Antonio Brancalion
# Antonio Brancalion

Antonio Brancalion (born 5 February 1976) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2010. He held the European Union light-heavyweight title from 2007 to 2009, and challenged three times for the European light-heavyweight title.

## Professional career

Brancalion made his professional debut on 20 December 1996, winning a six-round points decision over Stefan Magyar. His first three losses were all against Vincenzo Imparato, with the Italy super-middleweight title at stake each time. On 29 October 2004, Brancalion won his first regional championship—the vacant IBF International light-heavyweight title—by stopping Gabor Halasz in six rounds. Brancalion made his first of three attempts at winning the European light-heavyweight title on 7 January 2006, losing a wide unanimous decision to Stipe Drews. A year later, on 24 March 2007, Brancalion won the vacant European Union light-heavyweight title by majority decision over Kai Kurzawa. Two defences were made, against Tomas Adamek on 28 June 2007 (via split decision) 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 Jürgen Brähmer. Brancalion's third attempt at the now-vacant title came against Nathan Cleverly on 13 February 2010.

he is currently incarcerated in the Rovigo prison for a sum of sentences

## Professional boxing record

| 42 fights | 32 wins | 8 losses |
| - | - | - |
| By knockout | 8 | 2 |
| By decision | 22 | 6 |
| By disqualification | 2 | 0 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 42 | Loss | 32–8–2 | Nathan Cleverly | TKO | 5 (12), 1:15 | 13 Feb 2010 | Wembley Arena, London, England | For vacant European light-heavyweight title |
| 41 | Loss | 32–7–2 | Jürgen Brähmer | TKO | 1 (12), 1:23 | 6 Jun 2009 | König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany | For European light-heavyweight title |
| 40 | Win | 32–6–2 | Dario Cichello | UD | 12 | 2 Dec 2008 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Pisa, Italy | Retained European Union light-heavyweight title |
| 39 | Win | 31–6–2 | Mihaly Kratki | TKO | 3 (6) | 7 Nov 2008 | Palasport, Piove di Sacco, Italy | |
| 38 | Win | 30–6–2 | David Greter | UD | 8 | 29 Mar 2008 | Palasport Comunale Villa Romiti, Forlì, Italy | |
| 37 | Win | 29–6–2 | Mihaly Kratki | PTS | 6 | 16 Nov 2007 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Pisa, Italy | |
| 36 | Win | 28–6–2 | Tomas Adamek | SD | 12 | 28 Jun 2007 | Sportovní hala, Chomutov, Czech Republic | Retained European Union light-heavyweight title |
| 35 | Win | 27–6–2 | Kai Kurzawa | MD | 12 | 24 Mar 2007 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant European Union light-heavyweight title |
| 34 | Win | 26–6–2 | Roman Vanicky | PTS | 6 | 14 Nov 2006 | Palasport Comunale Villa Romiti, Forlì, Italy | |
| 33 | Loss | 25–6–2 | Stipe Drews | UD | 12 | 7 Jan 2006 | Zenith, Munich, Germany | For WBO Inter-Continental and vacant European light-heavyweight titles |
| 32 | Win | 25–5–2 | Dmitry Adamovich | PTS | 6 | 1 Jul 2005 | Palermo, Italy | |
| 31 | Win | 24–5–2 | Djamel Selini | UD | 12 | 13 May 2005 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Piacenza, Italy | Retained IBF International light-heavyweight title |
| 30 | Win | 23–5–2 | Massimiliano Saiani | UD | 10 | 18 Feb 2005 | Rovigo, Italy | Won vacant Italy light-heavyweight title |
| 29 | Win | 22–5–2 | Christopher Robert | PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 2004 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rezzato, Italy | |
| 28 | Win | 21–5–2 | Gabor Halasz | TKO | 6 (12) | 29 Oct 2004 | Ariano nel Polesine, Italy | Won vacant IBF International light-heavyweight title |
| 27 | Win | 20–5–2 | Danny de Beul | PTS | 6 | 12 Mar 2004 | Camisano Vicentino, Italy | |
| 26 | Win | 19–5–2 | Christopher Robert | PTS | 6 | 6 Feb 2004 | Ariano nel Polesine, Italy | |
| 25 | Draw | 18–5–1 | Marco Urbinati | PTS | 6 | 19 Oct 2003 | Rubiera, Italy | |
| 24 | Draw | 18–5–1 | Fabio Minelli | PTS | 6 | 10 Aug 2003 | Discoteca Rio, Serramazzoni, Italy | |
| 23 | Loss | 18–5 | Mario Veit | UD | 8 | 12 Jul 2003 | Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle, Leverkusen, Germany | |
| 22 | Loss | 18–4 | Massimiliano Saiani | PTS | 6 | 26 Dec 2002 | Castel Mella, Italy | |
| 21 | Loss | 18–3 | Vincenzo Imparato | MD | 10 | 12 Apr 2002 | Ariano nel Polesine, Italy | Lost Italy super-middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Alessandro Filippo | TKO | 5 (10) | 2 Nov 2001 | Rovigo, Italy | Won vacant Italy super-middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 17–2 | Alessandro Filippo | DQ | 5 (8) | 11 May 2001 | Traversetolo, Italy | |
| 18 | Win | 16–2 | Maurizio Colombo | PTS | 6 | 30 Mar 2001 | San Donà di Piave, Italy | |
| 17 | Win | 15–2 | Ivica Cukusic | PTS | 8 | 30 Dec 2000 | Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | Ivica Cukusic | PTS | 6 | 16 Dec 2000 | Guidonia Montecelio, Italy | |
| 15 | Loss | 13–2 | Vincenzo Imparato | TD | 8 (10) | 17 Nov 2000 | Lumezzane, Italy | For Italy super-middleweight title; Unanimous TD after Brancalion was cut from an accidental head clash |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Eliseo Nogueira | PTS | 6 | 28 Jul 2000 | Rovigo, Italy | |
| 13 | Loss | 12–1 | Vincenzo Imparato | PTS | 10 | 5 May 2000 | Rosolina, Italy | For Italy super-middleweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Domenico Alfano | PTS | 6 | 22 Oct 1999 | Brembate di Sopra, Italy | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Tibor Horvath | TKO | 4 | 8 Jul 1999 | Rovigo, Italy | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Massimiliano Moncini | DQ | 2 | 13 May 1999 | Padua, Italy | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Jorge Ortiz | PTS | 6 | 14 Apr 1999 | Lonato del Garda, Italy | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Jorge Ortiz | PTS | 6 | 27 Feb 1999 | Rovigo, Italy | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Stefan Dimitrov | TKO | 3 | 21 Nov 1998 | Langhirano, Italy | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Francesco Fiorentino | PTS | 6 | 26 Dec 1997 | San Donà di Piave, Italy | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Constantin Timofte | TKO | 3 | 28 Nov 1997 | San Donà di Piave, Italy | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Lajos Patko | PTS | 6 | 23 May 1997 | San Donà di Piave, Italy | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ferenc Olah | TKO | 6 | 21 Mar 1997 | San Donà di Piave, Italy | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Richard Raffesberger | KO | 2 (6) | 7 Feb 1997 | San Donà di Piave, Italy | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Stefan Magyar | PTS | 6 | 20 Dec 1996 | San Donà di Piave, Italy | Professional debut |
