Rocky Mattioli

Rocky Mattioli (born Rocco Mattioli, 20 September 1953) an Italian-Australian former boxer at junior middleweight, and former world champion.

Career

Mattioli was born in Ripa Teatina, near Chieti, central Italy. He emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of six. lived in morwell victoria.

He turned professional in 1970 and Started training with Italian trainer Arnold Rossi in 1977 captured the WBC Light Middleweight Title with a KO over Eckhard Dagge. He defended the title twice before losing it to Maurice Hope in 1979 by TKO. In 1980 he had a rematch with Hope, but again was TKO'd, in the 11th round. He retired in 1982, settling in Milan.

Professional boxing record

64 Wins (51 knockouts, 13 decisions), 7 Losses (4 knockouts, 3 decisions), 2 Draws
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3-12	"Boxing" Pedro Guerrero	KO	6	19/08/1982	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-1	Teo Dominguez	TKO	3	09/03/1982	Showboat Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	0-1	Abraham Lara	KO	2	18/02/1982	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States	Lara knocked out at 2:01 of the second round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	29-37-2	Rudy Barro	TKO	2	09/02/1982	Showboat Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	47-16-6	Clement Tshinza	TKO	9	11/06/1981	Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	14-2-2	Steve Hopkin	TKO	9	29/04/1981	Gatteo, Italy
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	28-2-1	Maurice Hope	TKO	11	12/07/1980	Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	WBC World Light Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:52 of the 11th round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	24-14-1	Rafael Rodriguez	KO	8	30/05/1980	Rome, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	12-7	"Boxing" Jamie Thomas	KO	2	02/05/1980	Rome, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8-8-1	Jesse Carter	KO	1	21/03/1980	Bologna, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	34-13-2	Irish Pat Murphy	KO	2	14/12/1979	Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11-8-3	Roy "Cleveland" Johnson	KO	4	23/11/1979	Pordenone, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8-15-1	Leon McCallum	TKO	5	12/10/1979	Rome, Italy
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	26-2-1	Maurice Hope	TKO	9	04/03/1979	Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Italy	WBC World Light Middleweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-4-2	Freddie Boynton	TKO	7	29/09/1978	Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	63-6-9	Jose Manuel Duran	KO	5	14/05/1978	Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy	WBC World Light Middleweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	67-4-4	Elisha Obed	KO	7	11/03/1978	Kooyong Tennis Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	WBC World Light Middleweight Title. Obed knocked out at 1:07 of the seventh round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3-5	Jose "J-Rod" Rodriguez	UD	10	21/01/1978	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	29-7-1	Larry "Apostle" Paul	PTS	10	02/12/1977	Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	20-3-1	Eckhard Dagge	KO	5	06/08/1977	Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Germany	WBC World Light Middleweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9-12-3	Angel Jose Ortiz	KO	3	18/06/1977	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5-3	Arnoldo Olivares	TKO	5	27/02/1977	Bellaria, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	21-10-6	English Trevor Francis	TKO	6	28/01/1977	Faenza, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17-8-3	Alfonso Hayman	KO	10	03/12/1976	Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	27-3-2	Ralph Palladin	TKO	7	22/10/1976	Bologna, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	12-19-2	"Boxing" Pablo Rodriguez	TKO	2	01/10/1976	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	96-40-7	Chucho Garcia	TKO	6	21/05/1976	Milan, Italy
Draw	67-2	Bruno Arcari	PTS	10	03/04/1976	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy	97-96, 96-96, 97-97.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	13-8-2	Cubby "Topcat" Jackson	UD	10	06/02/1976	Milan, Italy	100-94, 100-94, 99-92.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	29-1-5	Domenico Di Jorio	TKO	6	28/11/1975	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	39-7	Jørgen Hansen	TKO	7	24/10/1975	Milan, Italy
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	18-6-2	Harold "Painter" Weston	PTS	10	19/09/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	35-4-3	Fernand Marcotte	TKO	9	22/08/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the ninth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	21-12-3	Mimoun Mohatar	UD	10	06/06/1975	Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	25-10-4	Chris Fernandez	KO	4	09/05/1975	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	39-18-4	Billy Backus	KO	5	11/04/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	23-3-1	Ali Afakasi	TKO	12	14/02/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	Australasian Welterweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	21-4-2	Ray Chavez Guerrero	PTS	10	18/10/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	74-16-2	Eddie Perkins	UD	10	16/08/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	48-45, 49-45, 50-44.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	0-3	Dommy Cotacte	TKO	4	26/07/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	46-6-1	Dave Oropeza	TKO	6	25/06/1974	Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	18-4-1	Jacques van Mellaerts	TKO	9	11/05/1974	Une Grande Soiree Stadium, Noumea, New Caledonia	Referee stopped the bout at 2:15 of the ninth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17-18	Jose Luis Baltazar	PTS	10	25/04/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10-0	Dennis "Man of Letters" Enright	KO	3	22/03/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5-0	Billy O'Donnell	TKO	3	13/03/1974	Iceland Arena, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-2-1	English Trevor Francis	TKO	8	24/08/1973	Brisbane, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4-1	Pongi Lee	PTS	15	12/07/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia	Australasian Welterweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	26-8-1	Jeff "Snow" White	KO	12	17/05/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia	Australian Welterweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9-14-3	Eric "Knockout" King	KO	2	26/04/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8-1	Ted "Tiger" Gray	KO	4	19/04/1973	Blacktown RSL Club, Sydney, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6-6	Kolaia Bauli	TKO	6	17/12/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	29-4-5	"Reverend" Paul Moore	SD	10	25/11/1971	Brunswick Metropolitan Cinema, Melbourne, Australia
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	28-4-5	"Reverend" Paul Moore	SD	10	23/09/1971	Brunswick Cinema International, Melbourne, Australia	47-48, 48-43, 46-47.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10-8-1	Steve Hallcroft	TKO	6	30/08/1971	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	--	Tiger Peni	KO	5	26/07/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2-4	Sila Nomura	PTS	8	28/06/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-0	Steve Ayerst	PTS	8	07/06/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Draw	0-1	Bill Fatu	PTS	8	10/05/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-17-6	Doug "Gang" Green	TKO	3	19/04/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-6-1	Red Durange	TKO	4	05/04/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-2	Bevan Minnett	TKO	4	30/11/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	0-3	George Kencheff	TKO	5	09/11/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9-3-1	Alby "Cricket" Roberts	TKO	5	19/10/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6-2-1	Johnny Todd	TKO	2	05/10/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-3	Ray Cannon	TKO	3	03/08/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6-5-5	Billy Murphy, Jr.	PTS	6	06/07/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2-3-1	Billy "Scat" Stewart	KO	4	29/05/1970	Morwell, Australia
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	4-0	Ricky Day	PTS	6	04/05/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	0-4	Bernie Martin	TKO	6	23/04/1970	Karma Hall, Morwell, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11-6	Tom "Heidelberg" Roberts	TKO	4	02/04/1970	South Sydney Rugby League Club, Sydney, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	0-2	Bernie Martin	KO	4	23/03/1970	Morwell, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3-1-2	Glenn Grinsted	PTS	4	16/03/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2-2-1	Tony Salta	KO	2	09/03/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia

External links

• Professional boxing record for Rocky Mattioli from BoxRec