Claude Milazzo
Milazzo, Claude 
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| Data | |
| Birth Name | Milazzo, Claude |
| Weight class | medium weight |
| nationality | French |
| birthday | October 18, 1929 |
| place of birth | Tunis |
| Date of death | July 16, 1993 |
| Place of death | Bayonne |
| style | Left-hand boom |
| size | 1.72 meters |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 39 |
| Victories | 25th |
| Knockout victories | 16 |
| Defeats | 10 |
| draw | 4th |
Claude Milazzo (born October 18, 1929 in Tunis , † July 16, 1993 in Bayonne , France ) was a French boxer .
Career
Claude Milazzo grew up in Tunis and started boxing there as a teenager. In 1949 he became a professional boxer and developed into a good technician with a good dose of punch. Outstanding was his tenacity and his ability to take, which caused many of his opponents great difficulties.
He played his first professional fight on May 6, 1949 in Tunis and came to a technical knockout victory over Arthur Riela. But already in his next fight he had to accept a defeat against Ben Tahar on June 11, 1949, for which he returned the favor on September 17, 1949, again in Tunis, with a point victory over Tahar. In 1949 and 1950, Claude Milazzo fought six fights in Tunis, of which he won four. In 1951 he moved to Paris, where he stayed until the end of his career. His manager became Gaston Charles Raymond and he trained mostly in the sports school of Gilbert Benaim, who also held most of his fights in France.
In the next few years he fought a number of fights against top European boxers and achieved almost consistently good results. The first boxer to feel this was Peter Müller (boxer) from Cologne , who clearly lost on points against Claude Milazzo in Paris on March 31, 1951. Milazzo knocked Müller down twice in this fight. On October 27, 1951, Milazzo defeated the Belgian welterweight champion Emile Delmine in Brussels by Techn.KO in the 6th round. On January 28, 1952, Claude Milazzo defeated the Dutch middleweight champion Luc van Dam in Paris on points. Then he lost in Paris against the American Jimmy King on points, but beat his French compatriot Jacques Royer-Crezy on April 21, 1952 by technical knockout in the 7th round. He won a draw against Mickey Laurant on October 6, 1952 in Paris.
In 1953 and 1954, Claude Milazzo was particularly active. On April 15, 1953, he beat the American Norman Hayes on points in Paris. On July 23, 1953, he lost in Milan in a non-title fight against European champion Tiberio Mitri , Italy , after 10 rounds on points. On October 1, 1953, he came to a point victory over Germinal Ballarin . On October 30, 1953 and December 4, 1953, he fought, each in Paris, against the top French boxers Gilbert Lavoine and Charles Humez draws. On February 24, 1954 he fought as the official challenger in Paris against Charles Humez for the French middleweight championship. He lost this fight after 15 rounds just on points. This fight was the only title fight in which Claude Milazzo stood.
On July 11, 1954, Claude Milazzo offered a masterpiece in Dortmund in the fight against the German middleweight champion Bubi Scholz . He did not let Scholz, in whose left hand there was explosives at the time, unfold and fought for a well-deserved draw. In the revenge, which took place on December 10, 1954 in Berlin, Scholz came to a flattering victory on points. Before this fight, the European middleweight rankings looked like this: 1. Charles Humez, 2. Hans Stretz , 3. Gustav Scholz, both Germany, 4. Pierre Langlois , France, 5. Claude Milazzo (see Box Sport No. 42 / 1954).
On June 5, 1955, Claude Milazzo won in Marseille over the strong British Les Allen on points. Then he lost on November 24, 1955 in Paris against Germinal Ballarin by Techn. KO in the 9th round. From then on, his career came to an end. On January 20, 1956 he lost in Hamburg against Max Resch from Germany by technical knockout in the 5th round and on June 29, 1956 in Rome also against Guido Mazzinghi , the Italian middleweight champion, by technical knockout in the 3rd round.
After these three heavy defeats, he ended his boxing career.
Nothing is known about his further life.
literature
- Box Sport magazine
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Claude Milazzo in Fichier des personnes décédées , accessed on June 21, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Milazzo, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunis |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1993 |
| Place of death | Bayonne , France |