Sport & Note

Giampaolo Melis

Male

"Paolo"
(aka Gian Paolo Melis)
Super-Welterweight, Italy, Cagliari, Sardegna
Born: 14 May 1929, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy
Died: April 2011, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy

as an amateur:
1949 Firenze, Italian Championships welterweight 2nd place

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1949
Firenze, Italy, Italian National Championships 2nd place, 66.700 kg
- Apr. 7	Remigio Bollana	Firenze, Italy	LPTS 3
Copenhagen, Denmark, Dual Match Denmark vs Italy, 66.700 kg
- Sept. 30	Schultz	Copenhagen, Denmark	LDQ 2
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs Italy, 66.700 kg
+ Oct. 5	Sven Ahneloev	Gothenburg, Sweden	WKO 3

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1950
= June 16	Michele Polo	Cagliari, Italy	Draw 6
+ July 3	Michele Polo	Cagliari, Italy	W 6
+ Aug. 8	Tullio Di Giovanni	Cagliari, Italy	W 6
+ Nov. 14	Vittorio Fuiano	Cagliari, Italy	cTKO 4
+ Dec. 14	Vittorio Fuiano	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
1951
+ Jan. 19	Charles Laurin	Château-Thierry, France	W 8
+ Feb. 23	Maurice Drouet	Château-Thierry, France	KO 4
+ Mar. 10	Serge Hazebrouck	Château-Thierry, France	KO 6
+ Apr. 7	Augustin Ussin	Château-Thierry, France	KO 6
+ Apr. 19	Louis Jasko	Paris, France	KO 8
+ May 15	Giuseppe Facchi	Cagliari, Italy	W 10
+ July 29	Gilbert Lavoine	Château-Thierry, France	W 10
- Oct. 22	Pierre Langlois	Paris, France	L 10
+ Nov. 22	Guy Toupe	Paris, France	W 10
+ Dec. 26	Carlo Mola	Milano, Italy	W 10
1952
+ Jan. 28	Louis Klein	Paris, France	W 10
- Aug. 5	Stefano Bellotti	Cagliari, Italy	L 10
= Sept. 28	Valere Benedetto	Marseille, France	Draw 10
- Oct. 16	Emmanuel Clavel	Paris, France	L 10
+ Nov. 3	Robert Guivarch	Paris, France	W 8
- Nov. 20	Idrissa Dione	Paris, France	L 10
* Dec. 15	Edgard Delannoit	Liege, Belgium	NC 4
1953
+ Jan. 12	Stanislas Pasek	Paris, France	W 10
+ Feb. 9	Bruno Marostegan	Paris, France	W 8
- Apr. 23	Jean Ruellet	Paris, France	cTKO by 6
+ May 13	Gilbert Ussin	Paris, France	W 10
+ June 28	Tony Percy	Toronto, Canada	W 8
+ July 14	Rocky Brisebois	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ July 28	Johnny Cunningham	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Aug. 18	Ernie Drummer	Montreal, Canada	KO 9
+ Sept. 1	Mario Terry	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Sept. 28	Mario Terry	Montreal, Canada	KO 5
+ Nov. 21	Jean Ruellet	Caen, France	W 10
+ Dec. 18	Luigi Valentini	Cagliari, Italy	W 12
(Won Italian Welterweight Title)
1954
+ Feb. 10	Valere Benedetto	Cagliari, Italy	W 10
+ Mar. 11	Stefano Bellotti	Cagliari, Italy	W 12
(Retained Italian Welterweight Title)
- Apr. 22	Jean Ruellet	Paris, France	L 10
+ May 31	Emerson Butcher	Montreal, Canada	KO 6
- June 28	Ramon Tiscareno	Butte, USA	L 10
+ Oct. 18	Jimmy Jerolo	Montreal, Canada	TKO 5
+ Nov. 15	Barry Allison	Montreal, Canada	W 10
1955
+ Feb. 22	Frederico Escalero	Holyoke, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 4	Chet Vinci	Montreal, Canada	W 10
- Apr. 29	Chico Vejar	Syracuse, USA	cTKO by 4
+ Aug. 22	Rinzy Nocero	New York, USA	W 10
- Oct. 31	Danny Giovanelli	New York, USA	L 10
- Dec. 26	Yama Bahama	New York, USA	L 10
1956
- Feb. 27	Vince Martinez	Bangor, USA	L 10
1957
+ July 8	Gary Simon	Stellarton, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 22	Aman Peck	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Dec. 9	Jerry Drouin	Quebec City, Canada	W 10
1958
- Jan. 18	Billy Lynch	Waterbury, USA	cTKO by 2
+ Mar. 15	Andre Mauguin	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Mar. 31	Gil Suarez	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
+ Apr. 3	Emilio Orozco	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ May 10	Franco Vescovi	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
+ July 5	Claude Lapleige	Cagliari, Italy	W 10
+ Aug. 9	Umberto Vernaglione	Cagliari, Italy	WDQ 3
- Sept. 13	Attu Clottey	Cagliari, Italy	L 10
+ Nov. 19	Ferruccio Consorti	Sassari, Italy	TKO 5
+ Dec. 11	Henri Cabelduc	Cagliari, Italy	KO 8
1959
+ Feb. 5	Hamouda Ben Hamida	Cagliari, Italy	cTKO 7
- Feb. 25	Bruno Visintin	Roma, Italy	L 10
- May 1	Bruno Visintin	Cagliari, Italy	L 10
- Oct. 23	Fernando Barreto	Sao Paulo, Brazil	KO by 4
+ Nov. 20	Jiro Sawada	Sao Paulo, Brazil	W 10
1960
+ Feb. 25	Gino Rossi	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
+ May 1	Orlando Paso	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
+ June 11	Abdelkader Ben Buker II	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
+ Aug. 6	Salvatore Boi	Cagliari, Italy	cTKO 4
+ Aug. 13	Hamouda Bouraoui	Cervia, Italy	cTKO 1
- Dec. 2	Mauri Backman	Helsinki, Finland	L 6
1961
+ May 13	Emidio Avelli	Cagliari, Italy	TKO 4-Rtd
+ June 8	Jesse Jones	Roma, Italy	W 8
- July 5	Giancarlo Garbelli	Roma, Italy	L 8
1962
- Mar. 3	Geppino Gentiletti	Pesaro, Italy	L 8
+ Apr. 27	Jackie Cailleau	Roma, Italy	W 6
+ July 27	Sandro Mazzinghi	Roma, Italy	W 8
+ Oct. 13	Francisco de Oliveira	Roma, Italy	TKO 4
+ Oct. 28	Robert Martinez	Cagliari, Italy	W 10
- Dec. 26	Nino Benvenuti	Bologna, Italy	TKO by 2

Summary

Total bouts: 81, Won: 58 (16 inside the limit), Lost: 20 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 1