Salvatore Battaglia born 7 November 1975 in Siracuse, Italy

Italy

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Salvatore is a professional Light-Welterweight boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. He has a boxing record of 22 wins with 5 defeats.

Salvatore is the former Italian light-welterweight champion. He won the title in 2002 when he beat Massimo Bertozzi. He relinquished the belt in 2002. He fought for the 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...

 title in 2006, losing on points to Cristian De Martinis.

He has twice fought for the European title, but lost twice against Oktay Urkal

Oktay Urkal

Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...

 and Junior Witter

Junior Witter

Junior Witter is a professional boxer from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He is the former WBC, European, British, and Commonwealth light welterweight champion.-Early professional career:...

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