Sport & Note

Graciano Rocchigiani

Male

"Rocky"
Light-Heavyweight, Germany, Berlin
Born: 29 December 1963, Duisberg, Rheinhausen, Germany
Died: 1 October 2018, Belpasso, Catania, Sicilia, Italy
Height 6ft 1in, mt 1,85
southpaw

Rocchigiani has been killed in an automobile accident in Italy.
He was reportedly struck by a vehicle around midnight while on vacation.

(brother of Ralf Rocchigiani)

as an amateur:
1982 German super-welterweight champion

amateur record: 30 contests, won 10, lost 7, drew 13

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1983
+ Sept. 10	Esperno Postl	Cologne, Germany	TKO 2
+ Oct. 7	Marnix Heytens	Frankfurt, Germany	TKO 1
+ Nov. 5	Jan Lefeber	Mannheim, Germany	W 4
1984
+ Jan. 14	Chaed Ringo	Düsseldorf, Germany	TKO 2
+ Feb. 10	Mauro Hernandez da Cruz	Frankfurt, Germany	W 6
+ Feb. 24	Mick Morris	Alsterdorf, Germany	W 6
+ Apr. 27	Franz Dorfer	Berlin, Germany	TKO 2
+ Sept. 15	Butangi Nzolameso	Dortmund, Germany	W 6
+ Oct. 5	Tony Britton	Frankfurt, Germany	W 8
+ Dec. 1	Philippe Seys	Düsseldorf, Germany	W 8
1985
+ Mar. 9	Tony Jenkins	Düsseldorf, Germany	TKO 6
+ Apr. 26	Steve Johnson	Frankfurt, Germany	W 6
+ Aug. 31	Moussa Kassongo Mukandjo	Berlin, Germany	W 10
+ Nov. 8	Rudiger Bitterling	Düsseldorf, Germany	TKO 3
(Won vacant German Middleweight Title)
+ Nov. 29	Antoine Alcantara	Frankfurt, Germany	KO 2
1986
+ Mar. 1	James Cook	Cologne, Germany	W 8
+ May 12	Ian Lazarus	Hamburg, Germany	KO 8
+ Oct. 3	Manfred Jassmann	Berlin, Germany	W 12
(Won German Light-Heavyweight Title)
1987
+ Sept. 14	Ahmed Laghlali	Bad Homburg, Germany	TKO 2
+ Oct. 3	Tommy Taylor	Stukenbrock, Germany	W 8
+ Oct. 17	Lahcen M'Hamdi	Gifhorn, Germany	TKO 3
+ Oct. 30	John Held	Mainz, Germany	W 8
+ Dec. 5	Mustafa Hamsho	Düsseldorf, Germany	TKO 1
1988
+ Mar. 11	Vincent Boulware	Düsseldorf, Germany	TKO 8
(Won vacant IBF Super-Middleweight Title)
+ June 3	Nicky Walker	Berlin, Germany	W 15
(Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title)
+ Oct. 7	Chris Reid	Berlin, Germany	TKO 11
(Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title)
1989
+ Jan. 27	Thulani Malinga	Berlin, Germany	W 12
(Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title)
+ Dec. 1	John Keys	Berlin, Germany	KO 2
1990
+ Sept. 7	Rodrigo Benech	Berlin, Germany	KO 3
+ Dec. 7	Mike Sedillo	Berlin, Germany	W 8
1991
+ Feb. 28	Crawford Ashley	Düsseldorf, Germany	W 12
(Won vacant European Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 13	Alex Blanchard	Düsseldorf, Germany	TKO 9
(Retained European Light-Heavyweight Title)
1992 Inactive
1993
+ June 26	Lester Yarbrough	Alsterdorf, Germany	W 8
+ Sept. 11	Kevin Whaley-El	Aachen, Germany	TKO 6
+ Oct. 15	Ricky Thomas	Schoeneberg, Germany	W 8
1994
- Feb. 5	Chris Eubank	Berlin, Germany	L 12
(For WBO Super-Middleweight Title)
+ May 28	Charles Oliver	Aachen, Germany	cTKO 6
+ Oct. 22	Willie Kemp	Luebeck, Germany	KO 2
= Dec. 10	Frederic Seillier	Berlin, Germany	Draw 12
(For European Super-Middleweight Title)
1995
- May 27	Henry Maske	Dortmund, Germany	L 12
(For IBF Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 14	Henry Maske	Munich, Germany	L 12
(For IBF Light-Heavyweight Title)
1996
+ Apr. 6	Pietro Pellizzaro	Hannover, Germany	W 10
- Aug. 10	Dariusz Michalczewski	Hamburg, Germany	TL 7
(For WBO Light-Heavyweight Title) (*) Originally declared Technical Draw
1997
+ Mar. 22	John Scully	Prenzlauer Berg, Germany	W 10
1998
+ Mar. 21	Michael Nunn	Prenzlauer Berg, Germany	W 12
(Won vacant WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
1999 Inactive
2000
- Apr. 15	Dariusz Michalczewski	Hannover, Germany	TKO by 10
(For WBO Light-Heavyweight Title)
2001
+ Feb. 10	Willard Lewis	Neukoelln, Germany	W 8
2002 Inactive
2003
- May 10	Thomas Ulrich	Stuttgart, Germany	L 12
(For vacant WBC International Light-Heavyweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 48, Won: 41 (19 inside the limit), Lost: 6 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0