Ralf Rocchigiani

Ralf Rocchigiani
Ralf Rocchigiani
Born	13 February 1963 (age 61); Duisburg, West Germany; (now Germany)
Nationality	German
Other names	Rocky II
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Light heavyweight; Cruiserweight; Heavyweight;
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	58
Wins	42
Wins by KO	17
Losses	9
Draws	7

Ralf Rocchigiani (born 13 February 1963) is a boxer from Duisburg-Hamborn in Germany. He is the older brother of former two-division world boxing champion Graciano Rocchigiani.

Professional career

He became a professional boxer in 1983 and won the German cruiserweight championship in 1985. He failed in two attempts to win the European Boxing Union light heavyweight championships. He also failed to take the WBO cruiserweight championship from Tyrone Booze in 1992.

He finally won the WBO cruiserweight championship on June 10, 1995, and held it for more than two years. He won the vacant title by scoring a technical knockout over Carl Thompson,^[1] and defended it six times including against Bash Ali.^[2] He lost the title in a rematch with Thompson in 1997 and retired from boxing in 1999. Rocchigiani was contractually signed to German boxing promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl and his company "Universum Boxpromotions." He was trained by Fritz Sdunek.

Professional boxing record

58 fights	42 wins	9 losses
By knockout	17	0
By decision	24	9
By disqualification	1	0
Draws	7

