Franco Udella

Franco Udella (born 25 February 1947 in Cagliari) is an Italian former world boxing champion.

Amateur career

Olympic games results 1968 (as a Light flyweight) Lost to Alberto Morales (Mexico) 0–5

1972 (as a flyweight) 1st round bye Defeated Felix Maina (Kenya) 5–0 Lost to Boris Zoriktuyev (Soviet Union) 1–4

Pro career Udella turned pro in 1972 and won the newly created WBC light flyweight title in 1975 with a disqualification win over Valentin Martinez in the 12th round. Udella was then stripped of the title in August 1975, for failing to defend against Paraguayan Rafael Lovera, who had never fought a professional fight. The following year he challenged WBC light flyweight world champion Luis Estaba, but lost by KO in the 3rd round. He never challenged for a major title again. He retired in 1979 after a loss to Charlie Magri for the EBU (European) flyweight title.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes43Loss37–5 Charlie MagriSD12May 1, 197942Win37–4 Manuel CarrascoUD15Nov 15, 197841Win36–4 Mariano GarciaTKO6 (15)May 24, 197840Win35–4 Emilio PiredduPTS15Dec 23, 197739Win34–4 Nessim ZebeliniTKO9 (15)Oct 26, 197738Win33–4 Antonio Luis FrancaPTS8Sep 28, 197737Win32–4 Antonio Luis FrancaPTS8Aug 21, 197736Win31–4 Jose CanteroKO5 (15)Jun 10, 197735Win30–4 Fernando BernardezTKO4 (10)Feb 6, 197734Win29–4 Pedro MolledoPTS10Dec 3, 197633Win28–4 Dominique CesariPTS10Oct 29, 197632Loss27–4 Luis EstabaKO3 (15)Jul 18, 197631Win27–3 Franco SperatiTKO8 (15)Jun 12, 197630Win26–3 Jacky BihinTKO7 (10)Apr 30, 197629Win25–3 Jerry StricklandTKO3 (8)Mar 26, 197628Win24–3 Robert EmersonTKO3 (8)Mar 5, 197627Win23–3 Fritz ChervetUD15Jan 14, 197626Win22–3 Daniel FigueroaTKO4 (10)Nov 29, 197525Win21–3 Christian MartinTKO6 (10)Nov 14, 19752420–3 Fritz ChervetNC2 (15)May 31, 197523Win20–3 Valentin MartinezDQ12 (15), Apr 4, 197522Win19–3 Heriberto MascarellPTS10Feb 1, 197521Win18–3 Willie PastranaTKO4 (10)Dec 6, 197420Win17–3 Pedro MolledoTKO5 (15), Oct 25, 197419Loss16–3 Betulio GonzálezTKO10 (15), Jul 20, 197418Win16–2 Rino FerrariTKO4 (8)Jun 7, 197417Win15–2 Altero MariniKO1 (8)Apr 19, 197416Win14–2 Fernando GabinoPTS8Apr 5, 197415Win13–2 Altero MariniPTS8Feb 28, 197414Loss12–2 Altero MariniDQ3 (8)Feb 1, 197413Win12–1 Fernando GabinoPTS8Dec 28, 197312Win11–1 Pedro MolledoPTS10Nov 30, 197311Win10–1 Dominique CesariPTS8Oct 19, 197310Win9–1 Pedro de la TorreTKO5 (8)Sep 28, 19739Win8–1 Grazietto SoroPTS6Sep 14, 19738Win7–1 Filippo BelvedereTKO5 (6)Jul 12, 19737Win6–1 Kiko GarciaPTS6May 11, 19736Win5–1 Antonio GallettaKO3 (6)May 1, 19735Win4–1 Grazietto SoroPTS6Apr 4, 19734Loss3–1 Antonio GallettaTKO2 (6)Feb 8, 19733Win3–0 Angelo D'AleoPTS6Jan 19, 19732Win2–0 Mohamed Ben SalahKO2 (6)Dec 29, 19721Win1–0 Ray SalamiPTS6Dec 4, 1972

Franco Udella

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