SPORT & NOTE
Leo Giunchi

Male

(Leonardo Giunchi)
Featherweight, Italy, Roma, Lazio
Born: 17 January 1896, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Died: 18 May 1967, Roma, Lazio, Italy
(some sources report: 18 March 1967)

(some soucers reportes that Giunchi
was born in Koyo, Russia, when his parents,
owners of a circus, were on tour in Russia)

Club Sportivo Audace, Roma

as an amateur:
1920 Milano, Italian Championships lightweight winner
1920, Antwerp, Belgium, Olympic Games 135 lbs
Lpts Julien van Muyzen, Belgium
1921 Roma, Italian Championships lightweight winner

Some amateur results provided by Fausto Borgonzoni


- Giunchi was one of the best trapezist in the world -


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1920
+ May 13Mario BosisioRoma, Italy WPTS 6
Milano, Italy, Italian Championships lightweight winner
+ July 2Leopoldo MariottiMilano, Italy WWO
+ July 3Pietro MascenaMilano, Italy WPTS 4
+ July 4Mario BosisioMilano, Italy WPTS 4
+ Aug. 12Tullio AlessandriRoma, Italy WPTS 3
Antwerp, Belgium, Olympic Games preliminaries, 61,200 kg
- Aug. 22Julien van MuyzenAntwerp, Belgium LPTS 4
+ Sept. 13Oreste MogliaRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ Nov. 6Piero LabbriRoma, Italy WPTS 3
1921
+ Mar. 15ZonzouGeneva, Switzerland WPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Italian Championships lightweight winner
+ June 5Giovanni ProfumoRoma, Italy WAB 2
+ June 7Mario BoninoRoma, Italy WPTS 4
+ July 27ZuccariRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ Oct. 30Franco VitaleRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ Dec. 26Edoardo GarzenaRoma, Italy WPTS 3

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1922
+ Apr. 27Romolo ParboniRoma, Italy W 10
+ May 18Alfred FrancisMarseille, France W 10
- June 2Robert SirvainMarseille, France L 12
+ July 15Georges GaillardMarseille, France W 12
+ Sept. 2Jules HussonRoma, Italy W 10
+ Sept. 9Pierre DenainMilano, Italy W 10
= Oct. 20Gaston CassiniMilano, Italy Draw 10
= Dec. 9Georges GaillardMilano, Italy Draw 10
- Dec. 31Edoardo GarzenaGeneva, Switzerland L 15
1923
+ Feb. 17Pierre DenainRoma, Italy W 10
= Mar. 17Pierre DenainNice, France Draw 10
+ Mar. 24Franco VitaleRoma, ItalyWDQ 13
(Won vacant Italian Featherweight Title)
+ Apr. 5Paul GayMarseille, France W 10
+ Apr. 17Jules HussonMilano, Italy TKO 5
+ Apr. 19Robert DastillonNice, France WDQ 9
+ July 8Aine BlaiseRoma, Italy TKO 7
- July 15Edouard MascartMarseille, FranceTKO by 1
+ Oct. 25 Pietro BianchiGenova, ItalyW 15
(Retained Italian Featherweight Title)
+ Oct. 27Edoardo GarzenaRoma, Italy WDQ 4
1924
* Feb. 4Johnny MellowDetroit, United StatesND 8
* Feb. 20Johnny HorvathJackson, United States ND 10
* Mar. 10Phil McGrawDetroit, United States ND 8
* Mar. 13Tony RossDetroit, United States ND 8
+ Mar. 22Billy McCarthyWindsor, Canada W 10
* Apr. 16Bert PalmerJackson, United States ND 10
- May 31Harry DuerBrooklyn, United StatesL 6
= Aug. 13Alfred BastinDeauville, France Draw 10
= Sept. 21Pierre DenainMarseille, France Draw 10
+ Oct. 4Georges PessietoLisbon, Portugal TKO 4
+ Oct. 23Aurelio AngeliniParis, France TKO -
- Oct. 27Henri ScillieNamur, BelgiumTKO by 4
= Oct. 30Pierre VallyBrussels, Belgium Draw 10
+ Nov. 12Fermin TunsBrussels, Belgium TKO 8
+ Nov. 19Victor SteverlinckBrussels, Belgium W 10
+ Nov. 25Alfred BastinBrussels, Belgium W 10
+ Nov. 30Auguste GydeRoubaix, France W 10
+ Dec. 4Louis CarbonellParis, France TKO 8
- Dec. 27Auguste GydeRoubaix, FranceLDQ 8
1925
+ Jan. 10Albano CamposLisbon, Portugal WDQ -
- Feb. 6Antonio RuizMadrid, Spain L 12
- Feb. 21Frank HarveyLondon, Great Britain L 15
- Mar. 4Marcel DeveveyParis, France L 10
- Apr. 11Frank HarveySouthwark, Great Britain L 10
= Apr. 28Raymond PerrierParis, France Draw 10
- May 15Jean JoupMilano, Italy L 10
- June 21Young BlaiseMarseille, France L 10
+ July 2AlmansLisbon, Portugal WDQ -
- Oct. 4 Luigi MarfutRoma, ItalyL 15
(For vacant Italian Featherweight Title)
- Nov. 15Jose GironesBarcelona, SpainL 12
- Dec. 12Prosper Saint JeanNice, Italy L 10
1926
- Jan. 22Edmond ZerbibTunis, Tunisia LDQ -
- Mar. 9Antonio RuizMadrid, SpainTKO by 8
- July 1Gabriel ZammarAlexandria, Egypt L 10

 

Summary

Total bouts: 53, Won: 23 (6 inside the limit), Lost: 18 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 7, NC: 5