Franco De Piccoli

Franco De Piccoli
	Francesco de Piccoli in 1960
Personal information
Born	29 November 1937 (age 87); Campalto, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Military Championships

Francesco De Piccoli (born 29 November 1937) is a former Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the heavyweight division (+91 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Amateur career

De Piccoli started training in boxing in 1955, and won national heavyweight titles in 1959 and 1960. At the 1960 Olympics, he easily reached the final, in which he knocked out Daan Bekker after 90 seconds. He turned professional right after the Olympics. After retiring in 1965 he worked as a driving instructor.^[1]^[2]

Professional record

37 Wins (29 knockouts, 6 decisions, 2 DQs), 4 Losses (4 knockouts) [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	8-2	Peter Weiland	TKO	2	26/12/1965	Mestre, Veneto
Loss	3-7-3	Everett Copeland	KO	6	15/10/1965	Turin, Piedmont
Win	18-10-4	Dave Duke Johnson	KO	1	10/07/1965	Mestre, Veneto
Win	18-18-2	Sonny "Policeman" Moore	KO	1	07/05/1965	Rome, Lazio
Win	7-6-3	Aaron Beasley	KO	2	12/04/1965	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Win	22-9-3	Floyd Joyner	KO	1	02/04/1965	Turin, Piedmont
Win	19-6-1	Billy "The Barber" Daniels	PTS	10	19/02/1965	Rome, Lazio
Win	16-9	Herb Siler	KO	2	23/01/1965	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Lombardy
Win	18-30	Ollie Wilson	KO	4	26/12/1964	Mestre, Veneto
Win	1-4	Ed Sonny Andrews	KO	1	11/12/1964	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	14-11	Henry Wallitsch	KO	1	12/11/1964	Milan, Lombardy
Win	22-13-6	S.F.C. Matthew Jackson	DQ	1	18/09/1964	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	12-5-4	Lars Olaf Norling	PTS	10	22/05/1964	Sports Palace, Turin, Piedmont
Win	7-4-1	Carl Welschou	KO	4	11/05/1964	Naples, Campania
Loss	40-21-2	Joe Bygraves	KO	5	07/06/1963	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Loss	25-17-2	Wayne Bethea	KO	4	22/03/1963	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	26-2	Tony Hughes	KO	2	01/03/1963	Rome, Lazio
Win	13-21-3	Neal Welch	PTS	10	04/02/1963	Mestre, Veneto
Win	39-26-8	Howard "Honeyboy" King	KO	1	18/01/1963	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio	King knocked out at 0:11 of the first round.
Win	8-5-1	Wendell Newton	TKO	3	30/11/1962	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio	Referee stopped the bout at 2:30 of the third round.
Win	26-13-1	John Riggins	KO	1	09/11/1962	Rome, Lazio
Win	15-6-1	Ray Shiel	KO	2	22/10/1962	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Win	13-2	Phonse LaSaga	KO	1	11/09/1962	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio	LaSaga knocked out at 1:10 of the first round.
Win	4-2-1	Kurt Stroer	KO	2	04/08/1962	Genoa, Liguria
Win	35-9-1	Buddy Turman	DQ	2	19/07/1962	Rome, Lazio
Win	13-18	Calvin Butler	KO	8	16/04/1962	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Win	14-13	Garvin Sawyer	TKO	4	30/03/1962	Rome, Lazio
Win	21-9-6	Ulli Ritter	KO	4	21/12/1961	Rome, Lazio
Win	36-23-4	Frankie Daniels	PTS	8	09/09/1961	Mestre, Veneto
Win	3-11-2	Walter Haufft	KO	1	31/08/1961	Turin, Piedmont
Win	26-12-2	Robert Duquesne	KO	1	05/07/1961	Plamino Stadium, Rome, Lazio
Win	11-12-1	Jose Mariano Moracia Ibanes	KO	1	10/06/1961	Mestre, Veneto
Win	12-19-5	Erwin Hack	KO	2	02/06/1961	Taranto, Apulia
Win	11-10-5	Ossi Buettner	KO	3	16/05/1961	Turin, Piedmont
Win	7-3-3	Werner Walloschek	KO	1	03/05/1961	Naples, Campania
Win	22-17-6	Uwe Janssen	TKO	2	07/04/1961	PalaLido, Milan, Lombardy
Win	3-9-2	Walter Haufft	KO	2	01/04/1961	Ascoli Piceno, Marche
Win	27-19-3	Alain Cherville	PTS	6	14/03/1961	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Win	14-25-5	Maurice Mols	PTS	6	10/02/1961	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	14-43-5	Robert Warmbrunn	KO	1	25/01/1961	Mestre, Veneto
Win	2-12	Giovanni Moriggi	KO	1	26/12/1960	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna