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Total Fights | 48 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 19 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 19 years and eight months, Graciano Rocchigiani fought 48 times with 41 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw.
Rocchigiani retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-6-1, which included two world-title wins and three successful title defense fights at the super-middleweight weight division. He had a 39.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 19 of his total 48 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Rocchigiani's career was a 10th round TKO loss to Dariusz Michalczewski in a light-heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Thomas Ulrich on May 10, 2003.
Some of Rocchigiani's best fights and notable victories include wins over Michael Nunn, Rodrigo Benech, John Keys, Kevin Whaley-El, Alex Blanchard, Chris Reid, and Thulani Malinga.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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48 | May 10, 2003 | 39 | Thomas Ulrich | Loss | UD |
47 | Feb 10, 2001 | 37 | Willard Lewis | Win | UD |
46 | Apr 15, 2000 | 36 | Dariusz Michalczewski | Loss * | TKO10 |
45 | Mar 21, 1998 | 34 | Michael Nunn | Win * | SD |
44 | Mar 22, 1997 | 33 | John Scully | Win | UD |
43 | Aug 10, 1996 | 32 | Dariusz Michalczewski | Loss * | DQ |
42 | Apr 6, 1996 | 32 | Pietro Pellizzaro | Win | PTS |
41 | Oct 14, 1995 | 31 | Henry Maske | Loss * | UD |
40 | May 27, 1995 | 31 | Henry Maske | Loss * | UD |
39 | Dec 10, 1994 | 30 | Frederic Seillier | Draw | PTS |
38 | Oct 22, 1994 | 30 | Willie Kemp | Win | KO2 |
37 | May 28, 1994 | 30 | Charles Oliver | Win | TKO6 |
36 | Feb 5, 1994 | 30 | Chris Eubank | Loss * | UD |
35 | Oct 15, 1993 | 29 | Ricky Thomas | Win | PTS |
34 | Sep 11, 1993 | 29 | Kevin Whaley-El | Win | TKO6 |
33 | Jun 26, 1993 | 29 | Lester Yarbrough | Win | PTS |
32 | Sep 13, 1991 | 27 | Alex Blanchard | Win | TKO9 |
31 | Feb 28, 1991 | 27 | Crawford Ashley | Win | SD |
30 | Dec 7, 1990 | 26 | Mike Sedillo | Win | PTS |
29 | Sep 7, 1990 | 26 | Rodrigo Benech | Win | KO3 |
28 | Dec 1, 1989 | 25 | John Keys | Win | KO2 |
27 | Jan 27, 1989 | 25 | Thulani Malinga | Win * | UD |
26 | Oct 7, 1988 | 24 | Chris Reid | Win * | TKO11 |
25 | Jun 3, 1988 | 24 | Nicky Walker | Win * | UD |
24 | Mar 11, 1988 | 24 | Vincent Boulware | Win * | TKO8 |
23 | Dec 5, 1987 | 23 | Mustafa Hamsho | Win | TKO1 |
22 | Oct 30, 1987 | 23 | John Held | Win | PTS |
21 | Oct 17, 1987 | 23 | Lahcen M'Hamdi | Win | TKO3 |
20 | Oct 3, 1987 | 23 | Tommy Taylor | Win | PTS |
19 | Sep 14, 1987 | 23 | Ahmed Laghlali | Win | TKO2 |
18 | Oct 3, 1986 | 22 | Manfred Jassmann | Win | PTS |
17 | May 12, 1986 | 22 | Ian Lazarus | Win | KO8 |
16 | Mar 1, 1986 | 22 | James Cook | Win | PTS |
15 | Nov 29, 1985 | 21 | Antoine Alcantara | Win | KO2 |
14 | Nov 8, 1985 | 21 | Rudiger Bitterling | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Aug 31, 1985 | 21 | Moussa Kassongo Mukandjo | Win | UD |
12 | Apr 26, 1985 | 21 | Steve Johnson | Win | PTS |
11 | Mar 9, 1985 | 21 | Tony Jenkins | Win | TKO6 |
10 | Dec 1, 1984 | 20 | Philippe Seys | Win | PTS |
9 | Oct 5, 1984 | 20 | Tony Britton | Win | PTS |
8 | Sep 15, 1984 | 20 | Butangi Nzolameso | Win | PTS |
7 | Apr 27, 1984 | 20 | Franz Dorfer | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Feb 24, 1984 | 20 | Mick Morris | Win | UD |
5 | Feb 10, 1984 | 20 | Mauro Hernandez da Cruz | Win | PTS |
4 | Jan 14, 1984 | 20 | Chaed Ringo | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Nov 5, 1983 | 19 | Jan Lefeber | Win | PTS |
2 | Oct 7, 1983 | 19 | Marnix Heytens | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Sep 10, 1983 | 19 | Esperno Postl | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Graciano Rocchigiani (Rocky) was a German professional boxer. He was born in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany on December 29, 1963. He was a two-weight-class world champion. Rocchigiani died on October 1, 2018 at the age of 54 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 19 years — from 1983 to 2003.
Rocchigiani made his professional boxing debut against Esperno Postl at the age of 19 on September 10, 1983, defeating Postl via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 34 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 16 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on March 11, 1988 after 23 professional fights, against Vincent Boulware for the super-middleweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Boulware via 8th round TKO to become the super-middleweight champion of the world.
Rocchigiani won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Rocchigiani's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Rocchigiani had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Thomas Ulrich at 39 years of age, on May 10, 2003. Rocchigiani lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Rocchigiani had a total of 10 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and three successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost five.
Graciano Rocchigiani fought for world titles in seven fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 21, 1998 | Michael Nunn | Light-heavyweight | WBC* | SD |
Mar 11, 1988 | Vincent Boulware | Super-middleweight | IBF* | TKO |
Graciano Rocchigiani had three super-middleweight world-title defense fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jan 27, 1989 | Thulani Malinga | Super-middleweight | IBF | UD |
Oct 7, 1988 | Chris Reid | Super-middleweight | IBF | TKO |
Jun 3, 1988 | Nicky Walker | Super-middleweight | IBF | UD |
Rocchigiani fought a total of 48 times during his professional career, which includes 10 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
March 11, 1988: Rocchigiani wins his first world title by defeating Vincent Boulware via 8th round TKO. He is now the IBF super-middleweight world champion.
January 27, 1989: Rocchigiani successfully defends the IBF super-middleweight title against Thulani Malinga, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
March 21, 1998: Rocchigiani wins the WBC light-heavyweight title from Michael Nunn, by beating Nunn via 12 round split decision.
Rocchigiani knocked out 19 of his 48 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 39.6%. Of his total 41 wins, 19 of them were via KO (46.3%).
Rocchigiani's first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at super-middleweight. He defeated Vincent Boulware via 8 round TKO to win the title.
Rocchigiani won two world titles at two weight classes.
Rocchigiani had 3 successful title defense fights.