Graciano Rocchigiani (Rocky) was a German professional boxer. He was a two-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 19 years and 8 months, Rocchigiani amassed a record of 41-6-1, which includes 19 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.
Graciano Rocchigiani was born in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany on December 29, 1963. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on September 10, 1983 against Esperno Postl. Rocchigiani defeated Postl via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Rocchigiani became a world champion at the age of 24 after 23 professional fights. He challenged Vincent Boulware for the vacant IBF super-middleweight title and stopped Boulware in the 8th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the light-heavyweight (WBC) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Rocchigiani's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Thomas Ulrich at age 39, on May 10, 2003.
Some of Graciano Rocchigiani's best fights were against Michael Nunn and Thulani Malinga. For a complete list of Rocchigiani's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Graciano Rocchigiani".
Rocchigiani has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Graciano Rocchigiani Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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48 | May 10, 2003 | 39 | Thomas Ulrich | loss | UD 12 |
47 | Feb 10, 2001 | 37 | Willard Lewis | win | UD 8 |
46 | Apr 15, 2000 | 36 |
Dariusz Michalczewski 31 41-0 | loss | TKO 10 |
45 | Mar 21, 1998 | 34 |
Michael Nunn 34 52-3 | win | SD 12 |
44 | Mar 22, 1997 | 33 | John Scully | win | UD 10 |
43 | Aug 10, 1996 | 32 |
Dariusz Michalczewski 28 31-0 | loss | DQ 7 |
42 | Apr 06, 1996 | 32 | Pietro Pellizzaro | win | PTS 10 |
41 | Oct 14, 1995 | 31 | Henry Maske | loss | UD 12 |
40 | May 27, 1995 | 31 | Henry Maske | loss | UD 12 |
39 | Dec 10, 1994 | 30 | Frederic Seillier | draw | PTS 12 |
38 | Oct 22, 1994 | 30 | Willie Kemp | win | KO 2 |
37 | May 28, 1994 | 30 | Charles Oliver | win | TKO 6 |
36 | Feb 05, 1994 | 30 |
Chris Eubank 27 35-0-2 | loss | UD 12 |
35 | Oct 15, 1993 | 29 | Ricky Thomas | win | PTS 8 |
34 | Sep 11, 1993 | 29 | Kevin Whaley-El | win | TKO 6 |
33 | Jun 26, 1993 | 29 | Lester Yarbrough | win | PTS 8 |
32 | Sep 13, 1991 | 27 | Alex Blanchard | win | TKO 9 |
31 | Feb 28, 1991 | 27 | Crawford Ashley | win | SD 12 |
30 | Dec 07, 1990 | 26 | Mike Sedillo | win | PTS 8 |
29 | Sep 07, 1990 | 26 | Rodrigo Benech | win | KO 3 |
28 | Dec 01, 1989 | 25 | John Keys | win | KO 2 |
27 | Jan 27, 1989 | 25 |
Thulani Malinga 33 25-3 | win | UD 12 |
26 | Oct 07, 1988 | 24 | Chris Reid | win | TKO 11 |
25 | Jun 03, 1988 | 24 | Nicky Walker | win | UD 15 |
24 | Mar 11, 1988 | 24 | Vincent Boulware | win | TKO 8 |
23 | Dec 05, 1987 | 23 | Mustafa Hamsho | win | TKO 1 |
22 | Oct 30, 1987 | 23 | John Held | win | PTS 8 |
21 | Oct 17, 1987 | 23 | Lahcen M'Hamdi | win | TKO 3 |
20 | Oct 03, 1987 | 23 | Tommy Taylor | win | PTS 8 |
19 | Sep 14, 1987 | 23 | Ahmed Laghlali | win | TKO 2 |
18 | Oct 03, 1986 | 22 | Manfred Jassmann | win | PTS 12 |
17 | May 12, 1986 | 22 | Ian Lazarus | win | KO 8 |
16 | Mar 01, 1986 | 22 | James Cook | win | PTS 8 |
15 | Nov 29, 1985 | 21 | Antoine Alcantara | win | KO 2 |
14 | Nov 08, 1985 | 21 | Rudiger Bitterling | win | TKO 3 |
13 | Aug 31, 1985 | 21 | Moussa Kassongo Mukandjo | win | UD 10 |
12 | Apr 26, 1985 | 21 | Steve Johnson | win | PTS 6 |
11 | Mar 09, 1985 | 21 | Tony Jenkins | win | TKO 6 |
10 | Dec 01, 1984 | 20 | Philippe Seys | win | PTS 8 |
9 | Oct 05, 1984 | 20 | Tony Britton | win | PTS 8 |
8 | Sep 15, 1984 | 20 | Butangi Nzolameso | win | PTS 6 |
7 | Apr 27, 1984 | 20 | Franz Dorfer | win | TKO 2 |
6 | Feb 24, 1984 | 20 | Mick Morris | win | UD 4 |
5 | Feb 10, 1984 | 20 | Mauro Hernandez da Cruz | win | PTS 6 |
4 | Jan 14, 1984 | 20 | Chaed Ringo | win | TKO 2 |
3 | Nov 05, 1983 | 19 | Jan Lefeber | win | PTS 4 |
2 | Oct 07, 1983 | 19 | Marnix Heytens | win | TKO 1 |
1 | Sep 10, 1983 | 19 | Esperno Postl | win | TKO 2 |