Cristian Sanavia
Cristian Sanavia 
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| Birth Name | Cristian Sanavia |
| Weight class | Super middleweight |
| nationality |
 Italian
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| birthday | February 27, 1975 |
| place of birth | Piove di Sacco |
| style | Legal display |
| size | 171 cm |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 56 |
| Victories | 49 |
| Knockout victories | 15th |
| Defeats | 6th |
| draw | 1 |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Cristian Sanavia (born February 27, 1975 in Piove di Sacco ) is an Italian professional boxer and former WBC world champion in super middleweight.
Boxing career
As an amateur he boxed in the light middleweight division, was Italian runner-up in 1995 and Italian champion in 1996 with a final victory over Leonard Bundu . His greatest international success was a bronze medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari . Further successes were first place at the Buenos Aires tournament in Argentina in 1995, second place at the multinationals tournament in England in 1996 and third place at the 1996 Tammer tournament in Finland.
In 1997 he moved to the professional camp, won a number of build-up fights and in 1999 the Italian middleweight championship, which he was able to defend three times. In February 2001 he defeated Jerry Elliott (29-0) and in December 2001 Morrade Hakkar (30-2). This also made him European Middleweight Champion ( EBU ). However, he lost this in May 2002 in the rematch to Hakkar.
After seven build-up wins he won the WBC world championship in the super middleweight division in Chemnitz in June 2004 by winning points against Markus Beyer (29-1). But he also lost this to Beyer in a direct rematch in October. In July 2005 he just lost to Danilo Häußler (24-3) in Nuremberg . In June 2007 he was able to win the EBU title again, this time in the super middleweight division. He defeated David Gogiya (17-1) and defended the title in December with a draw against Danilo Häussler.
In April 2008 he was defeated by Karo Murat (16-0) and failed in the rematch in 2009. In another EBU fight in April 2012, he was defeated by James DeGale (11-1).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Markus Beyer | World super middleweight boxing champion ( WBC ) June 5, 2004 - October 9, 2004 |
Markus Beyer |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sanavia, Cristian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Piove di Sacco , Padua Province , Veneto |