Salvatore Battaglia (born 7 November 1973 in Syracuse,

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) is a professional light-welterweight

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. He has a boxing record of 22 wins with 5 defeats. Salvatore is the former Italian light-welterweight champion. He won the title in 2002 when he beat Massimo Bertozzi. He relinquished the belt in 2002. He fought for the Italian

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title in 2006, losing on points to Cristian De Martinis. He has twice fought for the European title, but lost twice against

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and

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* Living people Italian male boxers 1973 births 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-boxing-bio-stub