Giulio Rinaldi

Liu Giulio Rinaldi
Liu Giulio Rinaldi
	Rinaldi in 1961
Born	13 February 1935; Anzio, Italy
Died	16 July 2011 (aged 76); Anzio, Italy
Nationality	Italian
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight

Giulio Rinaldi (13 February 1935 – 16 July 2011)^[1]^[2] was an Italian boxer. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics where he was eliminated in the first bout.^[3]

Pro career

During his thirteen and-a-half-year professional career from 1957 to 1970, Rinaldi compiled a record of 44–16–5, with 13 knockouts. He won the Italian light heavyweight title in 1960, and defeated Archie Moore in a non-title bout the same year. In June 1961, Rinaldi lost a 15-round decision in a rematch with Moore for the NYSAC World Light Heavyweight title. He then went undefeated in ten consecutive fights, and went on to decision 34–0–4 Erich Schoppner over 15 rounds to win the European Light Heavyweight title in 1963. He lost the EBU title by ninth round disqualification to Gustav Sholtz in 1964. He regained the vacant European Light Heavyweight title with a thirteenth round stoppage of Klaus Gumpert in 1965, before losing it by 15 round decision to Piero La Papa in 1966.

Moving up to heavyweight, Rinaldi won only one of his next ten bouts, drawing and losing to future European Heavyweight champion Juergen Blin. In 1970, Rinaldi returned to light heavyweight, regaining the Italian Light Heavyweight title for the first time in ten years by an eight-round disqualification over Gianfranco Maccia. Rinaldi's career ended later in 1970 when he lost the Italian Light Heavyweight title with a 12-round decision loss to unbeaten Domenico Adinolfi, who went on to win the European Light Heavyweight title.^[4] He died on 16 July 2011, in his residence in Anzio, Italy.

Professional boxing record

44 Wins (13 knockouts, 28 decisions, 3 DQs), 16 Losses (4 knockouts, 8 decisions, 4 DQs), 5 Draws, 2 No Contests [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	8–0	Domenico Adinolfi	KO	5	23 October 1970	Rome, Lazio	Italy Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	19–2–4	Gianfranco Macchia	DQ	8	22 August 1970	Anzio, Lazio	Italy Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	5–5	Kosie Smith	PTS	10	23 May 1970	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Win	3–5	Vasco Faustino	PTS	8	18 April 1970	Anzio, Lazio
Loss	23–8–3	Horst Benedens	PTS	8	24 January 1970	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Loss	15–7–6	Juergen Blin	PTS	10	29 May 1969	Grugahalle, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Loss	29–7–6	Wilhelm Von Homburg	TKO	7	2 April 1969	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	29–6–6	Wilhelm Von Homburg	PTS	10	14 February 1969	Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Loss	28–6–6	Wilhelm Von Homburg	TKO	5	3 January 1969	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Loss	31–5	Bob Dunlop	PTS	10	18 November 1968	Sydney Stadium, Sydney
Draw	12–12–3	Johnny Hendrickson	PTS	8	3 May 1968	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Loss	19–5–2	Billy Walker	DQ	1	13 February 1967	Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, Manchester	Rinaldi disqualified at 2:45 of the first round for butting.
No Contest	7–0–2	Giulio Saraudi	NC	5	2 December 1966	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Draw	10–3–1	Juergen Blin	PTS	10	2 September 1966	Mungersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Loss	28–2–3	Piero Del Papa	PTS	15	11 March 1966	Rome, Lazio	EBU Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	24–1–4	Klaus Peter Gumpert	RTD	13	8 July 1965	Hilton Hotel, Rome, Lazio	EBU Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	15–6–2	Jose Menno	PTS	10	7 May 1965	Rome, Lazio
No Contest	14–6–2	Jose Menno	NC	4	19 February 1965	Rome, Lazio
Win	7–7	Don Turner	KO	8	22 January 1965	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio	Turner knocked out at 2:50 of the eighth round.
Draw	16–10–1	Herschel Jacobs	PTS	10	18 September 1964	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	15–10–3	Johnny Alford	PTS	10	29 July 1964	Rome, Lazio
Win	16–16–2	Floyd McCoy	PTS	10	10 April 1964	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Loss	87–2–6	Gustav Scholz	DQ	9	4 April 1964	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia	EBU Light Heavyweight Title.
Loss	45–6–5	Hans Werner Wohlers	DQ	2	28 February 1964	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	22–14–1	Bob Young	KO	9	3 February 1964	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Win	34–0–4	Erich Schoppner	PTS	15	23 May 1963	Stadio Flaminio, Rome, Lazio	EBU Light Heavyweight Title.
Draw	26–17–2	Wayne Bethea	PTS	10	5 April 1963	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Draw	88–13	Bobo Olson	PTS	10	14 December 1962	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	32–2–1	Chic Calderwood	PTS	15	28 September 1962	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio	EBU Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	16–9–1	Lino Rendon	DQ	6	22 June 1962	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	25–5–2	Billy Ryan	PTS	10	30 March 1962	Rome, Lazio
Win	3–1	Renato Moraes	PTS	10	19 January 1962	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	20–6–3	Helmut Ball	TKO	7	20 December 1961	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	35–3–3	Dieter Wemhoner	PTS	10	24 November 1961	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	14–5–3	Rudolf Nehring	KO	4	27 October 1961	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	34–8–1	Roque Maravilla	PTS	10	20 September 1961	Rome, Lazio
Loss	180–22–9	Archie Moore	UD	15	10 June 1961	Madison Square Garden, New York City	NYSAC World Light Heavyweight Title. 3–11, 4–11, 5–9.
Win	25–5–2	"Kid" Sixto Rodriguez	PTS	10	24 March 1961	Rome, Lazio
Win	16–10	Freddie Mack	PTS	10	24 February 1961	Rome, Lazio
Win	20–12–7	Sonny Ray	PTS	10	13 January 1961	Rome, Lazio
Win	178–21–9	Archie Moore	PTS	10	29 October 1960	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	24–4–3	Johnny Halafihi	PTS	10	1 October 1960	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	34–7–1	Donnie Fleeman	PTS	10	9 July 1960	Rome, Lazio
Win	49–13–8	Germinal Ballarin	PTS	12	4 June 1960	Rome, Lazio	EBU Light Heavyweight Title Eliminator.
Win	49–5–1	Leen Jansen	PTS	10	27 April 1960	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	32–1–1	Santo Amonti	TKO	2	8 March 1960	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio	Italy Light Heavyweight Title.
Loss	25–2–1	Dieter Wemhoner	PTS	8	21 November 1959	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Lombardy
Win	32–7–5	Horst Niche	PTS	10	16 October 1959	Rome, Lazio
Win	22–5–2	Rocco Mazzola	PTS	10	2 October 1959	Rome, Lazio
Win	6–5–1	Jose Mariano Moracia Ibanes	PTS	10	15 August 1959	Sanremo, Liguria
Loss	21–4–2	Rocco Mazzola	TKO	1	13 July 1959	Rome, Lazio
Loss	22–1–1	Johnny Halafihi	PTS	10	13 April 1959	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Win	14–5–2	Sammy Langford	TKO	5	12 March 1959	Rome, Lazio
Win	31–10–5	Artenio Calzavara	PTS	10	8 January 1959	Rome, Lazio
Win	5–1–2	Hans Ducree	TKO	7	27 November 1958	Rome, Lazio
Loss	19–9–2	Ahmed Boulgroune	DQ	4	6 October 1958	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	36–17–5	Tino Albanese	KO	1	12 July 1958	Anzio, Lazio
Win	22–6–4	Uwe Janssen	PTS	8	27 May 1958	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	8–2	Jacques Dufreney	DQ	6	13 April 1958	Anzio, Lazio
Win	--	Otello Meneghini	KO	2	7 March 1958	La Spezia, Liguria
Win	1–2	Giovanni Moriggi	PTS	6	14 January 1958	Rome, Lazio
Win	2–5–1	Loreto Vari	PTS	6	18 December 1957	Rome, Lazio
Win	1–2	Aldo Brunetti	TKO	5	19 October 1957	Rome, Lazio
Loss	9–3–2	Domenico Baccheschi	PTS	6	31 July 1957	Rome, Lazio
Win	26–20–6	Widmer Milandri	TKO	4	24 April 1957	Rome, Lazio
Win	3–5–2	Angelo Greco	PTS	6	13 April 1957	Rome, Lazio
Win	1–3	Giuliano Bianchi	TKO	5	23 March 1957	Rome, Lazio