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
58	Win	42–9–7	Andreas Wornowski	TKO	6 (?)	18 Sep 1999	Stadthalle, Rostock, Germany
57	Win	41–9–7	Andreas Wornowski	PTS	8 (8)	6 Dec 1998	Prague, Czech Republic
56	Loss	40–9–7	Carl Thompson	SD	12 (12)	4 Oct 1997	Stadionsporthalle, Hanover, Germany	Lost WBO cruiserweight title
55	Win	40–8–7	Stefan Angehrn	MD	12 (12)	26 Apr 1997	Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland	Retained WBO cruiserweight title
54	Win	39–8–7	Stefan Angehrn	UD	12 (12)	13 Dec 1996	Stadionsporthalle, Hanover, Germany	Retained WBO cruiserweight title
53	Win	38–8–7	Bash Ali	UD	12 (12)	13 Jul 1996	Grugahalle, Essen, Germany	Retained WBO cruiserweight title
52	Win	37–8–7	Jay Snyder	TKO	4 (12)	16 Mar 1996	Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany	Retained WBO cruiserweight title
51	Win	36–8–7	Dan Ward	TKO	8 (12)	25 Nov 1995	Stadthalle, Braunschweig, Germany	Retained WBO cruiserweight title
50	Win	35–8–7	Marc Randazzo	UD	12 (12)	30 Sep 1995	Stadionsporthalle, Hanover, Germany	Retained WBO cruiserweight title
49	Win	34–8–7	Carl Thompson	TKO	11 (12)	10 Jun 1995	G-Mex Centre, Manchester, England	Won vacant WBO cruiserweight title
48	Win	33–8–7	Terrence Wright	UD	8 (8)	12 Feb 1995	Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany
47	Loss	32–8–7	Torsten May	PTS	10 (10)	7 May 1994	Oberwerth Halle, Koblenz, Germany	Lost BDB German cruiserweight title
46	Win	32–7–7	Tim Knight	PTS	8 (8)	5 Feb 1994	Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
45	Draw	31–7–7	Tony Booth	PTS	8 (8)	1 May 1993	Sporthalle Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
44	Win	31–7–6	David Bates	PTS	8 (8)	3 Apr 1993	Sporthalle Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
43	Win	30–7–6	Rick Enis	KO	5 (?)	19 Dec 1992	Germany
42	Win	29–7–6	Melvin Ricks	KO	4 (?)	27 Nov 1992	Suhl, Germany
41	Loss	28–7–6	Tyrone Booze	UD	12 (12)	2 Oct 1992	Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany	For WBO cruiserweight title
40	Win	28–6–6	Dawud Shaw	KO	3 (8)	27 Jun 1992	Halle, Germany
39	Win	27–6–6	John Held	PTS	10 (10)	25 Apr 1992	Germany
38	Loss	26–6–6	John Held	PTS	10 (10)	3 Mar 1992	Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, Netherlands	For vacant BeNeLux cruiserweight title
37	Loss	26–5–6	Markus Bott	PTS	10 (10)	3 May 1991	Legien Center, Berlin, Germany	For BDB German heavyweight title
36	Loss	26–4–6	John Held	PTS	8 (8)	16 Feb 1990	Sporthalle Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
35	Win	26–3–6	Klaus Winter	KO	3 (10)	1 Dec 1989	Inter-Continental Hotel, Berlin, Germany	Won BDB German cruiserweight title
34	Loss	25–3–6	John Emmen	PTS	10 (10)	30 Sep 1989	Sporthalle Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
33	Win	25–2–6	Bernd Kulle	PTS	4 (4)	8 Jul 1989	Süpplingen, Germany
32	Draw	24–2–6	Jan Lefeber	SD	12 (12)	8 Apr 1989	Palais am Funkturm, Berlin, Germany	For European light-heavyweight title
31	Win	24–2–5	Jan Lefeber	PTS	8 (8)	29 Jul 1988	Timmendorfer Strand, Germany
30	Win	23–2–5	Vedat Akova	TKO	2 (?)	12 May 1988	Germany
29	Win	22–2–5	Marvin Camel	PTS	10 (10)	26 Apr 1988	Cologne, Germany
28	Draw	21–2–5	Agamil Yilderim	PTS	8 (8)	19 Feb 1988	Germany
27	Win	21–2–4	Alex Zeh	KO	9 (10)	23 Jan 1988	Sporthalle Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany	Retained BDB German cruiserweight title
26	Win	20–2–4	Chisanda Mutti	PTS	10 (10)	5 Dec 1987	Philips Halle, Düsseldorf, Germany
25	Win	19–2–4	Tommy Taylor	PTS	8 (8)	30 Oct 1987	Kurfürstliches Schloss, Mainz, Germany
24	Win	18–2–4	Manfred Jassmann	PTS	10 (10)	25 Sep 1987	Germany	Retained BDB German cruiserweight title
23	Draw	17–2–4	Alex Zeh	PTS	10 (10)	27 Feb 1987	Sporthalle Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany	Retained BDB German cruiserweight title
22	Loss	17–2–3	Alex Blanchard	UD	12 (12)	3 Oct 1986	Germany	For European light-heavyweight title
21	Win	17–1–3	Mladen Grubešić	KO	2 (?)	12 May 1986	Tennis Stab Verein, Bad Homburg, Germany
20	Win	16–1–3	Dragomir Milo Popović	DQ	7 (?)	1 Mar 1986	Cologne, Germany
19	Win	15–1–3	Ibelo Moano	PTS	8 (8)	20 Dec 1985	Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany
18	Win	14–1–3	Tom Collins	PTS	8 (8)	29 Nov 1985	Frankfurt, Germany
17	Win	13–1–3	Jose Seys	SD	8 (8)	31 Aug 1985	Berlin, Germany
16	Win	12–1–3	Josef Kossmann	TKO	2 (10)	21 Aug 1985	Tennis Stab Verein, Bad Homburg, Germany	Won vacant BDB German cruiserweight title
15	Draw	11–1–3	Manfred Jassmann	SD	10 (10)	10 May 1985	Germany	For BDB German light-heavyweight title
14	Loss	11–1–2	Manfred Jassmann	PTS	10 (10)	1 Dec 1984	Düsseldorf, Germany	For BDB German light-heavyweight title
13	Draw	11–0–2	Paul Muyodi	PTS	6 (6)	20 Oct 1984	Bad Salzuflen, Germany
12	Win	11–0–1	Trevor Cattouse	KO	3 (8)	5 Oct 1984	Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
11	Win	10–0–1	Juan Alberto Barrero	PTS	6 (6)	15 Sep 1984	Dortmund, Germany
10	Win	9–0–1	Brahim Ferizovic	TKO	3 (?)	22 Jun 1984	Munich, Germany
9	Win	8–0–1	Mladen Grubešić	PTS	6 (6)	8 Jun 1984	Baunatal, Germany
8	Draw	7–0–1	Liam Coleman	PTS	6 (6)	27 Apr 1984	Germany
7	Win	7–0	Mike McCoy	PTS	6 (6)	13 Apr 1984	Ischelandhalle, Hagen, Germany
6	Win	6–0	Francesco Campi	RTD	3 (?)	9 Mar 1984	Frankfurt, Germany
5	Win	5–0	Helmut Ulka	UD	4 (4)	24 Feb 1984	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
4	Win	4–0	Alan Ash	PTS	6 (6)	10 Feb 1984	Sporthalle Süd, Frankfurt, Germany
3	Win	3–0	Eddy Vandenhouwele	PTS	4 (4)	14 Jan 1984	Düsseldorf, Germany
2	Win	2–0	Horst Schulze	TKO	1 (4)	2 Dec 1983	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
1	Win	1–0	Hans Gimborn	KO	1 (?)	5 Nov 1983	Mannheim, Germany

Later life

Today Rocchigiani owns a bar on the Savignyplatz in Berlin. He also served as a trainer for his brother Graciano Rocchigiani.

References

^ "Rematch certain for Thompson". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ "Bowe's $5-Million Purse Being Held". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

External links

Boxing record for Ralf Rocchigiani from BoxRec (registration required)

Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
New title	BDB German cruiserweight champion 21 August 1985 – 1988 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Klaus Winter
Preceded by Klaus Winter	BDB German cruiserweight champion 1 December 1989 – 7 May 1994	Succeeded by Torsten May
World boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Dariusz Michalczewski	WBO cruiserweight champion 10 June 1995 – 4 October 1997	Succeeded by Carl Thompson

[1] "Rematch certain for Thompson". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

[2] "Bowe's $5-Million Purse Being Held". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

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