Vincenzo Gualtieri (born 4 January 1993) is a German-Italian professional boxer. He held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight title in 2023.
Professional career Gualtieri turned professional in 2015 and compiled a record of 20–0–1 before defeating Esquiva Falcão to win the vacant IBF middleweight world title. He made his first defense on October 14, 2023, against WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly. By the third round, Gualtieri was badly cut over his brow, and was then stunned by a left uppercut in the fifth round. Despite recovering from this blow, he was stunned again by another left uppercut in the sixth round, and despite staying on his feet, the referee saw he was too badly hurt to continue and stopped the fight, awarding the TKO and Gualtieri's title to Alimkhanuly. This was the first loss of Gualtieri's career. In a post-fight interview, Gualtieri maintained that the stoppage was too early, but he remained gracious and acknowledged Alimkhanuly's victory, pointing to the injuries on his face as evidence of Alimkhanuly's dominance.
On 15 February 2025, he defeated Alexander Pavlov by unanimous decision for the second time in a 12 round fight at Sparkassen-Arena in Bayern, Germany, to win the WBO European middleweight title.
Gualtieri faced Amari Jones at SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, on 22 May 2026, losing by knockout in the third round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Loss25–2–1Amari JonesKO3 (12), 22 May 202627WinAttila KorosUD617 Jan 202626WinAlexander PavlovUD1215 Feb 202525Win23–1–1Job Ezequiel HerreraKO1 (8), 19 Oct 202424Win22–1–1Joshua NmomahUD813 Apr 202423Loss21–1–1Janibek AlimkhanulyTKO6 (12), 14 Oct 202322Win21–0–1Esquiva FalcãoUD12 1 Jul 202321Win20–0–1Vincenzo BevilacquaUD12 10 Sep 202220Win19–0–1Dario SocciUD12 11 Mar 202219Win18–0–1Billi Facundo GodoyUD12 26 Nov 202118Win17–0–1Khalil El HarrazUD12 28 May 202117Win16–0–1Sofiane KhatiUD1227 Feb 202116Draw15–0–1Thomas Piccirillo10 28 Aug 202015Win15–0Alexander Pavlov10 12 Jun 202014Win14–0Giorgi UngiadzeUD8 23 Nov 201913Win13–0Valentyn KutsTKO3 (8), 21 Sep 201912Win12–0Viktar MurashkinUD8 15 Jun 201911Win11–0George AduashviliRTD3 (8), 23 Mar 201910Win10–0Benjamin SkenderTKO3 (8), 22 Dec 20189Win9–0Azad DogruKO1 (6), 3 Mar 20188Win8–0Serhii KsendzovUD425 Mar 20177Win7–0Renat Samedov7 (10), 9 Jul 20166Win6–0Cheikh FallUD6 28 May 20165Win5–0Patrick Mittag6 30 Apr 20164Win4–0Gyula Nagy5 (6), 5 Mar 20163Win3–0Norbert SzekeresPTS630 Jan 20162Win2–0Alexandros Filippides4 11 Dec 20151Win1–0Oskar Jerzy Borkowski2 (4), 31 Oct 2015
See also List of male boxers List of world middleweight boxing champions
References
External links
Vincenzo Gualtieri - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live