Alessandro "Sandro" Lopopolo (18 December 1939 – 26 April 2014) was an Italian 1959 amateur featherweight and 1960 amateur lightweight boxing champion, and also world boxing champion in the light welterweight division afterwards, when he turned professional, between 1961 and 1973. Sandro Lopopolo started his career in 1957.
Boxing career Sandro Lopopolo was considered as a hometown favorite for the lightweight division Olympic boxing title at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won the silver medal. At the Olympics, after four easy wins in the early rounds, Lopopolo defeated the Argentine Abel Laudino by split decision in the semifinals. He lost the final to Kazimierz Paździor by a majority decision. Lopopolo turned professional in early 1961 and had a long and successful professional career. Fighting in the light-welterweight category most of his professional career, Lopopolo won the Italian light-welterweight titles in 1963 and 1965 and held the European and World light-welterweight title from April 1966 to April 1967.Alessandro "Sandro" Lopopolo. cyberboxingzone.com (18 December 1939). Retrieved on 2015-05-19.
Lopopolo won the Lineal, WBA and WBC light welterweight titles from Carlos Morocho Hernández on 29 April 1966, after outpointing his opponent. He lost the crown to Paul Takeshi Fuji on 30 April 1967 by technical knockout in the 2nd round. He retired with a record of 58 wins (20 KOs), 10 losses and 7 draws. Lopopolo liked to box from a distance and was part of “the golden era” of Italian boxing, with the likes of Duilio Loi, Nino Benvenuti, Sandro Mazzinghi, Bruno Arcari and Carmelo Bossi.Former world champion Sandro Lopopolo passes away. wbcboxing.com (27 April 2014). Retrieved on 2015-05-19.Robert Coster (28 April 2014) Sandro Lopopolo passes . fightnews.com.
Lopopolo died in 2014, at age 74, in his hometown, Milan, due to a complication from a respiratory infection.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes76Win58–10–7 Pietro Gasparri75Loss57–10–7 Roger Menetrey74Win57–9–7 Carlos Cappella73Loss56–9–7 Roger Zami72Win56–8–7 Percy Pugh71Win55–8–7 Jean Vantorre70Loss54–8–7 Robert Gallois69Win54–7–7 Dorman Crawford68Win53–7–7 Roger Menetrey67Draw52–7–7 Marcel Cerdan Jr66Win52–7–6 David Pesenti65Draw51–7–6 Dorman Crawford64Win51–7–5 Georges Fabbri63Loss50–7–5 Rene Roque62Win50–6–5 Miloud N'Diaye61Win49–6–5 Lennox Beckles60Win48–6–5 Miloud N'Diaye59Win47–6–5 Larry Flaviano58Win46–6–5 Eddie Machen Jr57Win45–6–5 Olli Maki56Win44–6–5 Lakdar El Harizi55Win43–6–5 Sylvain Lucchesi54Win42–6–5 Quintino Soares53Loss41–6–5 Lennox Beckles52Win41–5–5 Conny Rudhof51Win40–5–5 Massimo Consolati50Loss39–5–5 Takeshi Fuji49Win39–4–5 Joe Africa48Win38–4–5 Vicente Rivas47Loss37–4–5 Nicolino Locche46Win37–3–5 Klaus Klein45Loss36–3–5 Vicente Rivas44Win36–2–5 Carlos Hernández43Win35–2–5 Romano Bianchi42Draw34–2–5 Francesco Caruso41Loss34–2–4 Juan Albornoz40Win34–1–4 Antonio Fernandes de Jesus39Win33–1–4 Piero Brandi38Win32–1–4 Antonio Fernandes de Jesus37Win31–1–4 Jose Luiz Penteado36Loss30–1–4 Piero Brandi35Win30–0–4 Massimo Consolati34Win29–0–4 Giordano Campari33Draw28–0–4 Valerio Nunez32Win28–0–3 Douglas Vaillant31Win27–0–3 Francesco Caruso30Win26–0–3 Karl Furcht29Win25–0–3 Michele Gullotti28Draw24–0–3 Mario Vecchiatto27Win24–0–2 Tommy O'Connor26Win23–0–2 J D Ellis25Win22–0–2 Rene Barriere24Win21–0–2 Jean Dantas23Win20–0–2 Francesco Caruso22Win19–0–2 Bernard Moreau21Win18–0–2 Romolo Spila20Win17–0–2 Belaid Meslem19Win16–0–2 Miguel Campos Lopez18Win15–0–2 Roger Younsi17Win14–0–2 Aime De Visch16Win13–0–2 Mohammed Ben Said15Win12–0–2 Jacques Chauveau14Win11–0–2 Sesto Righeschi13Win10–0–2 Boby Ros12Win9–0–2 Giuseppe Fanfoni11Win8–0–2 Jaime Aparici10Win7–0–2 Ahcene Attar9Draw6–0–2 Nedo Stampi8Win6–0–1 Giuliano Tarquini7Win5–0–1 Mario Pallavera6Win4–0–1 Renato Messori5Win3–0–1 Milov Bulat4Win2–0–1 Antonio Di Paolo3NC1–0–1 Luigi Lombardi2Draw1–0–1Roberto Misin1Win1–0Bernardo Favia
Titles in boxing Major world titles WBA light welterweight champion (140 lbs) WBC light welterweight champion (140 lbs)
The Ring magazine titles The Ring light welterweight champion (140 lbs)
Regional/International titles Italian light welterweight champion (140 lbs) (2×)
Undisputed titles Undisputed light welterweight champion
See also List of world light-welterweight boxing champions
References
External links
Sandro Lopopolo - CBZ Profile