFerrara, Italy WPTS
Tallin, Estonia, Karl Lehmann Memorial quarter final, 60 kg
- Sept. 26Andrejs AhmetovsTallin, Estonia LPTS 25:20
2004
Warsaw, Poland, Feliks Stamm Memorial - Tournament as Olympic Qualifications silver medal, 64 kg
+ Mar. 31Nathan BroughWarsaw, Poland WPTS 34:13
+ Apr. 2Sergey BykovskiyWarsaw, Poland WPTS 39:26
+ Apr. 3Boris GeorgievWarsaw, Poland WPTS 42:36
- Apr. 4Patrick BogereWarsaw, Poland LPTS 51:37

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
2004
+ Oct. 2Bunea Marian Grosseto, ItalyTKO 4
+ Oct. 15Vesselin Vassiliev Lastra a Signa, ItalyTKO 3
+ Nov. 27Nicolae Burloi Chiavari, ItalyW 6
+ Dec. 18Josef Kubovski Marina di Grosseto, ItalyW 6
2005
+ Mar. 1Roland Dekany Grosseto, ItalyTKO 5
+ Mar. 21Csaba Tóth San Mango d’Aquino, ItalyW 6
+ May 20Igor Krbusik Marina di GrossetoTKO 2
+ Aug. 5Elad Shmouel San Mango d’Aquino, ItalyW 10
(Won vacant IBF Youth Super-Lightweight Title)
+ Oct. 21Massimo Bertozzi Bastia Umbra, ItalyW 10
(Won Italian Super-Lightweight Title)
2006
+ Mar. 17Antonio Mastantuono Grosseto, ItalyTKO 7
(Retained Italian Super-Lightweight Title)
+ May 26Miro Dicky Grosseto, ItalyW 6
= June 9 Giorgio Marinelli Roma, ItalyDraw 10
(Retained Italian Super-Lightweight Title and for European Union Super-Lightweight Title)
+ June 23Kalman Norbert Gagyi Bonassola, ItalyW 6
+ July 15Anton Glofak Sequals, ItalyTKO 4
+ Dec. 26Giorgio Marinelli Grosseto, ItalyW 12
(Won European Union Super-Lightweight Title)
2007
+ Jan. 30Juho Tolppola Helsinki, FinlandW 12
(Retained Europen Union Super-Lightweight Title)
+ Apr. 27Mircea Lurci Reggio Calabria, ItalyTKO 3
+ May 25Zoltan Kalocsai Ravenna, ItalyTKO 2
- Sept. 21Giuseppe Lauri Livorno, ItalyTKO by 7
(Lost European Union Super-Lightweight Title and for vacant WBC Int’l Super-Lightweight Title)
2008
+ June 9Laszlo Szekeres Foligno, ItalyW 6
+ July 12Ferenc Szabo Sequals, ItalyTKO 4
+ Nov. 14Rafael Chiruta Carbonia, ItalyW 6
+ Dec. 19Janos Petrovics Grosseto, ItalyW 6
2009
+ Feb. 20Janos Petrovics Frosninone, ItalyW 6
+ May 28Hassan Saku Ravenna, ItalyTKO 2
+ June 26Juan Martinez Bas Porto Santo Stefano, ItalyW 8
+ July 17Attila MolnarFrosinone, Italy TKO 4
+ Sept. 25Carlos Wiston VELASQUEZOlbia, ItalyW 6
2010
+ Mar. 12 Arnold TurosBertinoro, ItalyTKO 2
+ July 24Peter McDONAGHQuartu Sant'Elena, ItalyW 6
+ Dec. 4 Laszlo KomjathiDecimomannu, ItalyW 6
2011
+ July 22 Robert CristeaCecina, ItalyW 6
+ Oct. 7Laszlo Robert BALOGHMonserrato, ItalycTKO 1
2012
+ Jan. 27 Laszlo SzekeresArezzo, ItalyW 6
+ Apr. 14 Giuseppe LauriVicenza, ItalyKO 1 (1:19)
(Regained vacant European Union Super-Lightweight Title)
+ Oct. 20Laszlo Robert BALOGHSanta Teresa di Gallura, ItalyKO 1
2013
+ June 8 Lenny DawsBrindisi, ItalyW 12 UD
(Won vacant European Super-Lightweight Title)
+ Dec. 21 Ville PiispanenMilano, ItalyW 12 UD
(Retained European Super-Lightweight Title)
2014
+ May 17 Istvan KissOstia, ItalyKO 3
+ Oct. 3 Ruben NietoFuenlabrada, SpainW 12 UD
(Retained European Super-Lightweight Title)
2015
+ Feb. 28 Kasper BruunMilano, ItalyTKO 9
(Retained European Super-Lightweight Title)
+ May 30 Alexander LepelleyMilano, ItalyKO 8
(Retained European Super-Lightweight Title)
2016
- May 28 Ricky BurnsGlasgow, ScotlandTKO by 8
(For vacant WBA World Super-lightweight Title)
2017
+ Mar. 25 Mikheil AvakyaniRoma, ItalyWDQ 5
- July 1 Eduard TrojanovskijMoscow, RussiaKO by 4

 

Summary

Total bouts: 45, Won: 41 (18 inside the limit), Lost: 3 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0