Paolo Roberto

Paolo Roberto, 2008

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Paolo Roberto (born February 3, 1969 in Upplands Väsby , Stockholm County , Sweden ) is a Swedish former professional boxer , television presenter and actor .

Life

youth

In his early years Roberto said he belonged to a street gang and only became calmer through martial arts . Before he started boxing, he trained Taekwondo and kickboxing .

Boxing career

His professional boxing career began with a win over Laszlo Molnar on December 18, 1993 in Finland . After four wins, he had his first draw in a fight against John Duckworth on November 7, 1994 in London. His first defeat followed on April 27, 1995 against Dusty Miller, also in London. After several victories in middleweight and welterweight he was able to secure his first title with the international title of the World Boxing Council in welterweight on November 16, 2002. He defeated to Raul Eduardo Bejarano on points. With his next fight he also secured the Inter-Continental title of the World Boxing Association . His last fight took place on October 4, 2003. In this he lost his WBO title against Sebastian Andres Lujan by KO in the second round. In total, he won 28 of his 33 professional fights, 13 of them by knockout.

After his boxing career

Roberto became known in Germany through his appearance in Stieg Larsson's novel Verdammnis . He also played himself in the film of the same name . As early as 1997 he appeared in a leading role in the Swedish streetfight film 9 millimeters , which was only released in Germany as a double feature with Im Mond des Jäger .

After an unsuccessful participation in Let's Dance , the Swedish version of Dancing Stars (he and his partner Helena Fransson left in the 4th episode) Roberto appeared in various Swedish television series as a guest star and hosted some game shows .

Roberto is married and has a son (* 2004) and a daughter (* 2007).

List of professional fights

28 wins (13 knockout wins), 4 losses (3 knockout losses), 1 draw
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Roberto
1993	December 18th	Turku, Finland	Laszlo Molnar	Victory / TKO 2nd round
1994	27th of February	Budapest, Hungary	Zoltan Dano	Points win / 4 rounds
	2th of June	Tooting, London, United Kingdom	John Hughes	Victory / TKO 1st round
	September 29th	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Roy Dehara	Victory / KO 1st round
	November 7th	Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom	John Duckworth	Tie / 6 rounds
1995	April 27	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Dusty Miller	Defeat / TKO 2nd round
	21st September	Town Hall, Battersea, London, United Kingdom	Ernie Loveridge	Points win / 4 rounds
	November 29th	Elephant & Castle Center, Southwark, London, United Kingdom	Carl Winstone	Points win / 4 rounds
1996	June 16	Walsleben, Brandenburg, Germany	Josef Presinsky	Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds
	October 19th	Le Caire, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France	Habib Ben Salah	Victory / TKO 5th round
1997	January 24th	Brondby halls, Copenhagen, Denmark	Paul King	Points win / 6 rounds
	5th July	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom	Steve Goodwin	Points win / 6 rounds
	August 9	San Gennaro Vesuviano, Campania, Italy	Danny Quacoe	Points win / 8 rounds
	4th of October	Alexandra Pavilion, Muswell Hill, London, United Kingdom	Viktor Fesechko	Points win / 8 rounds
1998	31 January	Lee Valley Leisure Center, Picketts Lock, London, United Kingdom	Darren Covill	Points win / 6 rounds
	February 28	Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Darryl Ruffin	Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
	May 29th	Pesaro, Marche, Italy	Armando Briganti	Points win (split decision) / 8 rounds
	September 26th	York, Yorkshire, United Kingdom	Djemal Mehmedov	Victory / TKO 4th round
	19. December	Everton Park Sports Center, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom	David Baptiste	Victory / TKO 6th round
1999	13th February	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Jesus Mayorga	Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
	May 14th	La Cubierta Palazo de Toros, Leganes, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain	Stefan Dimitrov	Victory / TKO 6th round
	September 10	Pabellon Europa, Leganes, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain	Javier Castillejo	Loss / TKO 7th round
2000	April 15th	Preussag Arena, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany	Henry Hughes	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	23rd June	FTC Stadium, Budapest, Hungary	Anthony Ivory	Points win / 8 rounds
	October 7th	Estrel Convention Center, Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany	Edwin Murillo	Victory / KO 1st round
2001	June 16	Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Luiz Augusto dos Santos	Point victory (majority decision) / 8 rounds
	November 3rd	Hansehalle , Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	Armand Krajnc	Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds
2002	April 6th	Cirkusbygningen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Ron Pasek	Victory / KO 3rd round
	15th June	Gubbio, Umbria, Italy	Gyorgy Bugyik	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	August 30th	Odense Congress Center, Odense, Denmark	David Sarraille	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	November 16	Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland	Raul Eduardo Bejarano	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2003	February 15th	Kisahalli, Helsinki, Finland	Wayne Martell	Victory / TKO 10th round
	4th of October	Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland	Sebastian Andres Lujan	Defeat / KO 2nd round
Source: Paolo Roberto in the BoxRec database

Web links

• Paolo Roberto in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paolo Roberto på Nolia: Respect du kan få bara - inte ta. (No longer available online.) Nolia.se, February 14, 2008, archived from the original on August 14, 2010 ; Retrieved February 25, 2011 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Paolo Roberto in the BoxRec database
3. ↑ 9 millimeters in the online film database