Salvatore Burruni
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| Born | 11 April 1933 Alghero, Italy | |||||||||||
| Died | 30 March 2004 (aged 70) Alghero, Italy | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  Italy | |||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Flyweight | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
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| Total fights | 109 | |||||||||||
| Wins | 99 | |||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 32 | |||||||||||
| Losses | 9 | |||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | |||||||||||
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Salvatore Burruni (11 April 1933 – 30 March 2004) was an Italian flyweight and bantamweight boxer who fought between 1957 and 1969.[1]
Amateur career
Burruni was Italian flyweight champion in 1954 and 1956 and won the World Military Championships in 1955 and 1956 as well as the Mediterranean Games in 1955.[2] At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics he progressed to the second round when he lost to Vladimir Stolnikov.[3]
Professional career
Burruni turned professional in 1958. After successfully campaigning for seven years, during which he won the European Flyweight title, Burruni was given a title shot by WBA, WBC against Lineal flyweight champion Pone Kingpetch from Thailand. On 23 April 1965, Burruni made the most of his opportunity and won a unanimous 15-round decision.[1]
However, on November 1965, WBA & WBC stripped him of the title following his refusal to meet themandatory challenger, Hiroyuki Ebihara.[4][5][6][7][8]
On December 2, 1965, Burruni successfully defended his lineal crown by knocking out Australian Rocky Gattellari.
On 14 June 1966, he lost to Walter McGowan, whom he had defeated previously.[9]
Unable to make the weight any longer, Burruni moved up to the bantamweight division. He won the European Bantamweight title by taking a 15-round decision from champion Mimoum Ben Ali in 1968. His campaign to secure a World Bantamweight title ended when he was knocked out by Rubén Olivares in 1968.[1] Burruni's final fight took place in 1969, when he defeated Pierre Vetroff by KO.
Professional Boxing Record
| 108 fights | 99 wins | 9 losses |
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| By knockout | 33 | 2 |
| By decision | 66 | 7 |
See also
- List of flyweight boxing champions
- List of WBA world champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of The Ring world champions
- List of undisputed boxing champions
References
- ^ a b c Salvatore Burruni. boxrec.com
- ^ I risultati dei Giochi del Mediterraneo dal 1951 a oggi Archived 25 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. boxeringweb.net
- ^ Salvatore Burruni. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Burruni will defy WBA" AAP - Reuters, 3 November 1965. The Age, newspaper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- ^ "WBC declares Burruni title vacant" 20 November 1965. The Age, newspaper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- ^ "Burruni Again Demoted" Reuter, 20 November 1965. The Glasgow Herald, newspaper in Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain.
- ^ "Burruni Dethroned" UPI, 20 November 1965. Beaver County Times, newspaper in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- ^ "Sports Briefs "Burruni Dethroned" " UPI, 20 November 1965. Williamson Daily News, newspaper in Williamson, West Virginia, United States.
- ^ https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12608
External links
- 1933 births
- 2004 deaths
- People from Alghero
- Flyweight boxers
- World boxing champions
- World flyweight boxing champions
- World Boxing Association champions
- World Boxing Council champions
- The Ring champions
- Olympic boxers of Italy
- Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Italian male boxers
- Sportspeople from Sardinia
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Boxers at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing