Silvio Branco
# Silvio Branco

Silvio Branco (born 26 August 1966) is an Italian former professional boxer of Romani origin.

## 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 again 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 Puerto 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

| 77 fights | 63 wins | 11 losses |
| - | - | - |
| By knockout | 37 | 4 |
| By decision | 26 | 7 |
| Draws | 3 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 77 | Win | 63–11–3 | Juho Haapoja | TD | 10 (12) | 06/07/2013 | Stadio Comunale Fattori, Civitavecchia, Italy | Won WBC Silver Cruiserweight Title. |
| 76 | Loss | 62–11–3 | Giacobbe Fragomeni | UD | 12 (12) | 15/12/2012 | PalaGarda, Riva del Garda, Italy | For WBC Silver Cruiserweight Title. |
| 75 | Draw | 62–10–3 | Giacobbe Fragomeni | MD | 12 (12) | 17/03/2012 | PalaRavizza, Pavia, Italy | For WBC Silver Cruiserweight Title. |
| 74 | Win | 62–10–2 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | UD | 6 | 08/07/2011 | Civitanova Marche, Italy | |
| 73 | Win | 61–10–2 | Vincenzo Rossitto | UD | 12 | 27/11/2010 | Civitavecchia, Italy | WBC International Cruiserweight Title. |
| 72 | Win | 60–10–2 | Laszlo Hubert | TKO | 4 | 05/02/2010 | Fuscaldo, Italy | WBC International Cruiserweight Title. |
| 71 | Loss | 59–10–2 | Jean Pascal | TKO | 10 | 25/09/2009 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | WBC Light Heavyweight Title. |
| 70 | Win | 59–9–2 | Zoltan Kallai | TKO | 4 | 20/06/2009 | Cesano, Italy | |
| 69 | Win | 58–9–2 | Roland Horvath | TKO | 3 | 10/04/2009 | Casoria, Italy | |
| 68 | Win | 57–9–2 | Abdelkader Benzinia | UD | 6 | 19/04/2008 | Bucharest, Romania | |
| 67 | Win | 56–9–2 | Peter Venancio | TD | 9 | 19/10/2007 | Berlin, Germany | WBC International/Latino Light Heavyweight Titles. |
| 66 | Loss | 55–9–2 | Stipe Drews | UD | 12 | 28/04/2007 | Koenig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany | WBA Light Heavyweight Title. |
| 65 | Win | 55–8–2 | Manny Siaca | UD | 12 | 27/07/2006 | Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Lombardia, Italy | WBA interim Light Heavyweight Title. |
| 64 | Win | 54–8–2 | Radek Seman | TKO | 4 | 16/12/2005 | Milan, Italy | |
| 63 | Win | 53–8–2 | Drago Janjusevic | TKO | 6 | 17/06/2005 | Milan, Italy | |
| 62 | Win | 52–8–2 | Zoltán Béres | TKO | 4 | 20/05/2005 | Santa Marinella, Italy | Referee stopped the bout at 2:03 of the fourth round. |
| 61 | Win | 51–8–2 | Sasha Mitreski | TKO | 5 | 21/12/2004 | Sabaudia, Italy | WBA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title. |
| 60 | Win | 50–8–2 | Ramdane Serdjane | PTS | 10 | 05/10/2004 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
| 59 | Loss | 49–8–2 | Thomas Ulrich | KO | 11 | 17/07/2004 | Zwickau, Saxony, Germany | EBU Light Heavyweight Title. Branco knocked out at 0:51 of the 11th round. |
| 58 | Loss | 49–7–2 | Fabrice Tiozzo | MD | 12 | 20/03/2004 | Lyon, Rhône, France | WBA Light Heavyweight Title. |
| 57 | Win | 49–6–2 | Mehdi Sahnoune | TKO | 11 | 10/10/2003 | Palais des Sports de Marseille, France | WBA Light Heavyweight Title. |
| 56 | Win | 48–6–2 | Raul Esteban Barreto | TKO | 5 | 22/07/2003 | Pavia, Italy | |
| 55 | Win | 47–6–2 | Zoltán Béres | TKO | 5 | 31/05/2003 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
| 54 | Loss | 46–6–2 | Stipe Drews | UD | 12 | 08/02/2003 | Neukoeln, Berlin, Germany | EBU Light Heavyweight Title. |
| 53 | Win | 46–5–2 | Anton Lascek | KO | 1 | 24/11/2002 | Rijeka, Croatia | |
| 52 | Win | 45–5–2 | Ramdane Serdjane | PTS | 6 | 13/04/2002 | Campione d'Italia, Italy | |
| 51 | Win | 44–5–2 | Juergen Hartenstein | KO | 1 | 09/02/2002 | Civitavecchia, Italy | IBF Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title. |
| 50 | Win | 43–5–2 | Julien Chamayou | PTS | 6 | 17/11/2001 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
| 49 | Win | 42–5–2 | Yohan Gimenez | PTS | 6 | 20/10/2001 | Trieste, Italy | |
| 48 | Win | 41–5–2 | Didier Poujol | KO | 1 | 28/04/2001 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
| 47 | Loss | 40–5–2 | Sven Ottke | UD | 12 | 16/12/2000 | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | IBF Super Middleweight Title. |
| 46 | Win | 40–4–2 | Robin Reid | UD | 12 | 24/06/2000 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | WBU World Super Middleweight Title. |
| 45 | Win | 39–4–2 | Glen Johnson | UD | 12 | 15/04/2000 | Padua, Italy | WBU World Super Middleweight Title. |
| 44 | Win | 38–4–2 | Marco Antonio Duarte | UD | 6 | 20/11/1999 | Sabaudia, Italy | |
| 43 | Win | 37–4–2 | Patrick Swann | PTS | 6 | 26/06/1999 | Benevento, Italy | |
| 42 | Win | 36–4–2 | Anthony Ivory | PTS | 8 | 15/05/1999 | Capo d'Orlando, Italy | |
| 41 | Loss | 35–4–2 | Agostino Cardamone | UD | 12 | 27/03/1999 | Civitavecchia, Italy | WBU Middleweight Title. |
