Emanuele Felice Blandamura (born 19 December 1979) is an Italian professional boxer. He held the European Union middleweight title in 2014, the European middleweight title from 2016 to 2018, and has challenged once for a world title in 2018.
Emanuele Blandamura | |
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.jpg) Blandamura in 2013 | |
| Born | Emanuele Felice Blandamura 19 December 1979 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Sioux |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Middleweight |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 33 |
| Wins | 29 |
| Wins by KO | 5 |
| Losses | 4 |
Professional career
editBlandamura made his professional debut on 29 April 2007, scoring a second-round stoppage against Alex Herceg, who also debuted. On 16 June 2012, Blandamura won his first major regional championship—the vacant WBC Silver International middleweight title—by stopping Luca Tassi in ten rounds.[1] This was followed up on 25 January 2014, when Blandamura defeated Marcos Nader via twelve-round split decision (SD) to win the European Union middleweight title.[2]
On 26 July 2014, Blandamura suffered his first career loss to Billy Joe Saunders, who knocked him out in eight rounds to win the vacant European middleweight title.[3] A second chance for Blandamura to win the title, which Saunders later vacated, came on 20 June 2015. This time, Blandamura was knocked out in the eighth round by Michel Soro.[4] On 3 December 2016, Blandamura won the vacant European middleweight title on his third attempt, winning an SD over Matteo Signani.
Professional boxing record
edit| 32 fights | 28 wins | 4 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 5 | 4 |
| By decision | 21 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 2 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Loss | 29–4 | Marcus Morrison | TKO | 9 (10), 2:44 | 11 Jul 2019 | Stadio Nicola Pietrangeli, Rome, Italy | For vacant WBC International Silver middleweight title |
| 32 | Win | 29–3 | Nikola Matic | PTS | 6 | 17 Nov 2018 | Tuscany Hall, Florence, Italy | |
| 31 | Win | 28–3 | Giorgi Gujejiani | UD | 6 | 17 Nov 2018 | Palaboxe Aurelio Santoro, Rome, Italy | |
| 30 | Loss | 27–3 | Ryōta Murata | TKO | 8 (12), 2:56 | 15 Apr 2018 | Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan | For WBA (Regular) middleweight title |
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | Alessandro Goddi | UD | 12 | 17 Jun 2017 | Casino de la Vallée, Saint-Vincent, Italy | Retained European middleweight title |
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Matteo Signani | SD | 12 | 3 Dec 2016 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Colleferro, Italy | Won vacant European middleweight title |
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Goran Milenkovic | PTS | 6 | 30 Apr 2016 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Fiumicino, Italy | |
| 26 | Win | 24–2 | Mugurel Sebe | PTS | 6 | 10 Oct 2015 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy | |
| 25 | Loss | 23–2 | Michel Soro | KO | 8 (12) | 20 Jun 2015 | Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy | For vacant European middleweight title |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Matiouze Royer | PTS | 6 | 20 Dec 2014 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy | |
| 23 | Loss | 22–1 | Billy Joe Saunders | KO | 8 (12), 2:58 | 26 Jul 2014 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England | For vacant European middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Marcos Nader | SD | 12 | 25 Jan 2014 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | Won European Union middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Ruslans Pojonisevs | PTS | 6 | 22 Nov 2013 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Frontino, Italy | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Andrejs Loginovs | UD | 6 | 6 Jul 2013 | Stadio Giovanni Maria Fattori, Civitavecchia, Italy | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Zoltan Surman | TKO | 4 (6) | 22 Feb 2013 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Montalto di Castro, Italy | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Jevgenijs Andrejevs | UD | 6 | 15 Dec 2012 | PalaGarda, Riva del Garda, Italy | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Luca Tassi | TKO | 10 (12), 1:14 | 16 Jun 2012 | Stabilimento Oasi, Rome, Italy | Won vacant WBC Silver International middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Manuel Ernesti | UD | 12 | 7 Oct 2011 | Palafijlkam, Rome, Italy | Won vacant WBC Mediterranean middleweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Sandor Ramocsa | PTS | 6 | 3 Jun 2011 | Pomezia, Italy | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Sergejs Savrinovics | PTS | 6 | 27 Apr 2011 | Rome, Italy | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Pavels Lotahs | PTS | 6 | 17 Dec 2010 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Robert Blazo | PTS | 8 | 30 Jul 2010 | Pomezia, Italy | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Janos Varga | TKO | 5 (6) | 5 Feb 2010 | PalaTenda, Fuscaldo, Italy | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Virgil Meleg | PTS | 6 | 20 Jun 2009 | Cesano, Italy | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Ferenc Olah | DQ | 2 (4) | 16 May 2009 | Il Gran Teatro, Rome, Italy | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Fares Sahawneh | PTS | 6 | 13 Dec 2008 | Palasport, Maclodio, Italy | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Francesco Di Fiore | SD | 6 | 5 Jul 2008 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Fiumicino, Italy | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Armend Tatari | PTS | 6 | 14 Feb 2008 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Fiumicino, Italy | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Abdelouahed Ben Lelly | UD | 6 | 14 Dec 2007 | PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Florin Bogdan | PTS | 6 | 12 Oct 2007 | Nuvolera, Italy | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Florin Oanea | DQ | 5 (6) | 21 Jul 2007 | Paratico, Italy | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Michal Durovic | TKO | 4 (6) | 22 Jun 2007 | Colosseo, Rome, Italy | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Alex Herceg | TKO | 2 (6) | 29 Apr 2007 | Palasport, Piacenza, Italy |
References
edit- ^ Admin (17 June 2012). "Match spettacolare fra Blandamura e Tassi" (in Italian). boxenews.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Marcos Nader verliert Europameister-Titel" (in German). Heute. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Saunders storms to European crown". BBC Sport.
- ^ Sukachev, Alexey (20 June 2015). "Michel Soro Blasts Blandamura To Capture EBU Belt". BoxingScene. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Emanuele Blandamura from BoxRec (registration required)