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Ivano Fontana

Male

Light-Heavyweight, Italy, Lucca, Toscana
Born: 25 November 1926, Mutignano, Pineto, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy
(some sources report: 23 November 1926)

Club: Pugilistica Lucchese "Remo Lembi"

as an amateur:
1946 Lucca, Italian Championships middleweight winner
1947 Viareggio, Italian Championships middleweight winner
1948 Milano, Italian Championships middleweight winner
1948 London, England, Olympic Games middleweight bronze medal
1949 Oslo, Norway, European Championships middleweight bronze medal

About amateur results assistance provided
by Pietro Anselmi and Fausto Borgonzoni

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1945
+ Nov. 22	Martinelli	Lucca, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 20	Cuccolini	Lucca, Italy	WPTS 3
1946
Lucca, Italy, Italian Championships winner, 72.600 Kg
+ May 6	Giovanni Filippi	Lucca, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 7	Tiberio Mitri	Lucca, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 8	Amati	Lucca, Italy	WAB 2
+ May 9	Tino Campora	Lucca, Italy	WPTS 3
Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland, Dual Match Switzerland vs Italy, 72.600 Kg
= June 13	Schrawey	Geneva, Switzerland	Draw 3
- June 15	Peter	Zurich, Switzerland	LPTS 3
1947
Dublin, Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Italy, 72.600 Kg
- Jan. 24	Michael McKeon	Dublin, Ireland	LPTS 3
- Jan. 31	Michael McKeon	Dublin, Ireland	LPTS 3
Vigevano, Italy, Italian Championships winner, 72.600 Kg
+ Mar. 16	Tullio Di Giovanni	Vigevano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 17	Giovanni Filippi	Vigevano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 18	Cariddi Rossi	Vigevano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 19	Luigi Di Mauro	Vigevano, Italy	WPTS 3
Dublin, Ireland, European Championships quarter-finals, 72.600 Kg
- May 14	Wally Thom	Dublin, Ireland	LPTS 3
Stockholm, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs Italy, 72.600 Kg
= Dec. 16	Olsson	Stockholm, Sweden	Draw 3
1948
Prato, Italy, Dual Match Hungary vs Italy, 72.600 kg
- Mar. 12	Laszlo Papp	Prato, Italy	LPTS 3
+ Apr. 7	Franco Festucci	Prato, Italy	WPTS 3
Milano, Italy, Italian Championships winner, 72.600 Kg
+ May 3	Catano	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 5	Luciano Raddi	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 6	Giordano Faustini	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 7	Renato Aiello	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3
Padova, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Switzerland, 72.600 kg
+ May 16	Hirsiger	Padova, Italy	WTKO 2
London, England, Olympic Games bronze medal, 72.600 kg
+ Aug. 10	John Nuttall	London, England	WPTS
+ Aug. 11	Dogomar Martinez	London, England	WPTS
- Aug. 12	Laszlo Papp (HUN)	London, England	LPTS
+ Aug. 13	Michael McKeon	London, England	WWO
1949
Dublin, Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Italy, 72.600 Kg
+ Jan. 28	Michael McKeon	Dublin, Ireland	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 4	Kevin Doyle	Dublin, Ireland	WPTS 3
Chicago, Illinois, Dual Match USA vs Europe, 72.600 kg
+ May 18	Len Scott	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
Oslo, Norway, European Championships bronze medal, 72.600 kg
+ June 13	Eino Salo	Oslo, Norway	WPTS
+ June 15	Cesar Lawniczak	Oslo, Norway	WPTS
- June 16	Laszlo Papp (HUN)	Oslo, Norway	LPTS
* July 10	Franco Festucci	Civitavecchia, Italy	ND 3
Vienna, Austria, Dual Match Austria vs Italy, 72.600 Kg
+ Sept. 4	Hans Kohlegger (AUT)	Vienna, Austria	WPTS 3
+ Sept. 8	Hans Kohlegger (AUT)	Vienna, Austria	WPTS 3

