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Giulio Saraudi

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Giulio Saraudi
Born3 July 1938
Died20 April 2005 (aged 66)
Civitavecchia, Italy
NationalityItalian
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Boxing record[1]
Total fights14
Wins9
Wins by KO4
Losses1
Draws3
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Light heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Lucerne Light heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1961 Belgrade Light heavyweight

Giulio Saraudi (3 July 1938 – 20 April 2005) was an Italian boxer. An Olympic bronze medalist, he held 49 titles and a line of 45 bouts, whom he won 37.[2]

Biography

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Giulio Saraudi was born to Carlo Saraudi, a light heavyweight boxer who finished fourth at the 1924 Olympics. Giulio's younger brother Vittorio was also an elite light heavyweight boxer.[3]

Giulio Saraudi won the light heavyweight bronze medal at the 1960 Olympic Games, behind Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski. Saraudi did not fight Clay, he lost to Pietrzykowski in a semifinal.[2] At the European championships Saraudi won a gold medal in 1961 and a bronze in 1959. He turned professional in 1965, moving from light heavyweight to heavyweight, and was undefeated in his first twelve bouts before losing a decision to Johnny Prescott in 1967. He retired in 1968.[4]

1960 Olympic light heavyweight podium. Left-right: Giulio Saraudi, Tony Madigan, Muhammad Ali and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

Olympic Results

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Giulio Saraudi's results from the 1960 Olympic boxing tournament in the light heavyweight division:

  • Round of 32: bye
  • Round of 16: defeated Muhammad Safdar of Pakistan by decision, 5-0
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Rafael Gargiulo of Argentina by decision, 5-0
  • Semifinal: lost to Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland, 0-5 (awarded bronze medal as a defeated semifinalist)

Professional boxing record

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9 Wins (4 knockouts, 5 decisions), 1 Loss (1 decision), 3 Draws, 1 No Contest[4]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location
Win 4–2–2 United States Roosevelt Eddie PTS 8 19 January 1968 Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Loss 31–8–3 United Kingdom Johnny Prescott PTS 10 24 April 1967 United Kingdom Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Win 8–21–3 Belgium Valere Mahau PTS 8 16 March 1967 Italy Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Draw 4–1 South Africa Remington Dyantyi PTS 8 19 January 1967 Italy Land Rover Arena, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
No contest 40–9–4 Italy Giulio Rinaldi NC 5 2 December 1966 Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win 10–3–2 Germany Juergen Blin PTS 8 23 September 1966 Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win 18–4–2 Germany Horst Benedens PTS 8 14 May 1966 Germany Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin
Draw 18–3 Fiji Leweni Waqa PTS 8 4 February 1966 Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Draw 16–6–1 Brazil Renato Moraes PTS 8 15 October 1965 Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win 30–26–14 Argentina Jose Angel Manzur TKO 6 10 September 1965 Italy Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Lombardy
Win 2–1 Germany Siegfried Gross TKO 2 23 April 1965 Italy Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Win 2–10–2 Italy Basilio Cominardi PTS 6 24 March 1965 Italy Rome, Lazio
Win 3–26–3 Syria Mohamed Sahib TKO 4 27 February 1965 Italy Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Lombardy
Win 0–3–1 Italy Alberto Grandolini TKO 3 22 January 1965 Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing record for". BoxRec.
  2. ^ a b Giulio Saraudi Archived 25 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Vittorio Saraudi. boxrec.com
  4. ^ a b Giulio Saraudi. boxrec.com