Silvio Branco

Silvio Branco
Silvio Branco
Born	Silvio Branco; August 26, 1966 (age 58); Civitavecchia, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Other names	Il Barbaro
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight; Super middleweight; Light heavyweight; Cruiserweight;
Height	6 ft 0+1⁄2 in (184 cm)
Stance	orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	77
Wins	63
Wins by KO	37
Losses	11
Draws	3
No contests	0

Silvio Branco (born 26 August 1966 in Civitavecchia, Italy) is a professional boxer of Romani origin (184 cm height) in the cruiserweight (200 lb) division.

Career

1992 he was outpointed by undefeated southpaw Agostino Cardamone for the Italian middleweight title. When Cardamone vacated he could win the vacant crown later. He challenged undefeated Richie Woodhall for the European title but was taken apart and KOd. 1996 he beat respected contender Thomas Tate and won hereby the lightly regarded WBU middleweight title. He faced Cardamone twice more and lost both fights.

One division higher he controversially outpointed Glen Johnson and upset Robin Reid in England. He got a super middleweight IBF title fight but lost a lopsided decision against Sven Ottke.

He went up again in 2003 and lost a bid for the vacant European light heavy title against southpaw Stipe Drviš. Later the same year Mehdi Sahnoune who had won the vacant WBA title looked for an easy challenger and was sensationally KOd by Branco. He lost the title 2004 in his very next fight against veteran Fabrice Tiozzo and also lost a second European title bid to Thomas Ulrich by KO.

He defeated Puerto Rican puncher Manny Siaca on Thursday 27 July 2006 to win the WBA interim light-heavyweight championship. When Tiozzo laid down his title on 19 October 2006, Silvio Branco became again the full WBA world champion. He lost this title on 28 April 2007 once more against the Croatian boxer Stipe Drviš. Branco lost to WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal in Montreal on 25 September 2009.

