Gianfranco Rosi (born 5 August 1957) retired Italian boxer who was a two-time world champion in the
light-middleweight division.
Amateur career
Rosi had a record of 94 wins - 2 losses - 4 draws.
Highlights:
* 1976 Italian Light-Welterweight Champion
* 1977 Italian Welterweight Champion
Professional career
Rosi turned pro in 1979 and won the WBC light-middleweight title in 1987 by decisioning
Lupe Aquino. He lost the belt in 1988 when he was dominated by
Donald Curry
Donald Curry (born September 7, 1961), is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1991, and in 1997. He held the WBA world welterweight title from 1983 to 1986, the undisputed world welterweight title from 1985 to 1986 a ...
. Rosi was down once in 2nd, 4th and 8th and down twice in 7th, failing to answer the bell starting the 10th round.
In 1989 he won the
IBF light-middleweight title by outpointing the undefeated
Darrin Van Horn. He went on to successfully defend the title an impressive 11 times. In 1994 he had a technical draw against
Vincent Pettway, and in the rematch later that year Pettway KO'd Rosi, ending his long reign.
In 1995 he took on WBO light-middleweight title holder
Verno Phillips
Verno Jeremias Phillips (born November 29, 1969) is a Belizean former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2008. He is a three-time junior middleweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 1993 to 1995, and the IBF title twic ...
and won a decision, but Rosi failed a drug test and Phillips was reinstated as champion. The result of the bout was changed to a No Contest. In 1997 he lost a rematch to Phillips and retired.
In 2003 he came out of retirement, and finally retired in 2006 at the age of 49 with a pro record of 62 wins (18 KOs), 6 losses, and 1 draw.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-middleweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight / Light Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the ...
References
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1957 births
Living people
Italian male boxers
People from Assisi
Sportspeople from the Province of Perugia
Welterweight boxers
World light-middleweight boxing champions
European Boxing Union champions
World Boxing Council champions
International Boxing Federation champions