Ralf Rocchigiani

Ralf Rocchigiani (born 13 February 1963) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1983 to 1999. He held the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) cruiserweight title from 1995 to 1997. At regional level, he held the German title twice between 1985 and 1994. He is the older brother of former two-division world champion boxer, Graciano Rocchigiani.

Professional career He became a professional boxer in 1983 and won the German cruiserweight championship in 1985. He failed in two attempts to win the European Boxing Union light heavyweight championships. He also failed to take the WBO cruiserweight championship from Tyrone Booze in 1992.

He finally won the WBO cruiserweight championship on June 10, 1995, and held it for more than two years. He won the vacant title by scoring a technical knockout over Carl Thompson, and defended it six times including against Bash Ali. He lost the title in a rematch with Thompson in 1997 and retired from boxing in 1999. Rocchigiani was contractually signed to German boxing promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl and his company "Universum Boxpromotions." He was trained by Fritz Sdunek.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes58Win42–9–7Andreas WornowskiTKO6 (?)18 Sep 199957Win41–9–7Andreas WornowskiPTS8 (8)6 Dec 199856Loss40–9–7Carl ThompsonSD12 (12)4 Oct 199755Win40–8–7Stefan AngehrnMD12 (12)26 Apr 199754Win39–8–7Stefan AngehrnUD12 (12)13 Dec 199653Win38–8–7Bash AliUD12 (12)13 Jul 199652Win37–8–7Jay SnyderTKO4 (12)16 Mar 199651Win36–8–7Dan WardTKO8 (12)25 Nov 199550Win35–8–7Marc RandazzoUD12 (12)30 Sep 199549Win34–8–7Carl ThompsonTKO11 (12)10 Jun 199548Win33–8–7Terrence WrightUD8 (8)12 Feb 199547Loss32–8–7Torsten MayPTS10 (10)7 May 199446Win32–7–7Tim KnightPTS8 (8)5 Feb 199445Draw31–7–7Tony BoothPTS8 (8)1 May 199344Win31–7–6David BatesPTS8 (8)3 Apr 199343Win30–7–6Rick EnisKO5 (?)19 Dec 199242Win29–7–6Melvin RicksKO4 (?)27 Nov 199241Loss28–7–6Tyrone BoozeUD12 (12)2 Oct 199240Win28–6–6Dawud ShawKO3 (8)27 Jun 199239Win27–6–6John HeldPTS10 (10)25 Apr 199238Loss26–6–6John HeldPTS10 (10)3 Mar 199237Loss26–5–6Markus BottPTS10 (10)3 May 199136Loss26–4–6John HeldPTS8 (8)16 Feb 199035Win26–3–6Klaus WinterKO3 (10)1 Dec 198934Loss25–3–6John EmmenPTS10 (10)30 Sep 198933Win25–2–6Bernd KullePTS4 (4)8 Jul 198932Draw24–2–6Jan LefeberSD12 (12)8 Apr 198931Win24–2–5Jan LefeberPTS8 (8)29 Jul 198830Win23–2–5Vedat AkovaTKO2 (?)12 May 198829Win22–2–5Marvin CamelPTS10 (10)26 Apr 198828Draw21–2–5Agamil YilderimPTS8 (8)19 Feb 198827Win21–2–4Alex ZehKO9 (10)23 Jan 198826Win20–2–4Chisanda MuttiPTS10 (10)5 Dec 198725Win19–2–4Tommy TaylorPTS8 (8)30 Oct 198724Win18–2–4Manfred JassmannPTS10 (10)25 Sep 198723Draw17–2–4Alex ZehPTS10 (10)27 Feb 198722Loss17–2–3Alex BlanchardUD12 (12)3 Oct 198621Win17–1–3Mladen GrubešićKO2 (?)12 May 198620Win16–1–3Dragomir Milo PopovićDQ7 (?)1 Mar 198619Win15–1–3Ibelo MoanoPTS8 (8)20 Dec 198518Win14–1–3Tom CollinsPTS8 (8)29 Nov 198517Win13–1–3Jose SeysSD8 (8)31 Aug 198516Win12–1–3Josef KossmannTKO2 (10)21 Aug 198515Draw11–1–3Manfred JassmannSD10 (10)10 May 198514Loss11–1–2Manfred JassmannPTS10 (10)1 Dec 198413Draw11–0–2Paul MuyodiPTS6 (6)20 Oct 198412Win11–0–1Trevor CattouseKO3 (8)5 Oct 198411Win10–0–1Juan Alberto BarreroPTS6 (6)15 Sep 198410Win9–0–1Brahim FerizovicTKO3 (?)22 Jun 19849Win8–0–1Mladen GrubešićPTS6 (6)8 Jun 19848Draw7–0–1Liam ColemanPTS6 (6)27 Apr 19847Win7–0Mike McCoyPTS6 (6)13 Apr 19846Win6–0Francesco CampiRTD3 (?)9 Mar 19845Win5–0Helmut UlkaUD4 (4)24 Feb 19844Win4–0Alan AshPTS6 (6)10 Feb 19843Win3–0Eddy VandenhouwelePTS4 (4)14 Jan 19842Win2–0Horst SchulzeTKO1 (4)2 Dec 19831Win1–0Hans GimbornKO1 (?)5 Nov 1983

Later life Today Rocchigiani owns a bar on the Savignyplatz in Berlin. He also served as a trainer for his brother Graciano Rocchigiani.

Ralf Rocchigiani

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