Professional boxing record

62 Wins (37 knockouts, 25 decisions), 10 Losses (4 knockouts, 6 decisions), 2 Draws [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	6-38	Jevgenijs "Lucky" Andrejevs	UD	6	08/07/2011	Civitanova Marche, Italy
Win	39-6-2	Vincenzo Rossitto	UD	12	27/11/2010	Civitavecchia, Italy	WBC International Cruiserweight Title. 116-112, 115-114, 117-112.
Win	24-5	Laszlo Hubert	TKO	4	05/02/2010	Fuscaldo, Italy	WBC International Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the fourth round.
Loss	23-1	Jean Pascal	TKO	10	25/09/2009	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	WBC World Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:19 of the tenth round.
Win	10-14-7	Zoltan Kallai	TKO	4	20/06/2009	Cesano, Italy
Win	9-19-3	Roland Horvath	TKO	3	10/04/2009	Casoria, Italy
Win	10-8	Abdelkader Benzinia	UD	6	19/04/2008	Bucharest, Romania
Win	47-10-1	Peter Venancio	TD	9	19/10/2007	Neukoeln, Berlin, Germany	WBC International/Latino Light Heavyweight Titles. 89-81, 88-82, 88-82.
Loss	31-1	Stipe "Spiderman" Drews	UD	12	28/04/2007	Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 113-116, 112-116, 113-115.
Win	20-5	Manny Siaca	UD	12	27/07/2006	Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Lombardia, Italy	WBA interim World Light Heavyweight Title. 119-109, 119-109, 119-109.
Win	6-11	Radek Seman	TKO	4	16/12/2005	Milan, Italy
Win	8-0	Drago "Dragon" Janjusevic	TKO	6	17/06/2005	Milan, Italy
Win	17-24-1	Zoltan "Babyface" Beres	TKO	4	20/05/2005	Santa Marinella, Italy	Referee stopped the bout at 2:03 of the fourth round.
Win	15-1-1	Sasha Mitreski	TKO	5	21/12/2004	Sabaudia, Italy	WBA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:12 of the fifth round.
Win	17-15-1	Ramdane Serdjane	PTS	10	05/10/2004	Civitavecchia, Italy
Loss	26-1	Thomas Ulrich	KO	11	17/07/2004	Zwickau, Saxony, Germany	EBU Light Heavyweight Title. Branco knocked out at 0:51 of the 11th round.
Loss	45-2	Fabrice Tiozzo	MD	12	20/03/2004	Lyon, Rhône, France	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 112-114, 112-114, 113-113.
Win	24-0	Mehdi Sahnoune	TKO	11	10/10/2003	Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	14-10-2	Raul Esteban Barreto	TKO	5	22/07/2003	Pavia, Italy
Win	13-18-1	Zoltan "Babyface" Beres	TKO	5	31/05/2003	Civitavecchia, Italy
Loss	22-0	Stipe "Spiderman" Drews	UD	12	08/02/2003	Neukoeln, Berlin, Germany	EBU Light Heavyweight Title. 114-115, 111-117, 112-116.
Win	4-25-1	Anton Lascek	KO	1	24/11/2002	Rijeka, Croatia
Win	12-6-1	Ramdane Serdjane	PTS	6	13/04/2002	Campione d'Italia, Italy
Win	11-4-1	Juergen "The Rock" Hartenstein	KO	1	09/02/2002	Civitavecchia, Italy	IBF Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	12-0	Julien Chamayou	PTS	6	17/11/2001	Civitavecchia, Italy
Win	10-1	Yohan Gimenez	PTS	6	20/10/2001	Trieste, Italy
Win	13-2-1	Didier Poujol	KO	1	28/04/2001	Civitavecchia, Italy
Loss	20-0	Sven "Phantom" Ottke	UD	12	16/12/2000	Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	IBF World Super Middleweight Title. 111-117, 111-117, 112-116.
Win	26-2-1	Robin Reid	UD	12	24/06/2000	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom	WBU World Super Middleweight Title. 115-111, 118-109, 117-110.
Win	36-5	Glen "Road Warrior" Johnson	UD	12	15/04/2000	Padua, Italy	WBU World Super Middleweight Title. 236-226, 238-221, 237-222.
Win	19-8-1	Marco Antonio Duarte	UD	6	20/11/1999	Sabaudia, Italy
Win	17-8-3	Patrick Swann	PTS	6	26/06/1999	Benevento, Italy
Win	26-44-1	Anthony "Poison" Ivory	PTS	8	15/05/1999	Capo d'Orlando, Italy
Loss	32-2	Agostino Cardamone	UD	12	27/03/1999	Civitavecchia, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title. 111-116, 113-114, 111-116.
Loss	31-2	Agostino Cardamone	KO	10	18/12/1998	Brindisi, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title.
Win	27-10-2	Anthony Andrews	TKO	8	22/08/1998	Calatafimi, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title.
