Giulio Saraudi

Giulio Saraudi
Giulio Saraudi
Born	3 July 1938; Civitavecchia, Italy
Died	20 April 2005 (aged 66); Civitavecchia, Italy
Nationality	Italian
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
	Boxing record
Total fights	14
Wins	9
Wins by KO	4
Losses	1
Draws	3
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
European Amateur Championships

Giulio Saraudi (3 July 1938 – 20 April 2005) was an Italian boxer. An Olympic bronze medalist, he held 49 titles and a line of 45 bouts, whom he won 37.^[2]

Biography edit

Giulio Saraudi was born to Carlo Saraudi, a light heavyweight boxer who finished fourth at the 1924 Olympics. Giulio's younger brother Vittorio was also an elite light heavyweight boxer.^[3]

Giulio Saraudi won the light heavyweight bronze medal at the 1960 Olympic Games, behind Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski. Saraudi did not fight Clay, he lost to Pietrzykowski in a semifinal.^[2] At the European championships Saraudi won a gold medal in 1961 and a bronze in 1959. He turned professional in 1965, moving from light heavyweight to heavyweight, and was undefeated in his first twelve bouts before losing a decision to Johnny Prescott in 1967. He retired in 1968.^[4]

1960 Olympic light heavyweight podium. Left-right: Giulio Saraudi, Tony Madigan, Muhammad Ali and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

Olympic Results edit

Giulio Saraudi's results from the 1960 Olympic boxing tournament in the light heavyweight division:

Round of 32: bye
Round of 16: defeated Muhammad Safdar of Pakistan by decision, 5-0
Quarterfinal: defeated Rafael Gargiulo of Argentina by decision, 5-0
Semifinal: lost to Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland, 0-5 (awarded bronze medal as a defeated semifinalist)

Professional boxing record edit

9 Wins (4 knockouts, 5 decisions), 1 Loss (1 decision), 3 Draws, 1 No Contest^[4]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location
Win	4–2–2	Roosevelt Eddie	PTS	8	19 January 1968	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Loss	31–8–3	Johnny Prescott	PTS	10	24 April 1967	Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Win	8–21–3	Valere Mahau	PTS	8	16 March 1967	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Draw	4–1	Remington Dyantyi	PTS	8	19 January 1967	Land Rover Arena, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
No contest	40–9–4	Giulio Rinaldi	NC	5	2 December 1966	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	10–3–2	Juergen Blin	PTS	8	23 September 1966	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	18–4–2	Horst Benedens	PTS	8	14 May 1966	Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin
Draw	18–3	Leweni Waqa	PTS	8	4 February 1966	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Draw	16–6–1	Renato Moraes	PTS	8	15 October 1965	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio
Win	30–26–14	Jose Angel Manzur	TKO	6	10 September 1965	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Lombardy
Win	2–1	Siegfried Gross	TKO	2	23 April 1965	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Win	2–10–2	Basilio Cominardi	PTS	6	24 March 1965	Rome, Lazio
Win	3–26–3	Mohamed Sahib	TKO	4	27 February 1965	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Lombardy
Win	0–3–1	Alberto Grandolini	TKO	3	22 January 1965	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio