Record details

	Franco Cavicchi
	Heavyweight Male (Francesco Cavicchi) Italy, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Born: 12 May 1928, Pieve di Cento, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Died: 23 August 2018, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Weight: 202, 204 lbs Club: S.P. Sempre Avanti, Bologna

as an amateur:

1950 Parma, Italian Championships heavyweight 2nd place
1951 Bologna, Italian Championships heavyweight 2nd place
1952 Trieste, Italian Championships heavyweight winner

Amateur results courtesy of Pietro Anselmi
Fights summary: 47 contests, won 36, lost 8, drew 3

Amateur Results


1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 1	Bartelloni	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 1	Bartelloni	Carrara, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 27	Antonio Crosia (ITA)	Modena, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 19	Rocchi	Bologna, Italy	WTKO 3
+ Mar. 26	Monceri	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 14	Scandelli	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ June 20	Giulio Bastiani (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
+ June 26	Pini	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
= Nov. 19	Cassini	Bologna, Italy	Draw 3
+ Nov. 28	Ernesto Cavallaro (ITA)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Nov. 29	Adelino Zamboni (ITA)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 2	Delicato	Roma, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 26	Giannett1	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 2	Puntin	Trieste, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 17	Blumer	Bologna, Italy	WTKO 3
+ Apr. 1	Mambelli	Lugo, Italy	WKO 1
+ Apr. 2	Antonio Crosia (ITA)	Lugo, Italy	WPTS 3
Parma, Italy, Italian National Championships 2nd place, +79.400 kg
+ Apr. 27	Arnaldo Agostini (ITA)	Parma, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 28	Dino Zuliani (ITA)	Parma, Italy	WPTS 3
- Apr. 29	Adelino Zamboni (ITA)	Parma, Italy	LPTS 3
+ May 15	Antonio Crosia (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
Lyon, France, Dual Match France vs Italy, +79.400 kg
- June 2	Joseph Abad (FRA)	Lyon, France	LPTS 3
+ Oct. 26	Arnaldo Agostini (ITA)	Forlì, Italy	WTKO 2
Napoli, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Turkey, +79.400 kg
+ Nov. 20	Sahan Minasyan (TUR)	Napoli, Italy	WTKO 3
+ Nov. 30	Aldo Pellegrini (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
- Dec. 8	Aldo Pellegrini (ITA)	La Spezia, Italy	LKO 2
= Dec. 18	Giacomo di Segni (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	Draw 3

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Aldo Pellegrini (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 1	Federico Friso (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WAB 1
Bologna, Italy, Italian National Championships 2nd place, +81 kg
+ Mar. 8	Livio Ricciolini (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 10	Renato Viscardi (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
- Mar. 11	Giacomo di Segni (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	LPTS 3
= Apr. 20	Giacomo di Segni (ITA)	Porto Recanati, Italy	Draw 3
+ July 4	Strichner	Bologna, Italy	WTKO 2
- July 12	Giacomo di Segni (ITA)	Roma, Italy	LPTS 3
Belgrade and Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Dual Match Yugoslavia vs Italy, +81 kg
- Sept. 1	Tomislav Krizmanic	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	LPTS 3
- Sept. 3	Tomislav Krizmanic	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	LPTS 3
+ Sept. 11	Sansonetti	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Oct. 9	Di Benedetto	Bologna, Italy	WKO 2
Dublin, Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Italy, +81 kg
+ Nov. 10	Eugene Walsh (IRL)	Dublin, Ireland	WPTS 3
+ Nov. 16	Antonio Crosia (ITA)	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Aldo Pellegrini (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS 3
Trieste, Italy, Italian National Championships winner, +81 kg
+ Mar. 5	Dino Zuliani (ITA)	Trieste, Italy	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 6	Livio Ricciolini (ITA)	Trieste, Italy	WAB 3
+ Mar. 7	Giannino Luise (ITA)	Trieste, Italy	WKO 1
+ Mar. 8	Aldo Pellegrini (ITA)	Trieste, Italy	WWO
+ May 1	Lucien Touzard (FRA)	Ancona, Italy	WPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs USA, +81 kg
- May 10	Ed Sanders (USA)	Roma, Italy	LPTS 3

Professional record


1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 1	Mario Azzarà	Bologna, Italy	TKO 2-Rtd
+ Oct. 20	Herbert Waniek	Bologna, Italy	KO 2
+ Nov. 24	Robert Warmbrunn	Bologna, Italy	W 8

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 2	Jaques Bortol	Bologna, Italy	KO 1
= Mar. 2	Hans Friedrich	Bologna, Italy	Draw 8
= Apr. 27	Hans Friedrich	Bologna, Italy	Draw 8
- May 15	Hugo Salfeld	München, Germany	LDQ 4
+ Aug. 7	Mario Crisostomi	Civitavecchia, Italy	KO 8
+ Nov. 30	Mario Crisostomi	Bologna, Italy	TKO 1
+ Dec. 21	Robert Masson	La Spezia, Italy	TKO 5

