Emanuele Blandamura

Emanuele Blandamura

Blandamura in 2013
Statistics
Real name Emanuele Nicola Blandamura
Rated at Middleweight
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nationality Italian
Born (1979-12-19) 19 December 1979
Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia,
Italy
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
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

  1. Professional boxing record for Emanuele Blandamura from BoxRec. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  2. Admin (2012-06-17). "Match spettacolare fra Blandamura e Tassi" (in Italian). boxenews.com. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  3. "Marcos Nader verliert Europameister-Titel" (in German). Heute. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  4. Barnett, Phil (2014-07-27). "Billy Joe Saunders overcomes Emanuele Blandamura for European Middleweight Title". Daily Mail. DMG Media. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  5. Sukachev, Alexey (2015-06-20). "Michel Soro Blasts Blandamura To Capture EBU Belt". BoxingScene. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
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