Giulio Rinaldi

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Rinaldi, Giulio boxer
Data
Birth Name Rinaldi, Giulio
Weight class Light heavyweight
nationality Italian
birthday February 13, 1935
place of birth Anzio
Date of death July 16, 2011
Place of death Anzio
style Left-hand boom
size 1.80 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 67
Victories 44
Knockout victories 13
Defeats 16
draw 5
Profile in the BoxRec database

Giulio Rinaldi (born February 13, 1935 in Anzio ; † July 16, 2011 there ) was an Italian boxer . He was European light heavyweight professional boxer champion .

Career

Amateur career

Giulio Rinaldi was already very successful as an amateur. He was Italian middleweight champion in 1956 and represented his country at the Melbourne Olympics . There he won in the round of 16 over the Dane Christian Andersen on points. For his next fight against the future Olympic champion Gennady Shatkow from the Soviet Union , he could no longer compete due to an injury. He finished 5th with three other boxers.

Profile career

After the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Giulio Rinaldi became a professional boxer. He fought his first professional fight on March 23, 1957 in Rome , defeating his compatriot Giuliano Bianchi by technical knockout in the 5th round. Further milestones on the way to championship fights were his victories over Artemio Calzavara on January 8, 1959 in Rome and Rocco Mazzola on October 21, 1959 in Rome, against whom he suffered a technical knockout on July 13, 1959 in Rome . He suffered another defeat on November 21, 1959 in Milan from Dieter Wemhöner from Berlin , to whom he lost on points.

Giulio Rinaldi came to his first championship fight on March 8, 1960 in Rome. He fought against Sante Amonti for the Italian light heavyweight championship and won this fight by technical knockout in the 2nd round. In a fight that was considered a qualification for a fight for the EBU European Championship, Giulio Rinaldi defeated the French Germinal Ballarin on June 4, 1960 in Rome after 12 rounds on points. At first Giulio Rinaldi did not get to a European Championship fight because he had the great chance to fight the reigning world champion Archie Moore from the USA on June 10, 1961 in New York for the world championship according to the version of the New York Athletes Commission . Rinaldi went the full distance of 15 laps with Archie Moore, but could not prevent a point defeat against the experienced Moore.

On September 28, 1962 Giulio Rinaldi got the opportunity to fight against the Scots Chic Calderwood for the vacant European Light Heavyweight Championship. He won this fight after 15 rounds on points and was the new EBU European light heavyweight champion. He successfully defended this title on May 23, 1963 in Rome against one of his predecessors, Erich Schöppner from Witten , whom he defeated on points. However, Giulio Rinaldi lost his next two fights against German opponents. In a non-title fight on February 28, 1964 in Rome against Hans-Werner Wohlers , he was disqualified in the 2nd round for looking up and on April 4, 1964 he lost his European title in the Dortmund Westfalenhalle to Gustav Scholz from Berlin , against whom he was unclean Fighting in the 9th round was disqualified.

On July 8, 1965 Giulio Rinaldi was then again European light heavyweight champion. On that day he defeated the German Klaus Peter Gumpert by techn. KO in the 13th round. The title was vacant after Gustav Scholz resigned. Giulio Rinaldi could not enjoy this title for a long time, because he lost it on March 11, 1966 in Rome to his compatriot Piero del Papa in 15 rounds on points.

After this fight Giulio Rinaldi played 14 more heavyweight fights, of which he lost seven. His three "ring battles", which he fought with Wilhelm von Homburg (Norbert Grupe), were remarkable . On January 3, 1969 he lost against von Homburg in Berlin by technical knockout in the 5th round, on February 14, 1969 he won over this in Hamburg after 10 rounds on points and on April 2, 1969 Giulio Rinaldi lost against von Homberg again in Berlin by technical knockout in the 8th round. He received a point defeat on May 29, 1969 in Essen from Jürgen Blin .

On August 22, 1970 Giulio Rinaldi was in Anzio Italian heavyweight champion by a disqualification victory in the 8th round over Gianfranco Macchia. He lost this title on October 23, 1970 in Rome by a knockout defeat in the 5th round to Domenico Adinolfi . After this defeat he ended his boxer career.

After boxing

All that is known about the rest of his life after his resignation is that he played supporting roles in several films in Italy.

swell

  • Box Sport magazine from 1956 to 1970,
  • Box Alamanach 1920–1980 , publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980,
  • Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
  • Website "boxrec.com",
  • Website "deutsches-boxmuseum.com"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Giulio Rinaldi in the BoxRec database
personal data
SURNAME Rinaldi, Giulio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Anzio
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 2011
Place of death Anzio