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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Professional boxing record

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

See also

• List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions

References

External links

• Boxing record for Silvio Branco from BoxRec (registration required)
• Silvio Branco Website