Franco De Piccoli

Francesco de Piccoli in 1960

Personal information

Born

29 November 1937 (age 86)
Campalto, Italy

Height

1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

96 kg (212 lb)

Sport

Boxing

Medal record

Representing Italy

Olympic Games
	1960 Rome	Heavyweight
World Military Championships
	1960 Wiesbaden	Heavyweight

Francesco De Piccoli (born 29 November 1937) is a former Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the heavyweight division (+91 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Amateur career

De Piccoli started training in boxing in 1955, and won national heavyweight titles in 1959 and 1960. At the 1960 Olympics, he easily reached the final, in which he knocked out Daan Bekker after 90 seconds. He turned professional right after the Olympics. After retiring in 1965 he worked as a driving instructor.^[1]^[2]

Professional record

37 Wins (29 knockouts, 6 decisions, 2 DQs), 4 Losses (4 knockouts) [1] Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes Loss 8-2 Peter Weiland TKO 2 26/12/1965 Mestre, Veneto Loss 3-7-3 Everett Copeland KO 6 15/10/1965 Turin, Piedmont Win 18-10-4 Dave Duke Johnson KO 1 10/07/1965 Mestre, Veneto Win 18-18-2 Sonny "Policeman" Moore KO 1 07/05/1965 Rome, Lazio Win 7-6-3 Aaron Beasley KO 2 12/04/1965 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Win 22-9-3 Floyd Joyner KO 1 02/04/1965 Turin, Piedmont Win 19-6-1 Billy "The Barber" Daniels PTS 10 19/02/1965 Rome, Lazio Win 16-9 Herb Siler KO 2 23/01/1965 Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Lombardy Win 18-30 Ollie Wilson KO 4 26/12/1964 Mestre, Veneto Win 1-4 Ed Sonny Andrews KO 1 11/12/1964 Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio Win 14-11 Henry Wallitsch KO 1 12/11/1964 Milan, Lombardy Win 22-13-6 S.F.C. Matthew Jackson DQ 1 18/09/1964 Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio Win 12-5-4 Lars Olaf Norling PTS 10 22/05/1964 Sports Palace, Turin, Piedmont Win 7-4-1 Carl Welschou KO 4 11/05/1964 Naples, Campania Loss 40-21-2 Joe Bygraves KO 5 07/06/1963 Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio Loss 25-17-2 Wayne Bethea KO 4 22/03/1963 Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio Win 26-2 Tony Hughes KO 2 01/03/1963 Rome, Lazio Win 13-21-3 Neal Welch PTS 10 04/02/1963 Mestre, Veneto Win 39-26-8 Howard "Honeyboy" King KO 1 18/01/1963 Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio King knocked out at 0:11 of the first round. Win 8-5-1 Wendell Newton TKO 3 30/11/1962 Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio Referee stopped the bout at 2:30 of the third round. Win 26-13-1 John Riggins KO 1 09/11/1962 Rome, Lazio Win 15-6-1 Ray Shiel KO 2 22/10/1962 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Win 13-2 Phonse LaSaga KO 1 11/09/1962 Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio LaSaga knocked out at 1:10 of the first round. Win 4-2-1 Kurt Stroer KO 2 04/08/1962 Genoa, Liguria Win 35-9-1 Buddy Turman DQ 2 19/07/1962 Rome, Lazio Win 13-18 Calvin Butler KO 8 16/04/1962 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Win 14-13 Garvin Sawyer TKO 4 30/03/1962 Rome, Lazio Win 21-9-6 Ulli Ritter KO 4 21/12/1961 Rome, Lazio Win 36-23-4 Frankie Daniels PTS 8 09/09/1961 Mestre, Veneto Win 3-11-2 Walter Haufft KO 1 31/08/1961 Turin, Piedmont Win 26-12-2 Robert Duquesne KO 1 05/07/1961 Plamino Stadium, Rome, Lazio Win 11-12-1 Jose Mariano Moracia Ibanes KO 1 10/06/1961 Mestre, Veneto Win 12-19-5 Erwin Hack KO 2 02/06/1961 Taranto, Apulia Win 11-10-5 Ossi Buettner KO 3 16/05/1961 Turin, Piedmont Win 7-3-3 Werner Walloschek KO 1 03/05/1961 Naples, Campania Win 22-17-6 Uwe Janssen TKO 2 07/04/1961 PalaLido, Milan, Lombardy Win 3-9-2 Walter Haufft KO 2 01/04/1961 Ascoli Piceno, Marche Win 27-19-3 Alain Cherville PTS 6 14/03/1961 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Win 14-25-5 Maurice Mols PTS 6 10/02/1961 Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio Win 14-43-5 Robert Warmbrunn KO 1 25/01/1961 Mestre, Veneto Win 2-12 Giovanni Moriggi KO 1 26/12/1960 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna