# Michele di Rocco

Michele di Rocco (born 4 May 1982) is an Italian professional boxer of Romani origin. He is a former European and European Union super-lightweight champion, and has challenged once for the WBA super-lightweight title. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships and represented Italy at the 2004 Olympics, both in the lightweight division.

## Professional career

On 2 October 2004, di Rocco made his professional debut against Marian Bunea, stopping him in four rounds. He won his first regional championship—the European Union super-lightweight title—on 26 December 2006, defeating Giorgio Marinelli via unanimous decision (UD). One defence of the title was made a month later, on 30 January 2007, when di Rocco travelled to Finland and scored a UD over Juho Tolppola. On 21 September 2007, di Rocco lost his title to veteran and fellow Italian Giuseppe Lauri, who stopped him in seven rounds. In a rematch five years later, on 14 April 2012, di Rocco stopped Lauri in one round to regain his now-vacant title.
Di Rocco's career highlight came on 8 June 2013, when he defeated Lenny Daws via UD to win the vacant European super-lightweight title. However, the decision was highly disputed by Daws. Four successful defences were made of the title over the following two years. On 28 May 2016, di Rocco travelled to Scotland to face former two-weight world champion Ricky Burns, with the vacant WBA super-lightweight title on the line. In a very one-sided fight where di Rocco was knocked down twice, Burns won by stopping him in the eighth round.

## Professional boxing record

| 45 fights | 41 wins | 3 losses |
| By knockout | 18 | 3 |
| By decision | 22 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 45 | Loss | 41–3–1 | Eduard Troyanovsky | TKO | 4 (10), 2:18 | 1 Jul 2017 | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia | |
| 44 | Win | 41–2–1 | Mikheil Avakyan | DQ | 4 (6) | 25 Mar 2017 | Atlantico Live, Rome, Italy | Avakyan disqualified for repeated fouls |
| 43 | Loss | 40–2–1 | Ricky Burns | TKO | 8 (12), 1:57 | 28 May 2016 | The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland | For vacant WBA light-welterweight title |
| 42 | Win | 40–1–1 | Alexandre Lepelley | KO | 8 (12) | 30 May 2015 | Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title |
| 41 | Win | 39–1–1 | Kasper Bruun | TKO | 9 (12) | 28 Feb 2015 | Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title |
| 40 | Win | 38–1–1 | Ruben Nieto | UD | 12 | 3 Oct 2014 | Polideportivo Fernando Martín, Fuenlabrada, Spain | Retained European light-welterweight title |
| 39 | Win | 37–1–1 | Istvan Kiss | KO | 3 (6) | 17 May 2014 | Pala di Fiore Ostia, Rome, Italy | |
| 38 | Win | 36–1–1 | Ville Piispanen | UD | 12 | 21 Dec 2013 | PalaBadminton, Milan, Italy | Retained European light-welterweight title |
| 37 | Win | 35–1–1 | Lenny Daws | UD | 12 | 8 Jun 2013 | Palazzetto dello sport Elio Pentassuglia, Brindisi, Italy | Won vacant European light-welterweight title |
| 36 | Win | 34–1–1 | Laszlo Robert Balogh | TKO | 1 (6) | 20 Oct 2012 | Palazzetto dello sport Gianni D'Arco, Santa Teresa Gallura, Italy | |
| 35 | Win | 33–1–1 | Giuseppe Lauri | TKO | 1 (12) | 14 Apr 2012 | PalaRewatt, Vicenza, Italy | Won vacant European Union light-welterweight title |
| 34 | Win | 32–1–1 | Laszlo Szekeres | PTS | 6 | 27 Jan 2012 | Palazzetto dello sport Mario D'Agata, Arezzo, Italy | |
| 33 | Win | 31–1–1 | Laszlo Robert Balogh | TKO | 1 (6), 2:34 | 7 Oct 2011 | Palazzetto dello sport, Monserrato, Italy | |
| 32 | Win | 30–1–1 | Robert Cristea | PTS | 6 | 22 Jul 2011 | Palazzetto dello sport, Cecina, Italy | |
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Laszlo Komjathi | PTS | 6 | 4 Dec 2010 | Palazzetto dello sport, Decimomannu, Italy | |
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Peter McDonagh | PTS | 6 | 24 Jul 2010 | Stadio Is Arenas, Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | |
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Arnold Turos | KO | 2 (6), 2:56 | 12 Mar 2010 | Palazzetto dello sport, Bertinoro, Italy | |
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Carlos Winston Velasquez | PTS | 6 | 25 Sep 2009 | Geovillage Sport Wellness & Convention Resort, Olbia, Italy | |
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Attila Molnar | KO | 4 (6) | 17 Jul 2009 | Stadio Casaleno, Frosinone, Italy | |
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Juan Martinez | PTS | 8 | 26 Jun 2009 | Piazza dei Rioni, Porto Santo Stefano, Italy | |
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | Hassan Saku | TKO | 2 (6) | 28 May 2009 | Pala de Andrè, Ravenna, Italy | |
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | János Petrovics | PTS | 6 | 20 Feb 2009 | Palazzetto dello sport, Frosinone, Italy | |
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | János Petrovics | PTS | 6 | 19 Dec 2008 | Palazzetto dello sport di Via Austria, Grosseto, Italy | |
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Rafael Chiruta | PTS | 6 | 14 Nov 2008 | Palazzetto dello sport, Carbonia, Italy | |
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Ferenc Szabo | KO | 4 (6) | 12 Jul 2008 | Sequals, Italy | |
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Laszlo Szekeres | PTS | 6 | 9 Jun 2008 | Foligno, Italy | |
| 19 | Loss | 17–1–1 | Giuseppe Lauri | TKO | 7 (12) | 21 Sep 2007 | PalaBastia, Livorno, Italy | Lost European Union light-welterweight title; For vacant WBC International light-welterweight title |
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Zoltan Kalocsai | KO | 2 (6), 2:36 | 25 May 2007 | Pala de Andrè, Ravenna, Italy | |
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Mircea Lurci | TKO | 3 (6) | 27 Apr 2007 | PalaBotteghelle, Reggio Calabria, Italy | |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Juho Tolppola | UD | 12 | 30 Jan 2007 | Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland | Retained European Union light-welterweight title |
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Giorgio Marinelli | UD | 12 | 26 Dec 2006 | Grosseto, Italy | Won European Union light-welterweight title |
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Anton Glofak | TKO | 4 (6) | 15 Jul 2006 | Piazza Municipale, Sequals, Italy | |
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Kalman Norbert Gagyi | PTS | 6 | 23 Jun 2006 | Bonassola, Italy | |
| 12 | Draw | 11–0–1 | Giorgio Marinelli | SD | 10 | 9 Jun 2006 | Stadio della Pallacorda, Rome, Italy | Retained Italy light-welterweight title; For European Union light-welterweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Miro Dicky | PTS | 6 | 26 May 2006 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy, Italy | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Antonio Mastantuono | TKO | 7 (10), 1:48 | 17 Mar 2006 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy, Italy | Retained Italy light-welterweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Massimo Bertozzi | UD | 10 | 21 Oct 2005 | Centro Umbria Affari, Bastia Umbra, Italy | Won Italy light-welterweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Elad Shmouel | UD | 10 | 8 Aug 2005 | Piazza della Pace, San Mango d'Aquino, Italy | Won vacant IBF Youth light-welterweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Igor Krbusik | TKO | 2 (6) | 20 May 2005 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Csaba Toth | PTS | 6 | 21 Mar 2005 | San Mango d'Aquino, Italy | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Roland Dekany | TKO | 5 (6) | 1 Mar 2005 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jozef Kubovsky | PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 2004 | Marina, Grosseto, Italy | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Nicolae Burloi | PTS | 6 | 27 Nov 2004 | Palazzetto dello sport Massimo Carrino, Genoa, Italy | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Veselin Dimitrov Vasilev | TKO | 3 (6), 2:22 | 15 Oct 2004 | Palazzetto dello sport Lastra a Signa, Florence, Italy | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Marian Bunea | TKO | 4 (6), 1:56 | 2 Oct 2004 | Palazzetto dello sport, Grosseto, Italy | |