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Francesco Musso

Male

(aka Franco Musso)
Lightweight, Italy, Acqui Terme, Alessandria, Piemonte
Born: 22 August 1937,Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France
Height: 5ft 6in, mt 1,67

as an amateur:
1957 Bologna, Italian Championships featherweight 2nd place
1958 Terni, Italian Championships featherweight winner
1960 Torino, Italian Championships featherweight winner
1960 Roma, Italy, Olympic Games featherweight gold medal
W pts 4:1 Miloslav Paunovic, Yugoslavia
W pts 5:0 Soon Chun-Song, South Korea
W pts 3:2 Boris Nikanorov, Unione Soviet Union
W pts 5:0 Jorma Limmonen, Finland
W pts 4:1 Jerzy Adamski, Poland

Amateur results courtesy of Pietro Anselmi
Fights summary: 82 contests, won 65, lost 10, drew 7


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1954
+ July 1Rodolfo PetronilloAlessandria, Italy WPTS
+ July 28ScaranoAcqui Terme, Italy WPTS
- Sept. 26Guido LocatelliAlessandria, Italy LPTS
+ Dec. 9NeriGenova, Italy WAB 3
1955
+ Jan. 10Rodolfo PetronilloTorino, Italy WPTS
= Feb. 10BeccaroValenza, Italy Draw
+ Apr. 2Celso MantovaniAlessandria, Italy WPTS
- June 7BeccaroValenza, Italy LPTS
+ Sept. 1GottardiSeregno, Italy WPTS
- Sept. 24Danilo GiustiSavona, Italy LPTS
- Oct. 8Danilo GiustiSavona, Italy LPTS
+ Oct. 20ScaranoPegli, Italy WTKO 2
+ Oct. 27Pietro ViscardiGenova, Italy WPTS 3
- Nov. 15GiattiVolpedo, Italy LPTS
+ Dec. 10Mario PallaveraBrescello, Italy WPTS
1956
+ Jan. 28De SalvatoreTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Jan. 29Oreste SarettiTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 8PoddineSavona, Italy WPTS
+ Mar. 6GobbatoPadova, Italy WPTS
- Mar. 7Agostino CossiaParma, Italy LPTS
= July 14BotarelliPrato, Italy Draw
= July 28Mario PallaveraSalsomaggiore, Italy Draw
+ Aug. 10ColomboSesto Calende, Italy WPTS
+ Oct. 7GambinoGenova, Italy WPTS
1957
= Jan. 3Raffaele ArippaGenova, Italy Draw
+ Jan. 9Nicola MarlinoMilano, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 11PersianiCasale Monferrato, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 12Armando ScordaCasale Monferrato, Italy WPTS
Bologna, Italy, Italian Championships silver medal, 57 kg
+ Feb. 25MarchettiBologna, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 27Ottavio MiccichèBologna, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 28Orlando Di CamilloBologna, Italy WPTS
- Mar. 1Mario SitriBologna, Italy LPTS
Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Italy, 57 kg
+ Apr. 9J. MartinBelfast, Northern Ireland WPTS
+ Apr. 10BalducciSanremo, Italy WPTS
- May 26ManinaAsti, Italy LDQ 2
- July 10PoddineGenova, Italy LPTS
+ July 27Angelo CassaroGalliate, Italy WAB 1
+ Sept. 14NazzariTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Sept. 21Felice BeccoGenova, Italy WPTS
= Oct. 9BoczarskiModena, Italy Draw
- Oct. 25OrkanAnkara, Turkey LKO 3
+ Nov. 15Raffaele ArippaGenova, Italy WPTS
+ Dec. 11FerraroAcqui Terme, Italy WPTS
+ Dec. 28CassolinoSampierdarena, Italy WPTS 3
= Dec. 30Armando ScordaTorino, Italy Draw
1958
+ Feb. 20GiancaleTorino, Italy WTKO 3
+ Feb. 21Emilio PriveatoTorino, Italy WPTS 3
+ Feb. 22StradaTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Mar. 17Elio GalassoFerrara, Italy WPTS
Terni, Italy, Italian Championships gold medal, 57 kg
+ Mar. 27Paolo SezzatiniTerni, Italy WPTS
+ Mar. 28ContiTerni, Italy WPTS
+ Mar. 29Lino MastellaroTerni, Italy WPTS
+ May 10Cosimo LacirignolaGenova, Italy WPTS
= May 16CassolinoGenova, Italy Draw
+ May 31Alessandro SchiavettaCremona, Italy WPTS
+ June 23Alessandro SchiavettaAlessandria, Italy WPTS
= July 1Salvatore GennatiempoMantova, Italy Draw
+ July 8FrigeriAcqui Terme, Italy WKO 3
Savona and Pietra Ligure, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Yugoslavia, 60 kg
+ Aug. 14Bulat MilouSavona, Italy WPTS
+ Aug. 16StefanovicPietra Ligure, Italy WPTS
Aosta, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs West Germany, 60 kg
+ Sept. 12MayAosta, Italy WPTS
+ Sept. 22Paolo LionettiTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Oct. 11Lino MastellaroLissone, Italy WPTS
+ Nov. 7Salvatore GennatiempoTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Nov. 12Luigi LombardiMilano, Italy WTKO 2
+ Nov. 15Umberto LatronicoGenova, Italy WPTS
Torino, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Switzerland, 60 kg
+ Dec. 5StracciaTorino, Italy WAB 2
Ferrara, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Romania, 60 kg
+ Dec. 22Vasile CzegeliFerrara, Italy WPTS
1959
Aosta, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs France, 60 kg
+ Jan. 7Claude TheuozAosta, Italy WAB 3
+ Jan. 23CalefatoSanpierdarena, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 8Antonio MeddaMilano, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 12Giuseppe SabriTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 14StradaTorino, Italy WTKO 2
+ Feb. 15Paolo AmisanoTorino, Italy WTKO 1
+ Mar. 1Di PaoloMilano, Italy WAB 2
+ Mar. 17ParriniMilano, Italy WPTS
Bologna, Italy, CISM Championships gold medal, 60 kg
+ May 7Harry CampbellBologna, Italy WPTS
+ May 10MoureauBologna, Italy WKO 2
+ May 12Darweesh Mustafa NassimBologna, Italy WPTS
Luzern, Switzerland, European Championships Preliminaries, 60 kg
- May 24Kazimierz PazdziorLuzern, Switzerland LPTS 5:0
+ Aug. 8Carmelo CosciaVarazze, Italy WPTS
Bucharest and Cluj, Dual Match Romania vs Italy, 60 kg
- Oct. 1Iosif MihalicBucharest, Romania LPTS
+ Oct. 6Marin UrlateanuCluj, Romania WAB 3
+ Oct. 11SpadiPistoia, Italy WPTS
Bologna, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Yugoslavia, 60 kg
+ Nov. 22Braca BogosavljevicBologna, Italy WPTS
+ Dec. 10Luigi LombardiMonza, Italy WPTS
= Dec. 16Nino LolliBologna, Italy Draw
1960
+ Jan. 22Michele GullottiPesaro, Italy WPTS
+ Jan. 23Gianfranco PiovesaniPesaro, Italy WPTS
Torino, Italy, Italian Championships gold medal, 60 kg
+ Feb. 19Dario BenvenutiTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 20Carmelo ChessaTorino, Italy WPTS
+ Feb. 21Franco BrondiTorino, Italy WPTS
Wiesbaden, West Germany, CISM Championships gold medal, 60 kg
+ June 3BosWiesbaden, West Germany WTKO 1
+ June 5Jacques CototWiesbaden, West Germany WPTS
Roma, Italy, Italian Olympic Qualifier winner, 57 kg
+ July 4Andrea SilanosRoma, Italy WPTS
+ July 5Giuseppe LinzaloneRoma, Italy WPTS
+ July 6Lino MastellaroRoma, Italy WPTS
Roma, Italy, Olympic Games gold medal, 57 kg
+ Aug. 26Miloslav PaunovicRoma, Italy WPTS 4:1
+ Aug. 31Song Soon-ChunRoma, Italy WPTS 5:0
+ Sept. 2Boris NikanorovRoma, Italy WPTS 3:2
+ Sept. 3Jorma LimmonenRoma, Italy WPTS 5:0
+ Sept. 5Jerzy AdamskiRoma, Italy WPTS 4:1

