SPORT & NOTE
Clemente Meroni

Male

"Mentin"
Middleweight, Italy, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano, Lombardia
Born: 8 June 1907, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Died: in March 1987, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano, Lombardia, Italy

as an amateur:
1926 Roma, Italian Championships middleweight winner
1928 Milano, Italian Championships light-heavyweight winner
1929 Roma, Italian Championships light-heavyweight winner
1930 Budapest, Hungary, European Championships middleweight gold medal

Amateur results provided by Pietro Anselmi and Fausto Borgonzoni
Fights summary: 39 contests, won 30, lost 6, drew 3

Photo courtesy of Pietro Anselmi



Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1926
Milano, Italy, Hight Italy Championships winner, 72,600 kg
+ Sept. 26Pietro ToscaniMilano, Italy WPTS 3
+ Sept. 28PianMilano, Italy WPTS 3
Milano, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Belgium, 72,600 kg
- Nov. 19StipicicMilano, Italy LPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Italian National Championships winner, 72,600 kg
+ Dec. 20Mario PizziRoma, Italy WPTS 3
1927
+ Feb. 25Pietro ToscaniMilano, Italy WPTS 3
Geneva, Switzerland, Dual Match Switzerland vs Italy, 72,600 kg
+ Mar. 23Guy PerreletGeneva, Switzerland WPTS 3
- Apr. 2Pietro ToscaniMilano, Italy LPTS 3
+ Nov. 3Renato Di GiacomoRoma, Italy WPTS 3
Geneva, Switzerland, Dual Match Switzerland vs Italy, 72,600 kg
+ Dec. 2Guy PerreletGeneva, Switzerland WPTS 3
1928
= Jan. 10Paolo BerardiRoma, Italy Draw 3
+ Jan. 27Paolo BerardiRoma, Italy WPTS 3
- Feb. 16Domenico CeccarelliRoma, Italy LPTS 3
- Mar. 14Domenico CeccarelliRoma, Italy LPTS 3
Milano, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Denmark, 72,600 kg
- Apr. 10Eberhardt HansenMilano, Italy LPTS 3
Milano, Italy, Italian National Championships winner, 79,400 kg
+ Apr. 27VernazzaMilano, Italy WPTS 3
+ Apr. 29Domenico Ceccarelli (ITA)Milano, ItalyWPTS 3
= Oct. 1Adriano PaparellaRoma, Italy Draw 3
+ Nov. 2Renato Di GiacomoRoma, Italy WPTS 3
= Dec. 20Oddone PiazzaRoma, Italy Draw 3
1929
+ Feb. 4MediciRoma, Italy WPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Apr. 20-21, Central Italy Championships winner, 79,400 kg
+ Apr. 20Giuseppe LapiniRoma, Italy WKO 1
+ Apr. 21DonatiRoma, Italy WPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Italian National Championships winner, 79,400 kg
+ June 3Duilio MassaceseRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ June 14ManteloBarcelona, Spain WPTS 3
Barcelona, Spain, Latin Tournament gold medal, 79,400 kg
+ July 11Alexandre ElyasBarcelona, Spain WPTS 3
+ July 13Jose MontillorBarcelona, Spain WPTS 3
Budapest, Hungary, Dual Match Hungary vs Italy, 79,400 kg
+ Aug. 11Sandor Reti-RusovszkyBudapest, Hungary WAB 2
+ Aug. 18DanielisFiume, Italy WAB 2
+ Dec. 4Mario PizziRoma, Italy WPTS 3
1930
+ Feb. 16Aldo MenabeniRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ Feb. 17Mario PizziRoma, Italy WPTS 3
Ancona, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Hungary, 72,600 kg
+ Mar. 2Lajos SzigetiAncona, Italy WPTS 3
Magdeburg, Germany, Dual Match Germany vs Italy, 72,600 kg
+ May 9UlrichMagdeburg, Germany WPTS 3
Budapest, Hungary, European Championships gold medal, 72,600 kg
+ June 5Armand ChristensenBudapest, Hungary WPTS 3
+ June 6Alexander RauterBudapest, Hungary WPTS 3
+ June 8Lajos SzigetiBudapest, Hungary WPTS 3
Antwerp and Liege, Belgium, Dual Match Belgium vs Italy, 72,600 kg
+ July 20Jos ArnouldAntwerp, Belgium WPTS 3
- July 24Pierre CharlesLiege, Belgium LPTS 3
Rimini, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Germany, 72,600 kg
+ Aug. 24BoehmRimini, Italy WPTS 3
+ Sept. 2LonginottiRoma, Italy WTKO 2

