Giacobbe Fragomeni
Italian boxer (born 1969)
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- Giacobbe Fragomeni (born 13 August 1969) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017.
- As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships; and gold at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and 1998 European Championships.
- Professional career Fragomeni made his professional debut on 19 May 2001, winning a four-round points decision against Henry Kolle Njume.
- This was a grudge match from their amateur days, as Fragomeni had defeated Haye in the final qualifiers for the 2000 Olympics.
- On 24 October 2008, Fragomeni won the vacant WBC cruiserweight title after a sixth-round technical decision against Rudolf Kraj.
Giacobbe Fragomeni (born 13 August 1969) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight title from 2008 to 2009. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships; and gold at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and 1998 European Championships. Outside of boxing, he won the eleventh series of L'isola dei famosi in 2016.
Professional career
Fragomeni made his professional debut on 19 May 2001, winning a four-round points decision against Henry Kolle Njume. Having won his next twenty fights, Fragomeni lost for the first time against European cruiserweight champion (and future heavyweight world champion) David Haye on 17 November 2006. This was a grudge match from their amateur days, as Fragomeni had defeated Haye in the final qualifiers for the 2000 Olympics. Fragomeni bounced back by winning the vacant European Union cruiserweight title with a unanimous decision (UD) over Vincenzo Rossitto on 31 July 2007, and went on to make two successful defences.
On 24 October 2008, Fragomeni won the vacant WBC cruiserweight title after a sixth-round technical decision against Rudolf Kraj. Their fight was stopped due to Fragomeni receiving a cut over the eye from an accidental headbutt by Kraj in round five. His first defence of the title, against Krzysztof Włodarczyk on 16 May 2009, ended in a split draw despite Fragomeni suffering two knockdowns but only one of them being considered legal by the referee. Fragomeni was not as fortunate in his next defence, on 21 November 2009, when he lost a very close majority decision to undefeated former light-heavyweight world champion Zsolt Erdei.
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