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 25	Willi Fanzlau	Bologna, Italy	TKO 7
+ Mar. 29	Herbert Wiese	Bologna, Italy	KO 9
+ Apr. 30	Hannes Scherbaum	Milano, Italy	KO 2
+ May 17	Heinz Seelisch	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ June 23	Alexandre Ceremonia	Milano, Italy	TKO 4
+ July 2	Robert Warmbrunn	Milano, Italy	KO 4
+ July 28	Heinz Seelisch	Roma, Italy	KO 3
+ Aug. 12	Herbert Waniek	Ravenna, Italy	KO 1
+ Sept. 10	Prosper Beck	Milano, Italy	KO 2
+ Sept. 24	Otto Bastian	Milano, Italy	KO 3
+ Oct. 15	Uber Bacilieri	Milano, Italy	TKO 10 (Rtd)
(Won Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 1	Roger Francis Coeuret	Bologna, Italy	KO 4
+ Nov. 13	Hugo Salfeld	Milano, Italy	KO 5
+ Nov. 24	Ansell Adams	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Dec. 27	Emile Bentz	Bologna, Italy	KO 1

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 10	Guenter Nurnberg	Bologna, Italy	KO 1
+ Jan. 22	Willi Fanzlau	Prato, Italy	KO 2
+ Jan. 28	Ansell Adams	Modena, Italy	KO 10
+ Feb. 9	Robert Warmbrunn	Mestre, Italy	KO 3
+ Mar. 7	Robert Eugene	Modena, Italy	W 10
+ Mar. 22	Jean Serres	Parma, Italy	KO 1
+ Apr. 3	Heinz Seelisch	Neumuenster, Germany	KO 3
+ Apr. 13	Otto Bastian	Pistoia, Italy	KO 2
+ Apr. 23	Werner Wiegand	Milano, Italy	TKO 7
+ Apr. 28	Robert Warmbrunn	Livorno, Italy	KO 3
+ May 9	Emile DeGreef	Bologna, Italy	KO 2
+ May 21	Robert Eugene	Firenze, Italy	KO 5
+ June 9	Willi Fanzlau	Roma, Italy	KO 1
+ June 26	Heinz Neuhaus	Bologna, Italy	W 15
(Won European Heavyweight Title)
+ July 30	Herbert Wiese	Rimini, Italy	cTKO 3
+ Aug. 9	Willi Fanzlau	Napoli, Italy	KO 4
- Sept. 4	Heinz Neuhaus	Dortmund, Germany	LDQ 9
+ Oct. 31	Joe Bygraves	Bologna, Italy	WDQ 8
+ Dec. 17	Kurt Schiegl	Milano, Italy	W 10

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 12	Werner Wiegand	Modena, Italy	TKO 8
+ May 13	Maurice Mols	Bologna, Italy	W 10
- June 4	Hans Friedrich	Bologna, Italy	L 10
+ July 21	Heinz Neuhaus	Bologna, Italy	KO 11
(Retained European Heavyweight Title)
- Sept. 30	Ingemar Johansson	Bologna, Italy	KO by 13
(Lost European Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 14	Robert Eugene	Roma, Italy	TKO 3

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Alois Senn	Bologna, Italy	TKO 2
+ Feb. 18	Al Bernard	Bologna, Italy	KO 2
- Mar. 11	Jose Gonzalez	Bologna, Italy	TKO by 6 (Rtd)
- June 3	Jose Gonzalez	Bologna, Italy	L 10
+ Sept. 7	Alessandro D'Ottavio	Roma, Italy	W 10
+ Oct. 3	Albert Westphal	Bologna, Italy	KO 9
+ Nov. 1	Robert Duquesne	Bologna, Italy	KO 3
+ Dec. 2	Max Brianto	Bologna, Italy	KO 9

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 27	Uber Bacilieri	Bologna, Italy	KO 6
+ Feb. 5	Emile Vidal	Roma, Italy	W 10
+ Apr. 9	Giannino Luise	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ May 12	Gawie de Klerk	Bologna, Italy	W 10
- June 15	Willie Pastrano	Bologna, Italy	L 10
- Sept. 7	Giacomo Bozzano	Bologna, Italy	KO by 8
+ Dec. 17	Alain Cherville	Bologna, Italy	W 10

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 19	Ulli Ritter	Roma, Italy	Draw 10
+ July 1	Sifa Kivalu	Bologna, Italy	KO 10
+ Aug. 5	Karl Heinz Wendt	Rimini, Italy	KO 2
+ Sept. 28	Federico Friso	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ Oct. 27	Ulli Ritter	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ Dec. 26	Kitione Lave	Bologna, Italy	W 10

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 28	Joey Armstrong	Bologna, Italy	W 10
- Apr. 11	Francis Magnetto	Roma, Italy	L 10
+ May 18	Francis Magnetto	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ June 27	Joe Bygraves	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ Aug. 8	Horst Niche	Rimini, Italy	W 10
+ Oct. 31	Jim Cooper	Bologna, Italy	TKO 7
- Dec. 7	Karl Mildenberger	Bologna, Italy	L 10
+ Dec. 26	Vittorio Stagni	Bologna, Italy	W 10

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 24	Bert Whitehurst	Roma, Italy	cTKO by 8
- June 7	Ulli Nitzschke	Bologna, Italy	LDQ 7
= Oct. 2	Rocco Mazzola	Bologna, Italy	Draw 12
(For Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 6	Plinio Scarabellin	Bologna, Italy	TKO 9 (Rtd)

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 5	Mariano Echevarria	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ Mar. 17	Rocco Mazzola	Bologna, Italy	W 12
(Regained Italian Heavyweight Title)
- May 31	Santo Amonti	Brescia, Italy	LDQ 5
(Lost Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ July 2	Ray Shiel	Bologna, Italy	W 10
+ Nov. 12	Wendell Newton	Bologna, Italy	W 10

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 25	Tommy Fields	Bologna, Italy	TKO by 7 (Rtd)