Domenico Valentino

Domenico Valentino
Data
Birth Name	Domenico Valentino
Weight class	lightweight
nationality	Italy Italian
birthday	17th May 1984
place of birth	Marcianise
style	Left delivery
size	1.73 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	10
Victories	9
Knockout victories	1
Defeats	1
Profile in the BoxRec database

Domenico Valentino medal table
Boxing
Italy Italy
World championships
bronze	2013	lightweight
bronze	2011	lightweight
gold	2009	lightweight
silver	2007	lightweight
bronze	2005	lightweight
Military world games
gold	2003	Featherweight
European championships
silver	2011	lightweight
bronze	2004	lightweight
EU championships
bronze	2007	lightweight
gold	2006	lightweight
gold	2005	lightweight
gold	2004	lightweight
Mediterranean Games
gold	2009	lightweight
gold	2005	lightweight

Domenico Valentino (* 17th May 1984 in Marcianise at Caserta ) is an Italian professional boxer in the lightweight .

As an amateur, he was one of the most successful boxers in Italian sports history. Among other things, he was World Champion 2009 and AIBA Boxer of the Year, Vice World Champion 2007, and bronze medalist at the World Championships in 2005, 2011 and 2013. In 2004, 2008 and 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games and reached the quarter-finals twice.

Amateur career

EU championships

Domenico Valentino won the gold medal at the EU championships in Madrid in 2004 , in Cagliari in 2005 and in Pécs in 2006 , with Mariusz Koperski, Marios Kaperonis, Constantino Onis, Samet Huseinow, Frankie Gavin , Krzysztof Szot, Miklós Varga , Hüsnü Kocabaş and Selçuk twice Aydın could defeat. In 2007 in Dublin he won bronze after losing to Daouda Sow in the semi-final , after previously beating Doncho Gadschiew and Eric Donovan .

European championships

At the European Championships in Pula in 2004 he won a bronze medal after he had moved into the semifinals against Mohamed Boulakhras, Avtandil Kashia and Ovidiu Bobîrnat and lost there to Selçuk Aydın. In 2006 in Plovdiv and 2010 in Moscow he was defeated in the first fight against Olexandr Klyuchko and Thomas Stalker .

In 2011 in Ankara he became vice European champion with victories against Aurimas Naudžius, Josh Taylor , Redouane Kaya and Volodymyr Matviychuk, as well as a narrow final defeat against Fatih Keleş (17: 17+). In 2015 in Samokow he defeated Wasgen Safarjanz in the quarter-finals, but was then eliminated by Joseph Cordina .

World championships

At the 2005 World Championships in Mianyang , he already won a bronze medal after he had fought his way to the semifinals against Taweewui Pudpong, Olexandr Klyuchko and Abdugaffor Umarov and was defeated there against Ramal Amanov. In 2007 in Chicago he became vice world champion after victories against Luis Rueda, Daijiro Hoshi, Eric Donovan , Hratschik Jawachjan and Kim Song-guk , as well as a final defeat against Frankie Gavin .

In 2009 in Milan he became world champion after victorious fights against Suraka al-Waaily, Han Soon-chul , Idel Torriente , Koba Pchakadse and José Pedraza . He was also named Boxer of the Year by the AIBA amateur association. In 2011 in Baku and 2013 in Almaty , he won a bronze medal each. He beat Airin Ismetow, Mehdi Ouatine, Branimir Stanković, Miklós Varga , Liridon Zeqiri, Lindolfo Delgado and Elvin İsayev, he suffered his semi-final defeats against Wassyl Lomatschenko and Robson Conceição , whom he defeated in an international match in 2009. The bronze medal won in 2013 was his fifth consecutive World Cup medal. Only Félix Savón won more world championship medals (7).

In 2015 in Doha he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Dordschnjambuugiin Otgondalai after he had previously defeated Enrico Lacruz .

Olympic games

Domenico Valentino represented Italy three times at the Olympic Games . 2004 in Athens he came against Mohammad Asheri in the quarterfinals, but lost in the medal ranks against Serik Jeleuow . In 2008 in Beijing he was able to defeat Tahar Tamsamani , but was eliminated in the round of 16 against Yordenis Ugás . He then took part in the 2012 Games in London , where he reached the quarter-finals against Josh Taylor and lost there just under 14:16 against Evaldas Petrauskas .

More Achievements

He is the winner of the Mediterranean Games in Almería in 2005 and in Pescara in 2009 , where he defeated Selçuk Aydın , Yakup Kılıç and Filip Palić , among others . In 2003 he won the World Military Games in Catania and beat Jo Seok-hwan , Şahin İmranov and Alexei Tishchenko , among others . He is also the winner of international tournaments in Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Croatia and China.

He is also the Italian champion in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

World Series of Boxing

Since the first season (2010/2011) Valentino fought for Italia Thunder in the World Series of Boxing . He won four of his five fights that season, but Milan failed to qualify for the playoffs. In the following season, Milan won the title and Valentino had two wins in three fights. The 2012/2013 season ended for Milan in the semi-finals of the playoffs. Valentino won two of his three fights in the regular season. In the quarterfinals of the playoffs he won, in the semifinals he lost to Vasyl Lomatschenko . In 2013/14 he reached the quarterfinals with his team, winning all of his three fights.

In the WSB he defeated Albert Selimow , Reda Benbaziz , David Joyce and Josh Taylor, among others .

AIBA Pro Boxing

In 2014/15 he started in the newly created pro boxing series of the amateur association AIBA and won two fights against Artur Bril , but suffered two defeats against Charly Suarez and was also defeated by Dmitri Poljanski and David Joyce .

Professional career

Domenico Valentino made his professional debut on May 20, 2017 with a points win against Davide Cali. In September 2018 he beat Benoit Manno and became Italian lightweight champion. In the fight for the EBU European Championship, he lost on points against Francesco Patera in October 2019.

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BoxRec profile
AIBA profile (2015)
Box Sport trade journal from 2003 to 2008,
Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
Website "sports123.com",
Website "www.pechino2008.coni.it"

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personal data
SURNAME	Valentino, Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	17th May 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marcianise at Caserta