Win	26-2	Rogerio Cacciatore	UD	12	27/06/1998	Messina, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title. 119-109, 120-108, 120-107.
Win	16-3	Darren "Checkmate" Maciunski	UD	12	17/12/1997	Calatafimi, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title. 119-109, 120-110, 120-108.
Win	19-4-2	Gustavo Francisco Freda	TKO	6	28/08/1997	Civitavecchia, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:05 of the sixth round.
Win	46-11-5	Ricardo Raul Nunez	TKO	10	12/06/1997	Giulianova, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the tenth round.
Win	26-6-1	Verno Phillips	UD	12	13/02/1997	Civitavecchia, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title. 116-112, 114-113, 117-112.
Win	30-4	Thomas "Ice Tea" Tate	UD	12	12/09/1996	Civitavecchia, Italy	WBU World Middleweight Title. 115-112, 119-108, 116-111.
Win	0-19-1	Csaba Olah	TKO	4	08/08/1996	San Mango d'Aquino, Italy
Draw	22-1-3	Rodney Toney	PTS	12	02/05/1996	Civitavecchia, Italy	WBU World Super Middleweight Title. 115-113, 115-115, 110-118.
Win	19-11	Jozsef Zoltan Nagy	KO	1	20/01/1996	Marsala, Italy
Win	35-5-4	Luis Dionisio Barrera	TKO	12	30/11/1995	Frosinone, Italy	IBF Intercontinental Middleweight Title.
Win	12-4	"Czar" Alexander Zaitsev	PTS	12	02/08/1995	Erice, Italy	IBF Intercontinental Middleweight Title.
Loss	18-0	Richie Woodhall	TKO	9	22/02/1995	Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom	EBU Middleweight Title.
Win	62-10-5	Miguel Angel Arroyo	PTS	12	14/10/1994	Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina	WBC International Middleweight Title.
Win	10-0-1	Ivano Biagi	KO	1	29/06/1994	Follonica, Italy	Italy Middleweight Title.
Win	20-2-2	Stefano Pompilio	KO	1	05/03/1994	Grosseto, Italy	Italy Middleweight Title.
Win	31-7-1	Giovanni De Marco	TKO	3	29/12/1993	Capo d'Orlando, Italy	Italy Middleweight Title.
Win	10-3	Luigi De Cicilia	TKO	3	20/08/1993	Civitavecchia, Italy	Italy Middleweight Title.
Win	16-22-1	Horace Fleary	PTS	6	16/04/1993	Rome, Italy
Win	9-6-1	Patrice Cord'Homme	PTS	6	20/01/1993	Avoriaz, Haute-Savoie, France
Win	3-35-1	Tomas Negro Garcia	KO	1	25/09/1992	Voghera, Italy
Loss	15-0	Agostino Cardamone	PTS	12	01/02/1992	Civitavecchia, Italy	Italy Middleweight Title.
Win	12-53	Larry "Cable Guy" McCall	KO	1	21/11/1991	Perugia, Italy
Win	0-1	Erich Ecker	KO	2	05/07/1991	Civitavecchia, Italy
Win	27-29-1	Ian Chantler	KO	2	15/05/1991	Montichiari, Italy
Win	5-3	Ray Webb	PTS	8	27/03/1991	Mestre, Italy
Win	8-11	Samuel Isiko	KO	2	16/11/1990	Piove di Sacco, Italy
Win	9-16-2	Eric Taton	KO	2	15/10/1990	Milan, Italy
Win	2-13-1	Abdel Bejaoui	KO	3	25/05/1990	Tunis, Tunisia
Win	2-2	Libema Nzua	PTS	6	29/01/1990	Milan, Italy
Draw	16-14-3	Judas Clottey	PTS	8	09/12/1989	Teramo, Italy
Win	11-22-2	Bechir Chaarane	KO	2	14/10/1989	Catanzaro, Italy
Win	11-20-3	Jimmy Gourad	KO	3	21/07/1989	Tarquinia, Italy
Win	9-5-1	Young Gully	KO	2	10/06/1989	Civitavecchia, Italy
Win	0-1	Alfredo Reyes	KO	1	25/05/1989	Rozzano, Italy
Win	5-6	Patrick Delacourt	KO	1	14/04/1989	Milan, Italy
Win	3-2-1	Xhafer Vishaj	PTS	6	30/12/1988	Civitavecchia, Italy
Win	14-33-7	Piero Spadaccini	KO	6	15/09/1988	Milan, Italy
Win	3-2-2	Philip Houthoofdt	KO	5	14/07/1988	Milan, Italy

External links

Silvio Branco Website
Boxing record for Silvio Branco from BoxRec (registration required)

Achievements
Preceded by Mehdi Sahnoune	WBA light heavyweight champion October 10, 2003 – March 20, 2004 Regular title from November 8, 2003	Succeeded by Fabrice Tiozzo
Vacant Title last held by Richard Hall	WBA light heavyweight champion Interim title July 27, 2006 - October 19, 2006 Promoted	Vacant Title next held by Felix Valera
Preceded by Fabrice Tiozzo	WBA light heavyweight champion October 19, 2006 – April 28, 2007	Succeeded by Stipe Drviš
Titles in pretence
Vacant Title last held by Dana Rosenblatt	World Middleweight Champion WBU recognition 12 September 1996 - 18 December 1998	Succeeded by Agostino Cardamone

Career

Professional boxing record

See also

External links