Emanuele Blandamura
Emanuele Blandamura | |
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Blandamura in 2013 | |
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Real name | Emanuele Nicola Blandamura |
Rated at | Middleweight |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Nationality | Italian |
Born |
Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy | 19 December 1979
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 26 |
Wins | 24 |
Wins by KO | 5 |
Losses | 2 |
Emanuele Nicola Blandamura (born 19 December 1979) is an Italian professional boxer.[1] He is a former European Union and WBC Silver International middleweight champion, and has challenged twice for the European middleweight title.
Professional career
Blandamura made his professional debut on 29 April 2007, winning a second-round technical knockout against Alex Herceg, who also debuted. On 16 June 2012, Blandamura won his first major regional championship, the vacant WBC Silver International middleweight title, by stopping Luca Tassi in ten rounds.[2] This was followed up on 25 January 2014, when Blandamura defeated Marcos Nader via twelve-round split decision to win the European Union middleweight title.[3]
On 26 July 2014, Blandamura suffered his first career loss to Billy Joe Saunders, who knocked him out in eight rounds to win the vacant European middleweight title.[4] A second chance for Blandamura to win the this title, which Saunders later vacated, came on 20 June 2015. Blandamura was knocked out in the eighth round by Michel Soro.[5]
Professional boxing record
26 fights, 24 wins (5 knockouts, 2 disqualifications), 2 losses (2 knockouts) | ||||||||
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
26 | Win | 24–2 | Mugurel Sebe | PTS | 6 | 10 Oct 2015 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy | |
25 | Loss | 23–2 | Michel Soro | KO | 8 (12) | 20 Jun 2015 | Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy | For vacant European middleweight title |
24 | Win | 23–1 | Matiouze Royer | PTS | 6 | 20 Dec 2014 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy | |
23 | Loss | 22–1 | Billy Joe Saunders | KO | 8 (12), 2:58 | 26 Jul 2014 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England | For vacant European middleweight title |
22 | Win | 22–0 | Marcos Nader | SD | 12 | 25 Jan 2014 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | Won European Union middleweight title |
21 | Win | 21–0 | Ruslans Pojonisevs | PTS | 6 | 22 Nov 2013 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Frontino, Italy | |
20 | Win | 20–0 | Andrejs Loginovs | UD | 6 | 6 Jul 2013 | Stadio Giovanni Maria Fattori, Civitavecchia, Italy | |
19 | Win | 19–0 | Zoltan Surman | TKO | 4 (6) | 22 Feb 2013 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Montalto di Castro, Italy | |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | UD | 6 | 15 Dec 2012 | PalaGarda, Riva del Garda, Italy | |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Luca Tassi | TKO | 10 (12), 1:14 | 16 Jun 2012 | Stabilimento Oasi, Rome, Italy | Won vacant WBC Silver International middleweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Manuel Ernesti | UD | 12 | 7 Oct 2011 | Palafijlkam, Rome, Italy | Won vacant WBC Mediterranean middleweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Sandor Ramocsa | PTS | 6 | 3 Jun 2011 | Pomezia, Italy | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Sergejs Savrinovics | PTS | 6 | 27 Apr 2011 | Rome, Italy | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Pavels Lotahs | PTS | 6 | 17 Dec 2010 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Robert Blazo | PTS | 8 | 30 Jul 2010 | Pomezia, Italy | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Janos Varga | TKO | 5 (6) | 5 Feb 2010 | PalaTenda, Fuscaldo, Italy | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Virgil Meleg | PTS | 6 | 20 Jun 2009 | Cesano, Italy | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Ferenc Olah | DQ | 2 (4) | 16 May 2009 | Il Gran Teatro, Rome, Italy | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Fares Sahawneh | PTS | 6 | 13 Dec 2008 | Palasport, Maclodio, Italy | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Francesco Di Fiore | SD | 6 | 5 Jul 2008 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Armend Tatari | PTS | 6 | 14 Feb 2008 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Abdelouahed Ben Lelly | UD | 6 | 14 Dec 2007 | PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Florin Bogdan | PTS | 6 | 12 Oct 2007 | Nuvolera, Italy | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Florin Oanea | DQ | 5 (6) | 21 Jul 2007 | Paratico, Italy | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Michal Durovic | TKO | 4 (6) | 22 Jun 2007 | Colosseo, Rome, Italy | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Alex Herceg | TKO | 2 (6) | 29 Apr 2007 | Palasport, Piacenza, Italy | Professional debut |
Titles in boxing
Achievements | ||
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Preceded by Manuel Ernesti |
WBC Mediterranean middleweight champion 7 October 2011 – November 2011 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Goekalp Oezekler |
Preceded by Marcos Nader |
WBC Silver International middleweight champion 16 June 2014 – June 2013 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Nick Brinson |
Vacant Title last held by Predrag Radosevic |
European Union middleweight champion 25 January 2014 – May 2014 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Matteo Signani |
References
- ↑ Professional boxing record for Emanuele Blandamura from BoxRec. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ Admin (2012-06-17). "Match spettacolare fra Blandamura e Tassi" (in Italian). boxenews.com. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ "Marcos Nader verliert Europameister-Titel" (in German). Heute. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ Barnett, Phil (2014-07-27). "Billy Joe Saunders overcomes Emanuele Blandamura for European Middleweight Title". Daily Mail. DMG Media. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ Sukachev, Alexey (2015-06-20). "Michel Soro Blasts Blandamura To Capture EBU Belt". BoxingScene. Retrieved 2015-10-29.