| 40 | Loss | 35–3–2 | Agostino Cardamone | KO | 10 | 18/12/1998 | Brindisi, Italy | WBU Middleweight Title. |
| 39 | Win | 35–2–2 | Anthony Andrews | TKO | 8 | 22/08/1998 | Calatafimi, Italy | WBU World Middleweight Title. |
| 38 | Win | 34–2–2 | Rogerio Cacciatore | UD | 12 | 27/06/1998 | Messina, Italy | WBU Middleweight Title. |
| 37 | Win | 33–2–2 | Darren Maciunski | UD | 12 | 17/12/1997 | Calatafimi, Italy | WBU Middleweight Title. |
| 36 | Win | 32–2–2 | Gustavo Francisco Freda | TKO | 6 | 28/08/1997 | Civitavecchia, Italy | WBU Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:05 of the sixth round. |
| 35 | Win | 31–2–2 | Ricardo Raul Nunez | TKO | 10 | 12/06/1997 | Giulianova, Italy | WBU Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the tenth round. |
| 34 | Win | 30–2–2 | Verno Phillips | UD | 12 | 13/02/1997 | Civitavecchia, Italy | WBU Middleweight Title. |
| 33 | Win | 29–2–2 | Thomas Tate | UD | 12 | 12/09/1996 | Civitavecchia, Italy | WBU Middleweight Title. |
| 32 | Win | 28–2–2 | Csaba Olah | TKO | 4 | 08/08/1996 | San Mango d'Aquino, Italy | |
| 31 | Draw | 27–2–2 | Rodney Toney | PTS | 12 | 02/05/1996 | Civitavecchia, Italy | WBU Super Middleweight Title. |
| 30 | Win | 27–2–1 | Jozsef Zoltan Nagy | KO | 1 | 20/01/1996 | Marsala, Italy | |
| 29 | Win | 26–2–1 | Luis Dionisio Barrera | TKO | 12 | 30/11/1995 | Frosinone, Italy | IBF Intercontinental Middleweight Title. |
| 28 | Win | 25–2–1 | Alexander Zaitsev | PTS | 12 | 02/08/1995 | Erice, Italy | IBF Intercontinental Middleweight Title. |
| 27 | Loss | 24–2–1 | Richie Woodhall | TKO | 9 | 22/02/1995 | Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom | EBU Middleweight Title. |
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Miguel Angel Arroyo | PTS | 12 | 14/10/1994 | Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina | WBC International Middleweight Title. |
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | Ivano Biagi | KO | 1 | 29/06/1994 | Follonica, Italy | Italy Middleweight Title. |
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | Stefano Pompilio | KO | 1 | 05/03/1994 | Grosseto, Italy | Italy Middleweight Title. |
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | Giovanni De Marco | TKO | 3 | 29/12/1993 | Capo d'Orlando, Italy | Italy Middleweight Title. |
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Luigi De Cicilia | TKO | 3 | 20/08/1993 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Italy Middleweight Title. |
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Horace Fleary | PTS | 6 | 16/04/1993 | Rome, Italy | |
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Patrice Cord'Homme | PTS | 6 | 20/01/1993 | Avoriaz, Haute-Savoie, France | |
| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | Tomas Negro Garcia | KO | 1 | 25/09/1992 | Voghera, Italy | |
| 18 | Loss | 16–1–1 | Agostino Cardamone | PTS | 12 | 01/02/1992 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Italy Middleweight Title. |
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Larry McCall | KO | 1 | 21/11/1991 | Perugia, Italy | |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Erich Ecker | KO | 2 | 05/07/1991 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Ian Chantler | KO | 2 | 15/05/1991 | Montichiari, Italy | |
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Ray Webb | PTS | 8 | 27/03/1991 | Mestre, Italy | |
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Samuel Isiko | KO | 2 | 16/11/1990 | Piove di Sacco, Italy | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Eric Taton | KO | 2 | 15/10/1990 | Milan, Italy | |
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Abdel Bejaoui | KO | 3 | 25/05/1990 | Tunis, Tunisia | |
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Libema Nzua | PTS | 6 | 29/01/1990 | Milan, Italy | |
| 9 | Draw | 8–0–1 | Judas Clottey | PTS | 8 | 09/12/1989 | Teramo, Italy | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Bechir Chaarane | KO | 2 | 14/10/1989 | Catanzaro, Italy | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jimmy Gourad | KO | 3 | 21/07/1989 | Tarquinia, Italy | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Young Gully | KO | 2 | 10/06/1989 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Alfredo Reyes | KO | 1 | 25/05/1989 | Rozzano, Italy | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Patrick Delacourt | KO | 1 | 14/04/1989 | Milan, Italy | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Xhafer Vishaj | PTS | 6 | 30/12/1988 | Civitavecchia, Italy | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Piero Spadaccini | KO | 6 | 15/09/1988 | Milan, Italy | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Philip Houthoofdt | KO | 5 | 14/07/1988 | Milan, Italy | |
