Alessandro Campagna
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Alessandro Campagna is an Italian Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 kickboxer, fighting out of Pro Fighting Roma in Rome
Rome
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, Italy
Italy
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. He recently won an 8 man tournament in Paramaribo
Paramaribo
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...

 in Surinam called "Soema Na Basi" beating more experienced and quoted fighters from Holland and Surinam.

Biography and career

Born in Rome, Italy, he started to train Kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

 at the age of 10 and after a while he decided to practive Muay thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

. He trains at Pro Fighting Roma and his teacher and trainer is Alessio Smeriglio. He had his first fight at the age of 16.He has an older brother : Antonio Campagna, which fights too into the -61 Weight division and is currently K-1 Italian National Champion and is more active into the Amateur Tournaments, where he earned a Silver medal in Baku
Baku
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, Azerbajan during the Wako European Amateur Championship. Alessandro is a full time Studend and he practice as a professional fighter when he's not at school.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Italian F.I.K.B. K-1 National K1 Champion 2009
  • OKTAGON 2011
    • Oktagon Italian selections winner 2011 with a total of 4 matches and 4 wins
    • Oktagon prestige fight winner 2011
  • Soema Na basi 2011- 8 Man Tournament winner in Paramaribo
    Paramaribo
    Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...

    , Surinam

Sponsorship

Alessandro is currently sponsored by the Italian Brand LEONE1947, one of the most important fighters brand that sponsor also Top fighters like Giorgio Petrosyan
Giorgio Petrosyan
Gevorg "Giorgio" Petrosyan is an Armenian-Italian welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Satori Gladiatorium in Gorizia, Italy. He is the two time K-1 World MAX champion and WKN Intercontinental Middleweight Muay Thai champion....

, Artur Kyshenko
Artur Kyshenko
Artur Kyshenko is a Ukrainian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands...

, Gago Drago
Gago Drago
Gago Drago is an Armenian-Dutch welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Alkmaar, Netherlands. He is known for his punch combinations and unpredictable kicking techniques and highly aggressive fighting style...

and a lot of notable fighters all over the globe.

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record


Legend:

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