Silvio Branco
Silvio Branco (born 26 August 1966 in Civitavecchia, Italy) is a professional boxer (184 cm height) in the cruiserweight (200 lb) division. His record is 59-9-2 (36 KOs).
Career
1992 he was outpointed by undefeated southpaw Agostino Cardamone for the Italian middleweight title. When Cardamone vacated he could win the vacant crown later. He challenged undefeated Richie Woodhall for the European title but was taken apart and KOd. 1996 he beat respected contender Thomas Tate 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 and upset Robin Reid in England. He got a super middleweight IBF title fight but lost a lopsided decision against Sven Ottke.
He went up agan in 2003 and lost a bid for the vacant European light heavy title against southpaw Stipe Drviš. Later the same year Mehdi Sahnoune 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 and also lost a second European title bid to Thomas Ulrich by KO.
He defeated Puero Rican puncher Manny Siaca on Thursday 27 July 2006 to win the WBA interim light-heavyweight championship. When Tiozzo laid down his title on 19 October 2006, Silvio Branco became again the full WBA world champion. He lost this title on 28 April 2007 once more against the Croatian boxer Stipe Drviš. Branco lost to WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal in Montreal on 25 September 2009.
Professional boxing record
| 62 Wins (37 knockouts, 25 decisions), 10 Losses (4 knockouts, 6 decisions), 2 Draws | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | 6-38 |  Jevgenijs "Lucky" Andrejevs |
UD | 6 | 08/07/2011 |  Civitanova Marche, Marche, Italy |
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| Win | 39-6-2 |  Vincenzo Rossitto |
UD | 12 | 27/11/2010 |  Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
WBC International Cruiserweight Title. 116-112, 115-114, 117-112. |
| Win | 24-5 |  Laszlo Hubert |
TKO | 4 | 05/02/2010 |  Fuscaldo, Calabria, Italy |
WBC International Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the fourth round. |
| Loss | 23-1 |  Jean Pascal |
TKO | 10 | 25/09/2009 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
WBC World Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:19 of the tenth round. |
| Win | 10-14-7 | Zoltan Kallai |
TKO | 4 | 20/06/2009 | Cesano, Lazio, Italy |
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| Win | 9-19-3 | Roland Horvath |
TKO | 3 | 10/04/2009 |  Casoria, Campania, Italy |
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| Win | 10-8 |  Abdelkader Benzinia |
UD | 6 | 19/04/2008 |  Bucharest, Romania |
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| Win | 47-10-1 |  Peter Venancio |
TD | 9 | 19/10/2007 |  Neukoeln, Berlin, Germany |
WBC International/Latino Light Heavyweight Titles. 89-81, 88-82, 88-82. |
| Loss | 31-1 |  Stipe "Spiderman" Drews |
UD | 12 | 28/04/2007 | Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 113-116, 112-116, 113-115. |
| Win | 20-5 |  Manny Siaca |
UD | 12 | 27/07/2006 |  Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 119-109, 119-109, 119-109. |
| Win | 6-11 |  Radek Seman |
TKO | 4 | 16/12/2005 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 8-0 |  Drago "Dragon" Janjusevic |
TKO | 6 | 17/06/2005 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 17-24-1 | Zoltan "Babyface" Beres |
TKO | 4 | 20/05/2005 | Santa Marinella, Lazio, Italy |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:03 of the fourth round. |
| Win | 15-1-1 |  Sasha Mitreski |
TKO | 5 | 21/12/2004 | Sabaudia, Lazio, Italy |
WBA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:12 of the fifth round. |
| Win | 17-15-1 |  Ramdane Serdjane |
PTS | 10 | 05/10/2004 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Loss | 26-1 | Thomas Ulrich |
KO | 11 | 17/07/2004 | Zwickau, Saxony, Germany |
EBU Light Heavyweight Title. Branco knocked out at 0:51 of the 11th round. |
| Loss | 45-2 | Fabrice Tiozzo |
MD | 12 | 20/03/2004 | Lyon, Rhône, France |
WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 112-114, 112-114, 113-113. |
| Win | 24-0 | Mehdi Sahnoune |
TKO | 11 | 10/10/2003 | Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. |
| Win | 14-10-2 |  Raul Esteban Barreto |
