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Francesco Damiani

Male

Heavyweight, Italy, Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna
Born: 4 October 1958, Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Height: 6ft 2 1/2in, mt 1,88
Weight: 226, 230, 234 lbs

Club: Società Lughese

as an amateur:
1976 Roma, Italian Novice B Championships heavyweight winner
1978 Castelfranco Veneto, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
1979 Fano, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
1980 Terracina, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
1981 Tampere, Finland, European Championships super-heavyweight gold medal
1982 Munich, Germany, World Championships super-heavyweight silver medal
1983 Varna, Bulgaria, European Championships super-heavyweight gold medal
1984 Los Angeles, California, Olympic Games super-heavyweight silver medal

Amateur fights summary: 77 contests: won 67, lost 9, draw 1
(W/WO not counted)

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1976
Roma, Italy, Italian National Novice B Championships winner, +81 kg
+ June 3	Svezia	Roma, Italy	WPTS 3
+ June 5	Guido Trane	Roma, Italy	WPTS 3
+ July 10	Soldo	Lugo, Italy	WPTS 3
- Sept. 18	Guido Trane	Brindisi, Italy	LPTS 3
+ Oct. 2	Latini	Perugia, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Oct. 16	Franco Federici	Roma, Italy	WAB 2
+ Oct. 24	Baggio	Lugo, Italy	WKO 3
+ Nov. 5	Paloni	Faenza, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 3	Roberto Sammuri	Faenza, Italy	WPTS 3
1977
+ Dec. 2	Guido Trane	Lugo, Italy	WPTS 3
1978
+ Mar. 17	Ruberti	Lugo, Italy	WPTS 3
= June 17	Chiacchierini	Ladispoli, Italy	Draw 3
Chieti, Italy, Dual Match Abruzzo Regional Team vs Baden-Württemberg Team, +81 kg
+ July 29	Bogdanski	Chieti, Italy	WPTS 3
Bergamo, Italy, Italian Interregional Tournament winner, +81 kg
+ Sept. 8	Franco Federici	Bergamo, Italy	WAB 1
+ Sept. 9	Luigi Lomuscio	Bergamo, Italy	WPTS 3
Port Said, Egypt, Suez Canal Tournament winner, +81 kg
+ Oct. 14	Ghonein	Port Said, Egypt	WPTS 3
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, Italian National Championships winner, +81 kg
+ Nov. 9	Barbieri	Castelfranco Veneto, Italy	WTKO 1
+ Nov. 11	Renato Mosella	Castelfranco Veneto, Italy	WKO 2
1979
+ May 18	Alfred Voltine	Viareggio, Italy	WPTS 3
Split, Yugoslavia, Mediterranean Games bronze medal, +81 kg
- Sept. 20	Dominique Nato	Split, Yugoslavia	LPTS 3
Fano, Italy, Italian National Championships winner, +81 kg
+ Nov. 27	Guido Trane	Fano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Nov. 29	Luigi Lomuscio	Fano, Italy	WAB 1
+ Dec. 2	Roberto Sammuri	Fano, Italy	WPTS 3
Carrara and Grosseto, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs France, +81 kg
- Dec. 20	Dominique Nato	Carrara, Italy	LPTS 3
+ Dec. 23	Alfred Voltine	Grosseto, Italy	WPTS 3
1980
Latina and Campobasso, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Tunisia, +81 kg
+ Feb. 21	Jacoubi	Latina, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 23	Jacoubi	Campobasso, Italy	WPTS 3
Saint-Nazaire, France, French Open Tournament gold medal, +81 kg
+ Mar. 23	Herczog	Saint-Nazaire, France	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 25	Dominique Nato	Saint-Nazaire, France	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 29	Teodor Pirjol	Saint-Nazaire, France	WPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Città di Roma Tournament gold medal, +81 kg
+ Apr. 23	Ben Tiben	Roma, Italy	WTKO 1
+ Apr. 25	Jacoubi	Roma, Italy	WPTS 3
Moscow, Russia, Olympic Games quarter-finals, +81 Kg
+ July 25	Teodor Pirjol	Moscow, Soviet Union	WPTS 4:1
- July 30	Petr Zayev	Moscow, Soviet Union	LPTS 5:0
Terracina, Italy, Italian National Championships winner, +81 kg
+ Nov. 11	Ponza	Terracina, Italy	WWO
