Ulderico Sergo

Ulderico Sergo (born July 4, 1913 in Fiume , † February 20, 1967 in Cleveland ) was an Italian boxer . He became Olympic champion in 1936 and European champion in bantamweight amateur boxers in 1937 and 1939 and transferred to professional boxers in 1941.

Career

Ulderico Sergo started boxing as a teenager in Fiume, today's Rijeka, which was then part of Italy. He played his first international competitions in 1932. In the course of his career he was very successful as an amateur boxer. In 1941 he became a professional boxer, but was not able to achieve particularly great success in this profession. When his hometown Fiume was separated from Italy in 1947 as a result of the results of World War II and Yugoslavia was annexed, although 80% of the population were Italians, he went to Trieste with his family. There he became a trainer at the sports club Accademia Pugilistica Triest and brought a. a. the young Nino Benvenuti the first steps as a boxer. In 1952 he emigrated with his family to the United States, but died there in 1967.

Career as an amateur boxer

Ulderico Sergo was Italian champion in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937 and 1938, in 1934 in featherweight , otherwise in bantamweight. In 1935 he lost in the final of the Italian bantamweight championship against Secondo Baroni on points and was only Italian runner-up.

He played his first international fight in 1932 as part of an international match between Czechoslovakia and Italy in Prague. He won the bantamweight game over Vaclav Prohazka on points. By 1941 he entered a total of 24 country fights or international selection fights, in which he was mostly victorious.

In 1934 he started at the European Championships in Budapest. In the bantamweight he defeated Anton Osca, Romania, on points there. In the semifinals he was injured in the fight against Istvan Enekes from Hungary, which earned him a technical knockout loss in the 3rd round. Because of this injury, he could no longer fight for 3rd place, which was still being boxed at that time, against Tadeusz Rogalski from Poland and therefore took 4th place.

At the Olympic Games in Berlin, Ulderico Sergo achieved the greatest success of his boxer career. He became Olympic champion in Berlin in bantamweight with point wins over Frigyes Kubinyi, Hungary, Joseph Cornelis, Belgium, Stig Cederberg, Sweden and the actual favorite Jack Wilson from the United States. Between these two boxers there was a revenge on October 7, 1936 in New York as part of the then very popular boxing comparisons USA against Europe, which was won by Jack Wilson on points.

In 1937 Ulderico Sergo was also the European bantamweight champion in Milan. On the way to this success he defeated Frank Kerr from Ireland, Veikko Huuskonen from Finland and Anton Ocsa on points. In 1939 he was able to repeat this success in Dublin. He won over Edmund Sobkowiak, Poland, Robert Watson, Scotland and Miksa Bondi, Hungary, each on points.

International success as an amateur boxer

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1934	4th	EM in Budapest	Bantam	Points victory over Anton Osca, Romania, technical knockout defeat (injury) in the 3rd round against Istvan Enekes, Hungary, loss without a fight against Tadeusz Rogalski, Poland
1936	gold	OS in Berlin	Bantam	after winning points over Frigyes Kubinyi, Hungary, Joseph Cornelis, Belgium, Stig Cederberg, Sweden and Jack Wilson, USA
1937	1.	EM in Milan	Bantam	after winning points over Frank Kerr, Ireland, Veikko Huuskonen, Finland and Anton Osca
1938	1.	Qualification for European selection in Berlin	Bantam	Points victory over Miksa Bondi, Hungary
1939	1.	EM in Dublin	Bantam	Points victory over Edmund Sobkowiak, Poland, Robert Watson, Scotland and Miksa Bondi

Country and other selection fights as an amateur boxer

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
1932	Prague	Czechoslovakia versus Italy	Bantam	Points victory over Vaclav Prohazka
1932	Poses	Poland versus Italy	Bantam	Draw against Alexander Polus
1933	eat	Germany versus Italy	Bantam	Point defeat against Kurt Beck
1935	Chicago	USA versus Italy	Bantam	Points victory over Johnny Brown
1936	new York	USA versus Europe	Bantam	Point loss to Jack Wilson
1937	Chicago	USA versus Europe	Bantam	Point victory over Frank Kainrath
1937	Kansas City	USA versus Europe	Bantam	Points victory over Eli Castro
1937	new York	USA versus Italy	Bantam	Points win over Morris Parker
1937	Trieste	Italy versus Germany	Bantam	Points victory over Erich Wilke
1938	Fiume	Fiume versus Zagreb	Bantam	Points victory over Milovoj Badel
1938	Warsaw	Poland versus Italy	Bantam	Points victory over Zygmunt Koziolek
1938	Bern	Switzerland versus Italy	Bantam	Point defeat against Caliostro Etter
1938	Chicago	USA versus Europe	Bantam	Point defeat against Frank Kainrath
1938	Duisburg	Germany versus Italy	Bantam	Point defeat against Erich Wilke
1938	Venice	Italy versus Poland	Bantam	Points victory over Edmund Sobkowiak
1938	Trieste	Italy versus Hungary	Bantam	Points victory over Sandor Podany
1939	Rome	Italy against German SA selection	Bantam	Points victory over Wietzkowski
1940	Chicago	USA versus Europe	Bantam	Points victory over Jimmy Joyce
1940	Nashville	USA versus Europe	Bantam	Points victory over Kenneth Barrett

Profile career

In 1941 Udalrico Sergo joined the professional boxer. As a result of World War II, however, his starting options were limited. There were no more international championships. In total, he played 21 fights as a professional, of which he won 10, he boxed four times and lost 7 fights. He played his first professional fight on December 3, 1941 in Fiume, where he defeated Luigi Bonanomi on points in the bantamweight division. He played his last professional fight on March 29, 1952. He came in bantamweight to a point victory over Gaudenzio Carutte.

He also played a total of four title fights, all for the Italian championship, three in bantamweight and one in flyweight. He won none of these fights.

Explanations

• OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship
• Bantam weight, weight class up to 54 kg, feather weight, up to 57 kg (amateur area)

literature

Box Sport magazine

Web links

• Ulderico Sergo in the BoxRec database
• Ulderico Sergo in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )