Silvio Branco
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Silvio Branco is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is a professional 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...
(184 cm height) in the light heavyweight
Light heavyweight
In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...
(175 lb
Pound (mass)
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) division. His record is 59-9-2 (36 KOs
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
).
Career
1992 he was outpointed by undefeated southpaw Agostino CardamoneAgostino Cardamone
Agostino Cardamone is a former Italian pro boxer best known to win the European title at middleweight.-Career:Southpaw Cardamone started his career in 1989 and won the Italian title against Silvio Branco in 1992...
for the Italian middleweight title.
When Cardamone vacated he could win the vacant crown later. He challenged undefeated Richie Woodhall
Richie Woodhall
Richie Woodhall is a former English World Champion super-middleweight boxer. He lost his last fight to his friend Joe Calzaghe in 2000, and subsequently retired in 2002....
for the European title but was taken apart and KOd.
1996 he beat respected contender Thomas Tate
Thomas Tate
Thomas Tate is retired American middleweight and super-middleweight professional boxer. His record was 41-7 .He twice fought for world titles at middleweight, losing to Julian Jackson and Roy Jones Jr respectively...
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
Glen Johnson (boxer)
Glengoffe Donovan Johnson is a professional boxer. Nicknamed Gentleman and The Road Warrior, Johnson is the former IBF and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion.-Amateur career:...
and upset Robin Reid in England. He got a super middleweight IBF title fight but lost a lopsided decision against Sven Ottke
Sven Ottke
Sven Ottke, known as "The Phantom", is a German former professional boxer who was the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion...
.
He went up agan in 2003 and lost a bid for the vacant European light heavy title against southpaw Stipe Drviš
Stipe Drviš
Stipe Drews, birth name Stipe Drviš , is a Croatian professional boxer. He lost the WBA's version of the World light heavyweight championship title to Australian Danny Green on the 16th of December 2007.- Amateur career :...
. Later the same year Mehdi Sahnoune
Mehdi Sahnoune
Mehdi Sahnoune is a French boxer at light heavyweight.Known as "Kounet", Sahnoune turned pro in 1997 and challenged WBA Light Heavyweight Title holder Bruno Girard in 2003, winning the belt by TKO. He lost the belt in his first defense to Silvio Branco later that year...
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
Fabrice Tiozzo
Fabrice Tiozzo is a retired professional boxer in the light heavyweight division. His record is 48-2 .Tiozzo was a two time light heavyweight champion as well as a one time cruiserweight champion....
and also lost a second European title bid to Thomas Ulrich
Thomas Ulrich
Thomas Ulrich is a German boxer.- Amateur career :Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994...
by KO.
He defeated Puero Rican puncher Manny Siaca
Manny Siaca
Manuel Alejandro Siaca, born , is a Puerto Rican boxer at super middleweight.Siaca was born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. He turned pro in 1997 and challenged Bruno Girard in 2000 for the WBA Super Middleweight Title, but lost a split decision...
on Thursday, July 27, 2006 to win the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
interim
Interim championship
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light-heavyweight championship. When Tiozzo laid down his title on October 19, 2006, Silvio Branco became again the full WBA world champion. He lost this title on April 28, 2007 once more against the Croatian boxer Stipe Drviš
Stipe Drviš
Stipe Drews, birth name Stipe Drviš , is a Croatian professional boxer. He lost the WBA's version of the World light heavyweight championship title to Australian Danny Green on the 16th of December 2007.- Amateur career :...
.
Branco lost to WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal in Montreal on September 25, 2009.
See also
- List of WBA world champions
- List of boxing triple champions
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