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Rocky Mattioli
Rocky Mattioli
Born	Rocco Mattioli; 20 September 1953 (age 70); Ripa Teatina, Abruzzo, Italy
Nationality	Australian
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Light middleweight
Height	5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm)
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	73
Wins	64
Wins by KO	51
Losses	7
Draws	2

Rocky Mattioli

Australian boxer

Rocky Mattioli (born Rocco Mattioli, 20 September 1953) is an Italian-born Australian former boxer at junior middleweight, and former world champion.

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

Rocky was the 2004 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns category.^[1]

Professional boxing record

More information 73 fights, 64 wins ...

More information No., Result ...

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
73	Win	64–7–2	Pedro Guerrero	KO	6	19/08/1982	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
72	Win	63–7–2	Teo Dominguez	TKO	3	09/03/1982	Showboat Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
71	Win	62–7–2	Abraham Lara	KO	2	18/02/1982	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
70	Win	61–7–2	Rudy Barro	TKO	2	09/02/1982	Showboat Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
69	Loss	60–7–2	Clement Tshinza	TKO	9	11/06/1981	Milan, Italy
68	Win	60–6–2	Steve Hopkin	TKO	9	29/04/1981	Gatteo, Italy
67	Loss	59–6–2	Maurice Hope	TKO	11	12/07/1980	Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, U.K.	For WBC light middleweight title
66	Win	59–5–2	Rafael Rodriguez	KO	8	30/05/1980	Rome, Italy
65	Win	58–5–2	Jamie Thomas	KO	2	02/05/1980	Rome, Italy
64	Win	57–5–2	Jesse Carter	KO	1	21/03/1980	Bologna, Italy
63	Win	56–5–2	Pat Murphy	KO	2	14/12/1979	Milan, Italy
62	Win	55–5–2	Roy Johnson	KO	4	23/11/1979	Pordenone, Italy
61	Win	54–5–2	Leon McCallum	TKO	5	12/10/1979	Rome, Italy
60	Loss	53–5–2	Maurice Hope	TKO	9	04/03/1979	Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Italy	Lost WBC light middleweight title
59	Win	53–4–2	Freddie Boynton	TKO	7	29/09/1978	Milan, Italy
58	Win	52–4–2	José Durán	KO	5	14/05/1978	Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy	Retained WBC light middleweight title
57	Win	51–4–2	Elisha Obed	KO	7	11/03/1978	Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Retained WBC light middleweight title
56	Win	50–4–2	Jose Rodriguez	UD	10	21/01/1978	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
55	Win	49–4–2	Larry Paul	PTS	10	02/12/1977	Milan, Italy
54	Win	48–4–2	Eckhard Dagge	KO	5	06/08/1977	Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Germany	Won WBC light middleweight title
53	Win	47–4–2	Angel Jose Ortiz	KO	3	18/06/1977	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy
52	Win	46–4–2	Arnoldo Olivares	TKO	5	27/02/1977	Bellaria, Italy
51	Win	45–4–2	Trevor Francis	TKO	6	28/01/1977	Faenza, Italy
50	Win	44–4–2	Alfonso Hayman	KO	10	03/12/1976	Milan, Italy
49	Win	43–4–2	Ralph Palladin	TKO	7	22/10/1976	Bologna, Italy
48	Win	42–4–2	Pablo Rodriguez	TKO	2	01/10/1976	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Italy
47	Win	41–4–2	Chucho Garcia	TKO	6	21/05/1976	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Italy
46	Draw	40–4–2	Bruno Arcari	PTS	10	03/04/1976	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Italy	97-96, 96-96, 97-97.
45	Win	40–4–1	Cubby Jackson	UD	10	06/02/1976	Milan, Italy	100-94, 100-94, 99-92.
44	Win	39–4–1	Domenico Di Jorio	TKO	6	28/11/1975	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
43	Win	38–4–1	Jørgen Hansen	TKO	7	24/10/1975	Milan, Italy
42	Loss	37–4–1	Harold Weston	PTS	10	19/09/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
41	Win	37–3–1	Fernand Marcotte	TKO	9	22/08/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the ninth round.
40	Win	36–3–1	Mimoun Mohatar	UD	10	06/06/1975	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
39	Win	35–3–1	Chris Fernandez	KO	4	09/05/1975	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
38	Win	34–3–1	Billy Backus	KO	5	11/04/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
37	Loss	33–3–1	Ali Afakasi	TKO	12	14/02/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	Australasian Welterweight Title.
36	Win	33–2–1	Ray Chavez Guerrero	PTS	10	18/10/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
35	Win	32–2–1	Eddie Perkins	UD	10	16/08/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	48-45, 49-45, 50-44.
34	Win	31–2–1	Dommy Cotacte	TKO	4	26/07/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
33	Win	30–2–1	Dave Oropeza	TKO	6	25/06/1974	Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
32	Win	29–2–1	Jacques van Mellaerts	TKO	9	11/05/1974	Une Grande Soiree Stadium, Noumea, New Caledonia	Referee stopped the bout at 2:15 of the ninth round.
31	Win	28–2–1	Jose Luis Baltazar	PTS	10	25/04/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
30	Win	27–2–1	Dennis Enright	KO	3	22/03/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
29	Win	26–2–1	Billy O'Donnell	TKO	3	13/03/1974	Iceland Arena, Melbourne, Australia
28	Win	25–2–1	Trevor Francis	TKO	8	24/08/1973	Brisbane, Australia
27	Win	24–2–1	Pongi Lee	PTS	15	12/07/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia	Australasian Welterweight Title.
26	Win	23–2–1	Jeff White	KO	12	17/05/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia	Australian Welterweight Title.
25	Win	22–2–1	Eric King	KO	2	26/04/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
24	Win	21–2–1	Ted Gray	KO	4	19/04/1973	Blacktown RSL Club, Sydney, Australia
23	Win	20–2–1	Kolaia Bauli	TKO	6	17/12/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
22	Win	19–2–1	Paul Moore	SD	10	25/11/1971	Brunswick Metropolitan Cinema, Melbourne, Australia
21	Loss	18–2–1	Paul Moore	SD	10	23/09/1971	Brunswick Cinema International, Melbourne, Australia	47-48, 48-43, 46-47.
20	Win	18–1–1	Steve Hallcroft	TKO	6	30/08/1971	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
19	Win	17–1–1	Tiger Peni	KO	5	26/07/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
18	Win	16–1–1	Sila Nomura	PTS	8	28/06/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
17	Win	15–1–1	Steve Ayerst	PTS	8	07/06/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
16	Draw	14–1–1	Bill Fatu	PTS	8	10/05/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
15	Win	14–1	Doug Green	TKO	3	19/04/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
14	Win	13–1	Red Durange	TKO	4	05/04/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
13	Win	12–1	Bevan Minnett	TKO	4	30/11/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
12	Win	11–1	George Kencheff	TKO	5	09/11/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
11	Win	10–1	Alby Roberts	TKO	5	19/10/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
10	Win	9–1	Johnny Todd	TKO	2	05/10/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
9	Win	8–1	Ray Cannon	TKO	3	03/08/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
8	Win	7–1	Billy Murphy Jr.	PTS	6	06/07/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
7	Win	6–1	Billy Stewart	KO	4	29/05/1970	Morwell, Australia
6	Loss	5–1	Ricky Day	PTS	6	04/05/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
5	Win	5–0	Bernie Martin	TKO	6	23/04/1970	Karma Hall, Morwell, Australia
4	Win	4–0	Tom Roberts	TKO	4	02/04/1970	South Sydney Rugby League Club, Sydney, Australia
3	Win	3–0	Bernie Martin	KO	4	23/03/1970	Morwell, Australia
2	Win	2–0	Glenn Grinsted	PTS	4	16/03/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
1	Win	1–0	Tony Salta	KO	2	09/03/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia

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Sporting positions
World boxing titles
Preceded by Eckhard Dagge	WBC super welterweight champion August 6, 1977 – March 4, 1979	Succeeded by Maurice Hope

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Rocky Mattioli
Born	Rocco Mattioli (1953-09-20) 20 September 1953 (age 70) Ripa Teatina, Abruzzo, Italy
Nationality	Australian
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light middleweight
Height	5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm)
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Stance	Orthodox

Boxing record
Total fights	73
Wins	64
Wins by KO	51
Losses	7
Draws	2

73 fights	64 wins	7 losses
By knockout	51	4
By decision	13	3
Draws	2