+ Nov. 13	Biagio Chianese	Terracina, Italy	WTKO-I 2
+ Nov. 15	Roberto Sammuri	Terracina, Italy	WTKO 1
1981
Orvieto, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs USA, +81 kg
+ Feb. 25	Carr	Orvieto, Italy	WAB 2
Mestre, Italy, Trofeo Italia Tournament bronze medal, +81 kg
+ Mar. 4	Marek Palucki	Mestre, Italy	WPTS 3
- Mar. 6	Juergen Fanghaenel	Mestre, Italy	LPTS 3
Perigueux, France, French Open Tournament gold medal, +81 kg
+ Mar. 27	Dominique Nato	Perigueux, France	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 28	Iounis Hristou	Perigueux, France	WAB 2
Tampere, Finland, European Championships gold medal, +91 Kg
+ May 7	Artur Laburda	Tampere, Finland	WTKO 2
+ May 8	Ulli Kaden	Tampere, Finland	WPTS 5:0
+ May 10	Vyacheslav Yakovlev	Tampere, Finland	WPTS 5:0
Orvieto, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs USA, +81 kg
+ June 12	Arms	Orvieto, Italy	WAB 2
- Oct. 25	Peter Hussing	Munich, West Germany	LPTS 3
Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dual Match Brazil vs Italy, +81 kg
+ Dec. 12	Adilson Rodrigues	Sao Paulo, Brazil	WTKO 1
1982
Jakarta, Indonesia, President's Cup gold medal, +81 kg
+ Feb. 5	Krismanto	Jakarta, Indonesia	WTKO 3
+ Feb. 6	Alexander Miroshnichenko	Jakarta, Indonesia	WPTS
Mestre, Italy, Trofeo Italia Tournament gold medal, +91 kg
+ Mar. 13	Hasan Kaya	Mestre, Italy	WTKO 1
+ Mar. 15	Esmail Ahmed	Mestre, Italy	WTKO 1
Munich, Germany, World Championships silver medal, +91 Kg
+ May 11	Teofilo Stevenson	Munich, West Germany	WPTS 5:0
+ May 13	Petar Stoymenov	Munich, West Germany	WPTS 5:0
- May 15	Tyrell Biggs	Munich, West Germany	LPTS 4:1
Narni, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Hungary, +91 kg
+ Sept. 15	Konya	Narni, Italy	WAB 2
Tampere, Finland, Tammer Tournament gold medal, +91 kg
+ Oct. 22	Hristo Jamboliev	Tampere, Finland	WTKO 1
+ Oct. 24	Valery Abadzhyan	Tampere, Finland	WPTS 5:0
Montreal, Canada, Dual Match Canada vs Italy, +91 kg
+ Dec. 21	Willie de Wit	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 3:2
Ravennai, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs USA, +91 kg
+ Dec. 26	Arms	Ravenna, Italy	WPTS 3
1983
Mestre, Italy, Trofeo Italia Tournament gold medal, +91 kg
+ Mar. 7	Derrik Mair	Mestre, Italy	WPTS
+ Mar. 10	Ferenc Somodi	Mestre, Italy	WKO 2
+ Mar. 12	Olaf Mayer	Mestre, Italy	WWO
Varna, Bulgaria, European Championships gold medal, +91 Kg
+ May 11	Istvan Levai	Varna, Bulgaria	WPTS 5:0
+ May 13	Petar Stoymenov	Varna, Bulgaria	WPTS 5:0
+ May 15	Ulli Kaden	Varna, Bulgaria	WWO
Roma, Italy, World Cup gold medal, +91 kg
+ Oct. 18	Willie Isangura	Roma, Italy	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 20	Ulli Kaden	Roma, Italy	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 22	Craig Payne	Roma, Italy	WPTS 4:1
1984
+ Jan. 20	Biagio Chianese	Lugo, Italy	WPTS 3
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, International Tournament gold medal, +91 kg
+ Feb. 24	Emilov	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WPTS 2
+ Feb. 26	Rudonic	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WTKO-I 2
Mestre, Italy, Trofeo Italia Tournament gold medal, +91 kg
+ Mar. 13	Olaf Mayer	Mestre, Italy	WTKO 2
+ Mar. 15	Marek Palucki	Mestre, Italy	WPTS 5:0
+ Mar. 17	Ferenc Somodi	Mestre, Italy	WWO
Los Angeles, California, AIBA Challenge Matches, +91 kg
- Apr. 13	Tyrell Biggs	Los Angeles, California	LPTS
Athens, Greece, Acropolis Tournament gold medal, +91 kg
+ June 6	Hrisidis	Athens, Greece	WTKO 2
+ June 7	Olaf Mayer	Athens, Greece	WPTS
+ June 9	Ikomoniya Botowamungo (AUT)	Athens, Greece	WWO
Los Angeles, California, Olympic Games silver medal, +91 Kg
+ Aug. 8	Willie Isangura	Los Angeles, California	WRSCH 2
+ Aug. 9	Robert Wells	Los Angeles, California	WRSC 3
- Aug. 11	Tyrell Biggs	Los Angeles, California	LPTS 4:1

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1985
+ Jan. 5	Allou Gobe	Perugia, Italy	TKO 3
+ Mar. 8	George Butzbach	Modena, Italy	TKO 2
+ Apr. 20	Dragomir Popovic	Ceriale, Italy	TKO 6
+ May 17	Larry Roberson	Stateline, United States	TKO 1
+ June 29	Walter Santemore	Bellaria, Italy	W 6
+ July 13	Rick Kellar	Atlantic City, United States	TKO 1
+ Sept. 28	Felipe Rodriguez	Sassari, Italy	TKO 5
1986
+ Jan. 31	Bobby Crabtree	Abbiategrasso, Italy	TKO 6
+ Feb. 14	Tom Trimm	Milano, Italy	KO 2
+ Apr. 2	Mike Perkins	Totowa, United States	TKO 5
+ May 30	Danny Sutton	Abano Terme, Italy	TKO 7
+ July 4	Donnie Long	Porlezza, Italy	KO 2
+ Sept. 19	Rocky Sekorski	Lerici, Italy	W 10
+ Nov. 14	Kevin P Porter	San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Italy	TKO 5
+ Dec. 19	Rodney Smith	Ancona, Italy	TKO 2
1987
+ Feb. 14	Eddie Gregg	Lucca, Italy	TKO 1
(Won vacant WBC International Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 11	James Broad	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ July 11	Eddie Richardson	Corsico, Italy	W 10
+ Oct. 9	Anders Eklund	Aosta, Italy	KO 6
(Won European Heavyweight Title)
1988
+ Jan. 22	Dorcey Gaymon	Atlantic City, United States	TKO 4
+ Apr. 22	John Emmen	Milano, Italy	TKO 3
(Retained European Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 29	Tyrell Biggs	Milano, Italy	cTKO 5
+ Dec. 17	Manfred Jassmann	Sassari, Italy	KO 3
(Retained European Heavyweight Title)
1989
+ May 6	Johnny DuPlooy	Siracusa, Italy	KO 3
(Won inaugural WBO Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 16	Daniel Eduardo Neto	Cesena, Italy	TKO 2
(Retained WBO Heavyweight Title)
1990
+ June 2	Tony Morrison	Salice Terme, Italy	KO 3
+ Oct. 20	Everett Martin	Cesena, Italy	KO 2
1991
- Jan. 11	Ray Mercer	Atlantic City, United States	KO by 9
(Lost WBO Heavyweight Title)
1992
+ Mar. 7	Frankie Swindell	Fano, Italy	W 8
+ Apr. 22	Michael Greer	East Rutherford, United States	KO 1
+ Sept. 12	Greg Page	Las Vegas, United States	W 10
1993
- Apr. 23	Oliver McCall	Memphis, United States	TKO by 8

Summary

Total bouts: 32, Won: 30 (24 inside the limit), Lost: 2 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0