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Franco Zurlo

Male

Bantamweight, Italy, Brindisi, Puglia
Born: 4 October 1940, Brindisi, Puglia, Italy
Died: 17 June 2018, Brindisi, Puglia, Italy
southpaw

as an amateur:
1962 Modena, Italian Bantamweight Champion
1963 Pesaro, Italian Bantamweight Champion
1963 Frankfurt, West Germany, CISM Championships gold medal 54 kg
1963 Napoli, Italy, Mediterranean Games gold medal 54 kg
1964 Roma, Italian bantamweight champion

About amateur results assistance provided by Pietro Anselmi

Amateur results summary: 36 contests, won 30, lost 6

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1959
+ Sept. 30	Bruno Melissano	Brindisi, Italy	WAB 2
1960
- Mar. 12	Dino Fontana	Grosseto, Italy	LPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Italian Olympic Qualifier, 54 kg
+ July 4	Giovanni Terreni	Roma, Italy	WPTS
- July 5	Primo Zamparini	Roma, Italy	LPTS
1961
Frankfurt, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs Italy, 54 kg
- Dec. 1	Manfred Homberg	Frankfurt, West Germany	LPTS
1962
Modena, Italy, Italian Championships gold medal, 54 kg
+ Mar. 21	Walter Cecchini	Modena, Italy	WKO 1
+ Mar. 22	Giancarlo Annibaldi	Modena, Italy	WTKO 2
+ Mar. 23	Giovanni Cavazzini	Modena, Italy	WPTS
+ Mar. 24	Vito Cavezza	Modena, Italy	WPTS
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, International Tournament gold medal, 54 kg
+ May 27	Robert Rausch	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	WPTS
+ May 27	Salah Oueslati	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	WPTS
+ May 28	Fredo Roelands	Lexembourg, Luxembourg	WTKO 3
Cagliari, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Spain, 54 kg
+ July 31	Tony Lopez (ESP)	Cagliari, Italy	WPTS
London, England, Dual Match London vs Roma, 54 kg
+ Oct. 18	Peter Bennyworth	London, England	WPTS
1963
Pesaro, Italy, Italian Championships gold medal, 54 kg
+ Mar. 15	Raffaele Donati	Pesaro, Italy	WPTS
+ Mar. 16	Rocco Mariello	Pesaro, Italy	WPTS
+ Mar. 17	Gianfranco Cingolani	Pesaro, Italy	WPTS
+ Mar. 18	Giovanni Cavazzini	Pesaro, Italy	WPTS
Bucharest, Romania, Dual Match Romania vs Italy, 54 kg
- Apr. 10	Nicolae Puiu	Bucharest, Romania	LPTS
Jesolo, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs England, 54 kg
+ July 10	Peter Bennyworth	Jesolo, Italy	WPTS
Frankfurt, West Germany, CISM Championships gold medal, 54 kg
+ July 26	Arthur Jones	Frankfurt, West Germany	WPTS
+ July 27	Salah Oueslati	Frankfurt, West Germany	WTKO 2
Napoli, Italy, Mediterranean Games gold medal, 54 kg
+ Sept. 20	Anghelos Theotaketas	Napoli, Italy	WPTS
+ Sept. 21	Branko Petric	Napoli, Italy	WPTS
+ Sept. 22	Elsayed Abdelnabi	Napoli, Italy	WPTS
West Berlin and Cologne, West Germany, Dual Match German Regional Team vs Italian Regional Team, 54 kg
+ Nov. 17	Josef Kelz	Berlin, Germany	WAB 2
+ Nov. 22	Paul Budde	Cologne, Germany	WTKO 1
1964
Glasgow, Scotland, Dual Match Scotland vs Italy, 54 kg
- Jan. 16	Robert Mallon	Glasgow, Scotland	LPTS
Roma, Italy, Italian Championships gold medal, 54 kg
+ Mar. 16	Umberto Simbola	Roma, Italy	WPTS
+ Mar. 17	Coletta	Roma, Italy	WWO
+ Mar. 19	Favilla	Roma, Italy	WPTS
+ Mar. 20	Gianfranco Cingolani	Roma, Italy	WPTS
Rimini, Italy, Italian Olympic Qualifier, 54 kg
+ July 3	Giuseppe Mura	Rimini, Italy	WPTS 3
+ July 4	Enzo Farinelli	Rimini, Italy	WPTS 3
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Dual Match Spain vs Italy, 54 kg
+ July 24	Agustin Senin	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain	WTKO 3
Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games Preliminaries, 54 kg
+ Oct. 12	Mikhail Mitsev	Tokyo, Japan	WPTS 3:2
- Oct. 16	Oleg Grigoryev	Tokyo, Japan	LPTS 5:0

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1965
+ Jan. 27	Osvaldo Maffeis	Bari, Italy	W 6
+ Mar. 19	Tony Lopez	Bologna, Italy	W 6
+ Apr. 2	Tony Lopez	Roma, Italy	W 6
+ June 26	Cataldo Iacca	Alghero, Italy	TKO 2-Rtd
+ July 17	Benny Lee	Brindisi, Italy	W 6
+ Oct. 30	Antonio Satta	Brindisi, Italy	W 8
+ Dec. 17	Ray de Vlees	Roma, Italy	TKO 2
1966
+ Jan. 19	Giuseppe CALÌ	Genova, Italy	W 8
+ Mar. 4	Jacques Jacob	Roma, Italy	W 8
+ June 5	Jose Robledo	Brindisi, Italy	W 10
+ Aug. 14	Luigi Lucini	Maiolati, Italy	TKO 5
+ Nov. 23	Giancarlo Centa	Genova, Italy	TKO 7
+ Dec. 21	Tommaso Galli	Latina, Italy	W 12
(Won vacant Italian Bantamweight Title)
1967
+ Feb. 18	Michel Lamora	Brindisi, Italy	TKO 3
= Apr. 7	Bob Allotey	Roma, Italy	Draw 8
+ June 14	Antonio Sassarini	Subiaco, Italy	W 12
(Retained Italian Bantamweight Title)
+ Aug. 15	Wellington Villela	Pievetorina, Italy	W 10
+ Nov. 3	Wellington Villela	Brindisi, Italy	TKO 7
+ Dec. 7	Sean McCafferty	Roma, Italy	KO 10
1968
+ Feb. 21	Antonio Sassarini	Brindisi, Italy	W 12
(Retained Italian Bantamweight Title)
+ June 7	Billy Brown	Roma, Italy	W 8
- July 31	Salvatore Burruni	San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy	L 15
(For European Bantamweight Title)
+ Oct. 25	Massaoud Boussaboua	Roma, Italy	WDQ 2
+ Dec. 4	Carmelo Massa	Campobasso, Italy	WDQ 6
(Retained Italian Bantamweight Title)
1969
= Mar. 8	Enzo Farinelli	Bologna, Italy	Draw 12
(Retained Italian Bantamweight Title)
+ Aug. 11	Glynne Davies	Fiuggi, Italy	cTKO 3
+ Dec. 17	Mimoun Ben Ali	Taurianova, Italy	W 15
(Won vacant European Bantamweight Title)
1970
+ Mar. 11	Francisco Martinez Sancho	Caserta, Italy	cTKO 4
(Retained European Bantamweight Title)
+ Apr. 4	John McCluskey	Zurich, Switzerland	W 15
(Retained European Bantamweight Title)
+ June 24	Enzo Farinelli	Napoli, Italy	W 15
(Retained European Bantamweight Title)
1971
- Feb. 16	Alan Rudkin	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO by 11
(Lost European Bantamweight Title)
1972
= Feb. 4	Bob Allotey	Torino, Italy	Draw 8
- Apr. 22	Romeo Anaya	Inglewood, California	L 10
+ Aug. 26	Antonio Tenza	San Salvo, Italy	W 8
1973
+ Jan. 24	Guy Caudron	Palermo, Italy	W 12
(Won European Bantamweight Title Eliminator)
- Apr. 17	Johnny Clark	Kensington, Great Britain	L 15
(For European Bantamweight Title)
1974
+ Dec. 7	Paul Ikumapayi	Latiano, Italy	W 8
1975
+ Mar. 14	Ambrogio Mariani	Milano, Italy	TKO 3
(Regained Italian Bantamweight Title)
1976
+ May 21	Lucio Vailati	Roma, Italy	KO 2
+ July 9	Teodoro Corallo	Latina, Italy	cTKO 10
(Retained Italian Bantamweight Title)
1977
+ Feb. 23	Salvatore Fabrizio	Fasano, Italy	W 15
(Regained European Bantamweight Title)
+ June 15	Jacky Bihin	Cagliari, Italy	cTKO 7
(Retained European Bantamweight Title)
+ Sept. 28	Paddy Maguire	Cagliari, Italy	TKO 8 (Rtd)
(Retained European Bantamweight Title)
+ Dec. 14	Antonio Franca	Taurisano, Italy	W 8
1978
= Apr. 19	Esteban Eguia	Viareggio, Italy	Draw 15
(Retained European Bantamweight Title)
= July 6	Alfredo Mulas	Roma, Italy	Draw 15
(Retained European Bantamweight Title)
+ Aug. 20	Franco Buglione	Roccamonfina, Italy	TKO 11 (Rtd)
(Retained European Bantamweight Title)
- Sept. 16	Juan Francisco Rodriguez	Vigo, Spain	L 15
(Lost European Bantamweight Title)
1979
- Aug. 31	Franco Buglione	Conca, Italy	TKO by 8 (Rtd)
1980
+ Apr. 18	Josia Malquides da Silva	Fasano, Italy	W 8

Summary

Total bouts: 50, Won: 39 (15 inside the limit), Lost: 6 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 5, NC: 0