TKO | 5 | 22/07/2003 | Pavia, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 13-18-1 | Zoltan "Babyface" Beres |
TKO | 5 | 31/05/2003 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Loss | 22-0 | Stipe "Spiderman" Drews |
UD | 12 | 08/02/2003 | Neukoeln, Berlin, Germany |
EBU Light Heavyweight Title. 114-115, 111-117, 112-116. |
| Win | 4-25-1 |  Anton Lascek |
KO | 1 | 24/11/2002 | Rijeka, Croatia |
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| Win | 12-6-1 | Ramdane Serdjane |
PTS | 6 | 13/04/2002 | Campione d'Italia, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 11-4-1 | Juergen "The Rock" Hartenstein |
KO | 1 | 09/02/2002 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
IBF Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title. |
| Win | 12-0 | Julien Chamayou |
PTS | 6 | 17/11/2001 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Win | 10-1 | Yohan Gimenez |
PTS | 6 | 20/10/2001 |  Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy |
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| Win | 13-2-1 | Didier Poujol |
KO | 1 | 28/04/2001 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Loss | 20-0 | Sven "Phantom" Ottke |
UD | 12 | 16/12/2000 | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
IBF World Super Middleweight Title. 111-117, 111-117, 112-116. |
| Win | 26-2-1 |  Robin "Grim Reaper" Reid |
UD | 12 | 24/06/2000 |  Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
WBU World Super Middleweight Title. 115-111, 118-109, 117-110. |
| Win | 36-5 |  Glen "Road Warrior" Johnson |
UD | 12 | 15/04/2000 |  Padua, Veneto, Italy |
WBU World Super Middleweight Title. 236-226, 238-221, 237-222. |
| Win | 19-8-1 | Marco Antonio Duarte |
UD | 6 | 20/11/1999 | Sabaudia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Win | 17-8-3 |  Patrick Swann |
PTS | 6 | 26/06/1999 | Benevento, Campania, Italy |
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| Win | 26-44-1 | Anthony "Poison" Ivory |
PTS | 8 | 15/05/1999 | .svg.png){kind=small} Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy |
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| Loss | 32-2 | Agostino Cardamone |
UD | 12 | 27/03/1999 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. 111-116, 113-114, 111-116. |
| Loss | 31-2 | Agostino Cardamone |
KO | 10 | 18/12/1998 | Brindisi, Apulia, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 27-10-2 |  Anthony Andrews |
TKO | 8 | 22/08/1998 | Calatafimi, Sicily, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 26-2 | Rogerio Cacciatore |
UD | 12 | 27/06/1998 | Messina, Sicily, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. 119-109, 120-108, 120-107. |
| Win | 16-3 | Darren "Checkmate" Maciunski |
UD | 12 | 17/12/1997 | Calatafimi, Sicily, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. 119-109, 120-110, 120-108. |
| Win | 19-4-2 | Gustavo Francisco Freda |
TKO | 6 | 28/08/1997 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:05 of the sixth round. |
| Win | 46-11-5 | Ricardo Raul Nunez |
TKO | 10 | 12/06/1997 |  Giulianova, Abruzzo, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the tenth round. |
| Win | 26-6-1 | Verno Phillips |
UD | 12 | 13/02/1997 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. 116-112, 114-113, 117-112. |
| Win | 30-4 | Thomas "Ice Tea" Tate |
UD | 12 | 12/09/1996 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
WBU World Middleweight Title. 115-112, 119-108, 116-111. |
| Win | 0-19-1 | Csaba Olah |
TKO | 4 | 08/08/1996 | San Mango d'Aquino, Calabria, Italy |
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| Draw | 22-1-3 | Rodney Toney |
PTS | 12 | 02/05/1996 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
WBU World Super Middleweight Title. 115-113, 115-115, 110-118. |
| Win | 19-11 | Jozsef Zoltan Nagy |
KO | 1 | 20/01/1996 | Marsala, Sicily, Italy |
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| Win | 35-5-4 | Luis Dionisio Barrera |
TKO | 12 | 30/11/1995 | Frosinone, Lazio, Italy |
IBF Intercontinental Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 12-4 |  "Czar" Alexander Zaitsev |
PTS | 12 | 02/08/1995 | Erice, Sicily, Italy |
IBF Intercontinental Middleweight Title. |
| Loss | 18-0 | Richie Woodhall |
TKO | 9 | 22/02/1995 | Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom |
EBU Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 62-10-5 | Miguel Angel Arroyo |
PTS | 12 | 14/10/1994 | Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
WBC International Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 10-0-1 | Ivano Biagi |
KO | 1 | 29/06/1994 |  Follonica, Tuscany, Italy |
Italy Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 20-2-2 | Stefano Pompilio |
KO | 1 | 05/03/1994 | Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy |
Italy Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 31-7-1 | Giovanni De Marco |
TKO | 3 | 29/12/1993 | Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy |
Italy Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 10-3 | Luigi De Cicilia |
TKO | 3 | 20/08/1993 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
Italy Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 16-22-1 | Horace Fleary |
PTS | 6 | 16/04/1993 | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
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| Win | 9-6-1 | Patrice Cord'Homme |
PTS | 6 | 20/01/1993 | Avoriaz, Haute-Savoie, France |
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| Win | 3-35-1 |  Tomas Negro Garcia |
KO | 1 | 25/09/1992 | Voghera, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Loss | 15-0 | Agostino Cardamone |
PTS | 12 | 01/02/1992 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
Italy Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 12-53 | Larry "Cable Guy" McCall |
KO | 1 | 21/11/1991 |  Perugia, Umbria, Italy |
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| Win | 0-1 |  Erich Ecker |
KO | 2 | 05/07/1991 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Win | 27-29-1 | Ian Chantler |
KO | 2 | 15/05/1991 | Montichiari, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 5-3 | Ray Webb |
PTS | 8 | 27/03/1991 | Mestre, Veneto, Italy |
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| Win | 8-11 |  Samuel Isiko |
KO | 2 | 16/11/1990 | Piove di Sacco, Veneto, Italy |
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| Win | 9-16-2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Eric Taton |
KO | 2 | 15/10/1990 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 2-13-1 |  Abdel Bejaoui |
KO | 3 | 25/05/1990 | Tunis, Tunisia |
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| Win | 2-2 |  Libema Nzua |
PTS | 6 | 29/01/1990 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Draw | 16-14-3 |  Judas Clottey |
PTS | 8 | 09/12/1989 | Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy |
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| Win | 11-22-2 | Bechir Chaarane |
KO | 2 | 14/10/1989 | Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy |
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| Win | 11-20-3 | Jimmy Gourad |
KO | 3 | 21/07/1989 | Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Win | 9-5-1 | Young Gully |
KO | 2 | 10/06/1989 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Win | 0-1 | Alfredo Reyes | KO | 1 | 25/05/1989 | Rozzano, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 5-6 | Patrick Delacourt |
KO | 1 | 14/04/1989 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 3-2-1 |  Xhafer Vishaj |
PTS | 6 | 30/12/1988 | Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy |
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| Win | 14-33-7 | Piero Spadaccini |
KO | 6 | 15/09/1988 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Win | 3-2-2 | Philip Houthoofdt |
KO | 5 | 14/07/1988 | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
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| Achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Mehdi Sahnoune |
WBA Light Heavyweight Champion 10 October 2003 – 20 March 2004 Regular title from 8 November 2003 |
Succeeded by Fabrice Tiozzo |
| Preceded by Fabrice Tiozzo Retired |
WBA Light heavyweight Champion 27 July 2006 – 28 April 2007 Interim title until 19 October 2006 |
Succeeded by Stipe Drviš |
| Titles in pretence | ||
| Vacant Title last held by Dana Rosenblatt |
World Middleweight Champion WBU recognition September 12, 1996 - December 18, 1998 |
Succeeded by Agostino Cardamone |
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