Sport & Note

Romano Caneva

Male

Middleweight, Italy, Milano, Lombardia
Born: 11 December 1904, Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Club: S.C. Volta, Milano

as an amateur:
1924 Firenze, Italian Championships welterweight winner
1927 Berlin, Germany, European Championships welterweight gold medal
1927 Como, Italian Championships welterweight winner
1928 Milano, Italian Championships welterweight winner

Amateur results provided by Pietro Anselmi and Fausto Borgonzoni

The prof. fight record was completed by Pietro Anselmi

Photo courtesy of Pietro Anselmi

Undated Result
1928
- Enrico Bonelli L 8

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1923
- Nov. 7	Michele Candelari	Milano, Italy	LPTS 4
1924
Firenze, Italy, Italian National Championships welterweight winner
+ Mar. 15	Bertinetti	Firenze, Italy	WPTS 4
+ Mar. 16	Beaud	Firenze, Italy	WPTS 4
1925 No results recorded
1926
- Jan. 6	Rodolfo Redaelli	Milano, Italy	LPTS 4
+ Jan. 31	Rodolfo Redaelli	Milano, Italy	WPTS 4
+ Aug. 15	Pichon	Milano, Italy	WPTS 4
- Sept. 27	Oddone Piazza	Milano, Italy	LTKO 4
+ Oct. 13	Felice Carena	Milano, Italy	WPTS 4
- Dec. 18	Stacchiotti	Roma, Italy	LPTS 4
1927
Berlin, Germany, European Championships winner, 66,700 kg
+ Mar. 3	Willy	Geneva, Switzerland	WPTS 4
+ May 16	Willi Nitschke	Berlin, Germany	WPTS 4
+ May 17	Selfrid Johansson	Berlin, Germany	WPTS 4
+ May 20	Gustave Roth	Berlin, Germany	WPTS 4
+ June 4	Oddone Piazza	Milano, Italy	WPTS 4
- June 12	Gustave Roth	Milano, Italy	LPTS 4
Como, Italy, Italian National Championships welterweight winner
+ Aug. 12	Oddone Piazza (ITA)	Como, Italy	WPTS 4
+ Aug. 13	Calogero Di Maira	Como, Italy	WPTS 4
+ Aug. 15	Felice Carena	Como, Italy	WPTS 4
- Sept. 30	Felice Carena	Ferrara, Italy	LPTS 4
Milano, Italy, Nov. 1, Milano's Belts Tournament welterweight
+ Nov. 1	Oddone Piazza	Milano, Italy	WPTS 4
+ Nov. 30	Oddone Piazza	Milano, Italy	WPTS 4
- Dec. 21	Rodolfo Redaelli	Milano, Italy	LPTS 4
1928
Milano, Italy, Italian National Championships welterweight winner
+ Apr. 29	Umberto Franceschini	Milano, Italy	WPTS 4
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 66,700 kg
+ Aug. 8	Harry Dunn	Amsterdam, Netherlands	WPTS 4
- Aug. 9	Edward Morgan	Amsterdam, Netherlands	LPTS 4

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1928
+ Sept. 29	Giovanni Pennacchini	Ferrara, Italy	TKO 7 (Rtd)
+ Oct. 13	Alfredo Venturi	Ferrara, Italy	W 8
+ Oct. 29	Umberto Franceschini	Ferrara, Italy	W 8
- Dec. 4	Edouard Baudry	Ferrara, Italy	L 8
1929
+ Jan. 12	Marcel Ziland	Ferrara, Italy	KO -
+ Feb. 23	Attilio Erba	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Apr. 5	Felice Carena	Milano, Italy	TKO 7 (Rtd)
+ May 5	Alberto Farabullini	Milano, Italy	W 10
- June 1	Martinez de Alfara	Valencia, Spain	L 8
- July 17	Francisco Ros	Barcelona, Spain	TKO by 7
- Aug. 31	Inocencio Perez	Valencia, Spain	L 10
+ Sept. 22	Francisco Garcia Lluch	Valencia, Spain	KO 5
- Oct. 5	Inocencio Perez	Valencia, Spain	L 10
= Oct. 19	Santiago Alos	Valencia, Spain	Draw 10
+ Dec. 11	Jose de la Pena	Barcelona, Spain	TKO 6
1930
= Jan. 9	Emilio Martinez	Madrid, Spain	Draw 8
= Jan. 26	Mario Dobrez	Milano, Italy	Draw 10
+ Apr. 14	Alberto Daccò	Milano, Italy	W 6
- June 14	Michel Riond	Bucharest, Romania	L 10
- June 21	Gheorghe Axioti	Bucharest, Romania	L 10
= Aug. 7	Pietro Toscani	Milano, Italy	Draw 8
+ Sept. 6	Aldo Menabeni	Ferrara, Italy	W 8
= Dec. 9	Attilio Erba	Milano, Italy	Draw 8
1931
- Jan. 15	Pietro Toscani	Milano, Italy	L 8
- Mar. 1	Clemente Meroni	Milano, Italy	L 8
- Mar. 27	Rodolfo Redaelli	Milano, Italy	TKO by 5
+ June 14	Attilio Erba	Desio, Italy	TKO 6
= Nov. 6	Walter Anklan	Berlin, Germany	Draw 8
+ Nov. 16	Tony Campolo	Milano, Italy	W 10
= Dec. 6	Mario Pizzi	Milano, Italy	Draw 8
1932
- Jan. 3	Pastor Milanes	Milano, Italy	KO by 3
+ Mar. 12	Domenico Albanese	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Mar. 24	Domenico Albanese	Milano, Italy	W 10
- Apr. 7	Vittorio Ciardella	Milano, Italy	L 10
+ Apr. 21	Dino Cipriani	Milano, Italy	W 8
- May 5	Pietro Toscani	Milano, Italy	L 10
= June 2	Vittorio Ciardella	Milano, Italy	Draw 8
- June 28	Vittorio Ciardella	Viareggio, Italy	L 10
- July 1	Karl Neubauer	Vienna, Austria	TKO by 3
- Oct. 16	Mario Bosisio	Varese, Italy	L 10
- Oct. 31	Armando Alessandrini	Milano, Italy	L 10
- Dec. 10	Mario Dobrez	Fiume, Italy	KO by 2
1933
- June 17	Armando Alessandrini	Bergamo, Italy	L 10
- Nov. 3	Rodolfo Redaelli	Milano, Italy	L 8
+ Nov. 18	Giacomo Ventrella	Milano, Italy	W 8
- Nov. 27	Aldo Longinotti	Piacenza, Italy	KO by 3
+ Dec. 9	Giacomo Ventrella	Milano, Italy	W 8
1934
- Jan. 22	Mario Casadei	Milano, Italy	L 6
- Feb. 26	Luigi De Laurentis	Milano, Italy	L 10
+ Apr. 20	Michele Piarulli	Milano, Italy	TKO 3
- June 28	Clemente Meroni	Torino, Italy	TKO by 5
- July 28	Mario Casadei	Busto Arsizio, Italy	L 6

Summary

Total bouts: 52, Won: 19 (7 inside the limit), Lost: 25 (7 inside the limit), Draw: 8, NC: 0