Antonio Brancalion (born 5 February 1976) is an Italian former

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who competed from 1996 to 2010. He held the

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title from 2007 to 2009, and challenged three times for the

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light-heavyweight title. Dal 2022 è rinchiuso nel carcere di Rovigo per una lunga serie di reati commessi

Professional career

Brancalion made his professional debut on 20 December 1996, winning a six-round

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over Stefan Magyar. His first three losses were all against Vincenzo Imparato, with the Italy

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title at stake each time. On 29 October 2004, Brancalion won his first regional championship—the vacant

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International

title—by stopping Gabor Halasz in six rounds. Brancalion made his first of three attempts at winning the

light-heavyweight title on 7 January 2006, losing a wide

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. A year later, on 24 March 2007, Brancalion won the vacant

light-heavyweight title by

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over Kai Kurzawa. Two defences were made, against Tomas Adamek on 28 June 2007 (via

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) and Dario Cichello on 2 December 2008 (via unanimous decision). On 6 June 2009, Brancalion tried for a second time to win the European light-heavyweight title, but was stopped in one round by defending champion

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. Brancalion's third attempt at the now-vacant title came against

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on 13 February 2010. Mitchell, Kevin (13 February 2010)
"Nathan Cleverly defeats Antonio Brancalion to take European title"
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. Retrieved 19 April 2016. he is currently incarcerated in the Rovigo prison for a sum of sentences

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brancalion, Antonio Italian male boxers Super-middleweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Rovigo People from Rovigo