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1960
+ Oct. 30Sergio Della PortaCagliari, ItalyW 6
+ Nov. 9Andrea GhisolfiMilano, ItalyW 6
+ Nov. 21Louis ChaquitanoTorino, ItalyW 6
+ Dec. 13Louis BoutantinTorino, ItalyW 6
+ Dec. 20Sergio VezzaniAcqui Terme, ItalycTKO 5
1961
+ Jan. 13Mebarek LimaneRoma, ItalyTKO 5
+ Mar. 18 Sergio MilanMilano, ItalyW 8
+ Mar. 24Girolamo PiaiSassari, ItalyW 8
+ Apr. 11Domenico PillonPordenone, ItalyW 8
+ May 16Eugene LecozanetTorino, ItalyW 8
+ May 31Jean Dos SantosRoma, ItalyW 8
+ June 25Sergio VezzaniSaint Vincent, ItalyW 8
+ July 8Giuseppe FanfoniCagliari, ItalyW 8
+ July 29Jose Martinez Farigliano, ItalyW 8
+ Aug. 13Roger MoineSan Remo, ItalyTKO 6
+ Nov. 23Agapito RischiaTorino, ItalyW 8
1962
+ Mar. 5Belaid MeslemBologna, ItalyW 8
- May 28Jean DantasBologna, ItalyL 8
+ June 10Fernando RieraArona, ItalyTKO 3
+ Oct. 29Mario CalandroMilano, ItalyTKO 6
+ Nov. 13Felix SerranoAcqui, ItalyW 8
1963
- Feb. 8Olli MakiHelsinki, FinlandL 10
- Apr. 2Alfonso Del RioAlessandria, ItalyL 8
+ July 5Louis ObertoAlessandria, ItalyWDQ 5
+ Oct. 19Jose Luis Martinez Torino, ItalyW 8
1964
+ Aug. 29Giuliano ScatoliniAcqui, ItalyTKO 6
+ Oct. 10Terenzio ColomboAlessandria, ItalyTKO 5 (Rtd)
1965
- Sept. 10Mauri BackmanTampere, FinlandL 8
1966
- Aug. 12 Manuel CalvoMadrid, SpainLDQ 6

 

Summary

Total bouts: 29, Won: 24 (7 inside the limit), Lost: 5 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0