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1950
+ Jan. 13	Albino Gaboardi	Roma, Italy	TKO 2
+ Jan. 29	Otello Bottarelli	Roma, Italy	TKO 5
+ Feb. 12	Ugo Fornaca	San Remo, Italy	TKO 5
+ Apr. 8	Francesco Sconfietti	Perugia, Italy	W 8
+ June 20	Francesco Sconfietti	Milano, Italy	TKO 5
+ July 8	Yves Boglione	Cagliari, Italy	KO 2
+ Aug. 8	Jean Wanes	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
+ Aug. 31	Martin Hansen	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 8
+ Nov. 8	Georges Royer	Roma, Italy	TKO 3
= Dec. 9	Baby Day	Roma, Italy	Draw 10
1951
+ Jan. 25	Baby Day	Lucca, Italy	W 10
= Feb. 16	Georges Royer	Geneva, Switzerland	Draw 10
+ Apr. 5	Giovanni Manca	Roma, Italy	W 10
+ June 9	Alessandro D'Ottavio	Roma, Italy	W 10
- June 22	Gino Campagna	La Spezia, Italy	L 12
(For Italian Middleweight Title)
+ July 11	Gilbert Stock	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ Nov. 19	Jan de Bruin	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO 8
+ Dec. 26	Claude Ritter	Milano, Italy	TKO 6
1952
+ Jan. 6	Jean Wanes	Sanremo, Italy	TKO 8
- Feb. 24	Antonio Soldevilla	Milano, Italy	L 10
+ May 1	Gino Campagna	Lucca, Italy	TKO 9
(Won vacant Italian Middleweight Title)
= June 4	Bobby Dawson	Milano, Italy	Draw 10
+ Aug. 16	Serge Barthelemy	Sanremo, Italy	W 10
- Oct. 2	Bobby Dawson	Roma, Italy	L 10
= Dec. 3	Widmer Milandri	Forlì, Italy	Draw 12
(Retained Italian Middleweight Title)
1953
- Mar. 5	Dogomar Martinez	Montevideo, Uruguay	TKO by 5
- Apr. 18	Rafael Santos Merentino	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO by 4
- Sept. 28	Serge Barthelemy	Lucca, Italy	L 10
+ Nov. 18	Marcel Limage	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
= Dec. 4	Franz Szuzina	München, Germany	Draw 10
1954
- Mar. 30	Yolande Pompey	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
= May 13	Charles Colin	Milano, Italy	Draw 10
+ June 21	Gianbattista Alfonsetti	Roma, Italy	W 10
+ Sept. 13	Alexandre Ceremonia	Lucca, Italy	W 10
+ Nov. 13	Simon Ayankin	Milano, Italy	W 8
- Dec. 11	Jimmy King	Milano, Italy	TKO by 8
1955
- Mar. 25	Gustav Scholz	Berlin, Germany	KO by 5
+ May 22	Lorenzo Rocci	Milano, Italy	TKO 12
(Won vacant Italian Light-Heavyweight Title)
- June 9	Yolande Pompey	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO by 6
+ Aug. 6	Serge Barthelemy	Pistoia, Italy	W 10
1956
- Jan. 18	Fernando Jannilli	Roma, Italy	cTKO by 5
(Lost Italian Light-Heavyweight Title)
= Mar. 22	Sergio Burchi	Pisa, Italy	Draw 8
= June 2	Domenico Baccheschi	Grosseto, Italy	Draw 8
+ July 18	Luciano Raddi	Firenze, Italy	KO 4
- Oct. 31	Artemio Calzavara	Prato, Italy	TKO by 10-Rtd
(For Italian Light-Heavyweight Title)
1957
+ June 7	Don Ellis	Firenze, Italy	W 10
1958
- Jan. 11	Erich Schoppner	Dortmund, Germany	KO by 4

Summary

Total bouts: 47, Won: 26 (12 inside the limit), Lost: 13 (8 inside the limit), Draw: 8, NC: 0