Sport & Note

Giovanni Manca

Male

Middleweight, Italy, Roma, Lazio
Born: 1 January 1919, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Died: 11 June 1982, Roma, Lazio, Italy

* record incomplete *

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1939
= Mar. 30	Emilio Bassi	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Draw 6
+ Apr. 27	Michele Marini	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	W 10
- May 15	Luigi Longo	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	L 10
+ June 2	Emilio Bassi	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	TKO 3
+ July 12	Otello Pergola	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	KO 5
= Aug. 3	Michele Marini	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Draw 10
+ Aug. 18	Emilio Bassi	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	TKO 3-Rtd
+ Sept. 10	Carmelo Catanese	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	KO 2
+ Oct. 14	Giovanni Ceccarelli	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	TKO 4 (Rtd)
+ Oct. 28	Michele Marini	Mogadishu, Somalia	W 10
+ Nov. 9	Marsico	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	KO 1
- Dec. 11	Marcello Malatesta	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	L 6
1940
+ Jan. 21	Emilio Bassi	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	TKO 1
+ Feb. 13	Rino Cirelli	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	W 8
+ Mar. 6	Cocconi	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	KO 4
+ Apr. 2	Luigi Longo	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	KO 5
+ June 8	Michele Marini	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	W 12
(Won vacant East Africa Middleweight Title)
+ July 3	Rino Cirelli	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	KO 1
1941
+ Feb. 1	Marcello Malatesta	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	W 12
(Reatined East Africa Middleweight Title)
+ Feb. 9	Antonio Verino	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	KO 2
1942 Inactive
1943
+ Apr. 12	Gino Verdinelli	Zonderwater, South Africa	W 10
+ Sept. 8	Gino Verdinelli	Zonderwater, South Africa	W 10
1944
* Feb. 10	Tiger Burns	Johannesburg, South Africa	ND 10
* May 4	Nick Woldmorans	Pretoria, South Africa	ND 10
* Sept. 26	Laurie Stevens	Johannesburg, South Africa	ND 10
1945
* Mar. 12	Rocky Ingram	Johannesburg, South Africa	ND 10
* Sept. 21	Billy Geyers	Pretoria, South Africa	ND 10
* Dec. 17	Laurie Stevens	Johannesburg, South Africa	ND 10
1946
+ Apr. 7	Vincenzo Mastropaolo	Roma, Italy	W 6
+ June 30	Marcello Zaccardi	Roma, Italy	TKO 7 (Rtd)
+ July 13	Wogel	Napoli, Italy	W 8
+ July 23	Wogel	Napoli, Italy	W 6
- Aug. 16	Michele Palermo	Napoli, Italy	L 8
= Aug. 26	Armando Amanini	Ancona, Italy	Draw 8
+ Sept. 21	Pasquale Giovannone	Roma, Italy	W 6
+ Dec. 9	Cesare Tabanelli	Ancona, Italy	W 6
+ Dec. 19	Attilio Cuberli	Roma, Italy	TKO 3
1947
= Jan. 9	Tiberio Mitri	Roma, Italy	Draw 8
= Jan. 30	Augusto Teti	Roma, Italy	Draw 8
+ Mar. 13	Rever Morini	Roma, Italy	KO 4
+ Mar. 27	Italo Palmarini	Roma, Italy	TKO 4
+ Apr. 12	Jean Dobiasch	Roma, Italy	W 8
+ Apr. 19	Luigi Casati	Roma, Italy	TKO 6
+ May 24	Domenico Di Stefano	Roma, Italy	W 10
+ May 31	Costante Vancini	Cagliari, Italy	KO 4
= June 22	Laurent Dauthuille	Marseille, France	Draw 10
+ July 27	Widmer Milandri	Cagliari, Italy	cTKO 10
(Won Italian Middleweight Title)
+ Sept. 7	Francesco Colombi	Roma, Italy	TKO 5
+ Sept. 25	Jean Pankowiack	Geneve, Switzerland	W 10
- Nov. 9	Luc van Dam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	L 10
+ Nov. 25	Jean Roose	Antwerp, Belgium	WDQ 6
1948
- Jan. 26	Marcel Cerdan	Paris, France	KO by 2
+ June 27	Otello Bottarelli	Cagliari, Italy	W 10
+ July 12	Widmer Milandri	Cagliari, Italy	W 10
- Aug. 9	Tiberio Mitri	Trieste, Italy	L 12
(For Italian Middleweight Title)
+ Sept. 6	Georges Chappe	Roma, Italy	W 10
- Oct. 6	Luc van Dam	Brussels, Belgium	TKO by 6
+ Nov. 14	Young Raymond	Cagliari, Italy	W 10
= Dec. 16	Albert Hayen	La Louviere, Belgium	Draw 10
+ Dec. 30	Ben Tahar	Roma, Italy	W 10
1949
= Feb. 28	Gustave Degouve	Paris, France	Draw 10
- Apr. 13	Baby Day	Roma, Italy	KO by 6
+ June 16	William Poli	Roma, Italy	W 12
(Regained vacant Italian Middleweight Title)
- June 26	Mickey Laurent	Marseille, France	cTKO by 5
- Sept. 30	Joe Sgro	Chicago, USA	L 8
+ Dec. 8	Gilly Williams	Syracuse, USA	KO 3
1950
= Jan. 9	Joe Arthur	Chicago, USA	Draw 10
+ Jan. 23	Joe Arthur	Chicago, USA	W 10
- Feb. 1	Alvin Williams	Wichita, USA	L 10
- June 18	Fernando Jannilli	Roma, Italy	L 12
(Lost Italian Middleweight Title)
- Aug. 10	Fernando Jannilli	Roma, Italy	L 12
(For Italian Middleweight Title)
+ Sept. 30	George Halim	Alexandria, Egypt	W 10
+ Oct. 21	George Grispos	Alexandria, Egypt	W 10
+ Nov. 15	George Grispos	Alexandria, Egypt	W 10
1951
- Apr. 5	Ivano Fontana	Roma, Italy	L 10
- Apr. 28	Hans Schmitz	Trieste, Italy	cTKO by 4
- Sept. 29	Gino Campagna	Roma, Italy	TKO by 5
= Oct. 9	Livio Minelli	Cagliari, Italy	Draw 10
= Dec. 30	Widmer Milandri	Forlì, Italy	Draw 10
1952
- Jan. 18	Peter Mueller	Berlin, Germany	L 8
- Feb. 23	Hans Stretz	Berlin, Germany	L 8
- Mar. 31	Franz Szuzina	Berlin, Germany	L 8
- Apr. 12	Andre de Keersgieter	Roma, Italy	L 10
- Sept. 21	Charles Humez	Lille, France	cTKO by 8
1953
- Oct. 28	Gino Campagna	La Spezia, Italy	LDQ 4

Summary

Total bouts: 85, Won: 46 (20 inside the limit), Lost: 22 (7 inside the limit), Draw: 11, NC: 6