Emanuele Felice Blandamura (born 19 December 1979) is an Italian professional boxer. He held the European Union middleweight title in 2014, the European middleweight title from 2016 to 2018, and has challenged once for a world title in 2018.
Professional career Blandamura made his professional debut on 29 April 2007, scoring a second-round stoppage against Alex Herceg, who also debuted. On 16 June 2012, Blandamura won his first major regional championship—the vacant WBC Silver International middleweight title—by stopping Luca Tassi in ten rounds.Admin (17 June 2012). "Match spettacolare fra Blandamura e Tassi" (in Italian). boxenews.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016. This was followed up on 25 January 2014, when Blandamura defeated Marcos Nader via twelve-round split decision (SD) to win the European Union middleweight title."Marcos Nader verliert Europameister-Titel" (in German). Heute. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
On 26 July 2014, Blandamura suffered his first career loss to Billy Joe Saunders, who knocked him out in eight rounds to win the vacant European middleweight title. A second chance for Blandamura to win the title, which Saunders later vacated, came on 20 June 2015. This time, Blandamura was knocked out in the eighth round by Michel Soro.Sukachev, Alexey (20 June 2015). "Michel Soro Blasts Blandamura To Capture EBU Belt". BoxingScene. Retrieved 22 March 2016. On 3 December 2016, Blandamura won the vacant European middleweight title on his third attempt, winning an SD over Matteo Signani.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes33Loss29–4Marcus MorrisonTKO9 (10), 11 Jul 201932Win29–3Nikola MaticPTS617 Nov 201831Win28–3Giorgi GujejianiUD617 Nov 201830Loss27–3Ryōta MurataTKO8 (12), 15 Apr 201829Win27–2Alessandro GoddiUD1217 Jun 201728Win26–2Matteo SignaniSD123 Dec 201627Win25–2Goran MilenkovicPTS630 Apr 201626Win24–2Mugurel SebePTS610 Oct 201525Loss23–2Michel SoroKO8 (12)20 Jun 201524Win23–1Matiouze RoyerPTS620 Dec 201423Loss22–1Billy Joe Saunders8 (12), 26 Jul 201422Win22–0Marcos NaderSD1225 Jan 201421Win21–0Ruslans PojonisevsPTS622 Nov 201320Win20–0Andrejs LoginovsUD66 Jul 201319Win19–0Zoltan SurmanTKO4 (6)22 Feb 201318Win18–0Jevgenijs AndrejevsUD615 Dec 201217Win17–0Luca TassiTKO10 (12), 16 Jun 201216Win16–0Manuel ErnestiUD127 Oct 201115Win15–0Sandor RamocsaPTS63 Jun 201114Win14–0Sergejs SavrinovicsPTS627 Apr 201113Win13–0Pavels LotahsPTS617 Dec 201012Win12–0Robert BlazoPTS830 Jul 201011Win11–0Janos VargaTKO5 (6)5 Feb 201010Win10–0Virgil MelegPTS620 Jun 20099Win9–0Ferenc OlahDQ2 (4)16 May 20098Win8–0Fares SahawnehPTS613 Dec 20087Win7–0Francesco Di Fiore65 Jul 20086Win6–0Armend TatariPTS614 Feb 20085Win5–0Abdelouahed Ben Lelly614 Dec 20074Win4–0Florin Bogdan612 Oct 20073Win3–0Florin Oanea5 (6)21 Jul 20072Win2–0Michal DurovicTKO4 (6)22 Jun 20071Win1–0Alex Herceg2 (6)29 Apr 2007
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