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1930
+ Sept. 28Attilio ErbaCinisello, ItalyW 6
+ Oct. 5Aldo MenabeniMilano, ItalyW 6
+ Nov. 12Alberto DaccòBologna, ItalyW 6
= Dec. 26Pietro ToscaniCinisello, ItalyDraw 6
1931
+ Feb. 8Mario PizziMilano, ItalyW 6
+ Mar. 1Romano CanevaMilano, ItalyW 8
+ Mar. 27Pietro ToscaniMilano, ItalyW 8
+ May 17Tino RolandoMilano, ItalyW 8
+ June 1Claude BassinMilano, ItalyW 10
- Sept. 5Pastor MilanesTorino, ItalyLDQ 10
1932
+ Jan. 5Walter AnklamBerlin, GermanyW 10
+ Mar. 21Tony CampoloMonza, ItalyW 10
- Apr. 8Ignacio AraMadrid, SpainL 10
+ Apr. 22Pastor MilanesMadrid, SpainW 10
+ June 8Ricardo AlisBarcelona, SpainW 10
+ June 21Isidoro CastanagaBarcelona, SpainW 10
+ July 4Tino RolandoMilano, ItalyW 10
- Aug. 10Kid TuneroBarcelona, SpainL 10
- Sept. 14Martinez de AlfaraBarcelona, SpainL 10
= Sept. 30 Michele BonagliaMilano, ItalyDraw 10
+ Nov. 10Alexis MarinMilano, ItalyTKO 5
1933
+ Feb. 8 Oddone PiazzaMilano, ItalyW 12
(Won vacant Italian Middleweight Title)
- Mar. 28Mario DobrezFiume, ItalyLDQ 10
+ May 23Tino RolandoMilano, ItalyW 12
(Retained Italian Middleweight Title)
- June 2Archie SextonManchester, Great BritainL 12
- Aug. 27Domenico CeccarelliRoma, ItalyL 10
+ Oct. 28Hilario MartinezBarcelona, SpainW 10
+ Nov. 8Cheo MorejonBarcelona, SpainW 10
= Nov. 24Hans HoldtCopenhagen, DenmarkDraw 8
1934
+ Feb. 12 Oddone PiazzaMilano, ItalyW 12
(Retained Italian Middleweight Title)
- Feb. 26Carmelo CandelParis, FranceL 10
= Mar. 26Carmelo CandelParis, FranceDraw 10
- Apr. 8Gustav EderHamburg, GermanyL 12
- June 9Aldo MenabeniFirenze, ItalyL 12
(Lost Italian Middleweight Title)
- June 22Ignacio AraMadrid, SpainL 10
+ June 28Romano CanevaTorino, Italy TKO 5
- Aug. 5Marcel ThilMarseille, FranceL 10
- Sept. 19Gustave RothBrussels, BelgiumL 10
+ Oct. 15Roger RoyerMilano, Italy TKO 5
- Oct. 29 Domenico CeccarelliMilano, ItalyL 10
- Nov. 17Jimmy TaranteGeneva, SwitzerlandL 10
1935
= Apr. 30 Mario CasadeiMilano, ItalyDraw 10
- June 9Vittorio VenturiRoma, ItalyL 10
- July 20Alfredo OldoiniLa Spezia, ItalyL 12
= Sept. 7Karl NeubauerVienna, AustriaDraw 10
+ Oct. 26Roger BesneuxMarseille, France W 10
1936
- Jan. 24Amedeo DejanaGenova, Italy L 10
+ Feb. 13Nicol JorgulescuGenova, Italy W 10
- Mar. 1Kid TuneroBarcelona, SpainL 10
- July 11Mario CaroselliRoma, ItalyL 10
+ Sept. 6Bortolo FerriBalsamo, Italy TKO 2
- Sept. 19Kid TuneroAlgiers, AlgeriaL 10
- Nov. 25Arno PrybylskiBerlin, GermanyL 8
+ Dec. 12Franz SingBerlin, Germany W 8
= Dec. 26Karl NeubauerVienna, Austria Draw 10

 

Summary

Total bouts: 55, Won: 26 (4 inside the limit), Lost: 22 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 7, NC: 0