Rocky Mattioli

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

Rocky was the 2004 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns category.

Career[]

Mattioli was born in Ripa Teatina, near Chieti, in Abruzzo in central Italy. He emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of six and lived in Morwell, Victoria.

He turned professional in 1970 and started training with Italian trainer Arnold Rossi. In 1977, he captured the WBC Light Middleweight Title with a KO over Eckhard Dagge. He defended the title twice before losing it to Maurice Hope in 1979 by TKO. In 1980, he had a rematch with Hope, but again was TKO'd, in the 11th round. He retired in 1982, settling in Milan.

Professional boxing record[]

64 Wins (51 knockouts, 13 decisions), 7 Losses (4 knockouts, 3 decisions), 2 Draws[1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	65–6–2	Pedro Guerrero	KO	6	19/08/1982	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	64–6–2	Teo Dominguez	TKO	3	09/03/1982	Showboat Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	63–6–2	Abraham Lara	KO	2	18/02/1982	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	62–6–2	Rudy Barro	TKO	2	09/02/1982	Showboat Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	61–6–2	Clement Tshinza	TKO	9	11/06/1981	Milan, Italy
Win	61–5–2	Steve Hopkin	TKO	9	29/04/1981	Gatteo, Italy
Loss	60–5–2	Maurice Hope	TKO	11	12/07/1980	Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	For WBC light middleweight title
Win	60–4–2	Rafael Rodriguez	KO	8	30/05/1980	Rome, Italy
Win	59–4–2	Jamie Thomas	KO	2	02/05/1980	Rome, Italy
Win	58–4–2		KO	1	21/03/1980	Bologna, Italy
Win	57–4–2	Pat Murphy	KO	2	14/12/1979	Milan, Italy
Win	56–4–2	Roy Johnson	KO	4	23/11/1979	Pordenone, Italy
Win	55–4–2	Leon McCallum	TKO	5	12/10/1979	Rome, Italy
Loss	54–4–2	Maurice Hope	TKO	9	04/03/1979	Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Italy	Lost WBC light middleweight title
Win	54–3–2	Freddie Boynton	TKO	7	29/09/1978	Milan, Italy
Win	53–3–2	Jose Manuel Duran	KO	5	14/05/1978	Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy	Retained WBC light middleweight title
Win	52–3–2	Elisha Obed	KO	7	11/03/1978	Kooyong Tennis Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Retained WBC light middleweight title
Win	51–3–2	Jose Rodriguez	UD	10	21/01/1978	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	50–3–2	Larry Paul	PTS	10	02/12/1977	Milan, Italy
Win	49–3–2	Eckhard Dagge	KO	5	06/08/1977	Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Germany	Won WBC light middleweight title
Win	48–3–2	Angel Jose Ortiz	KO	3	18/06/1977	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy
Win	47–3–2	Arnoldo Olivares	TKO	5	27/02/1977	Bellaria, Italy
Win	46–3–2	Trevor Francis	TKO	6	28/01/1977	Faenza, Italy
Win	45–3–2	Alfonso Hayman	KO	10	03/12/1976	Milan, Italy
Win	44–3–2	Ralph Palladin	TKO	7	22/10/1976	Bologna, Italy
Win	43–3–2	Pablo Rodriguez	TKO	2	01/10/1976	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
Win	42–3–2	Chucho Garcia	TKO	6	21/05/1976	Milan, Italy
Draw	41–3–2	Bruno Arcari	PTS	10	03/04/1976	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy	97-96, 96-96, 97-97.
Win	41–3–1	Cubby Jackson	UD	10	06/02/1976	Milan, Italy	100-94, 100-94, 99-92.
Win	40–3–1	Domenico Di Jorio	TKO	6	28/11/1975	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
Win	39–3–1	Jørgen Hansen	TKO	7	24/10/1975	Milan, Italy
Loss	38–3–1	Harold Weston	PTS	10	19/09/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	38–2–1	Fernand Marcotte	TKO	9	22/08/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the ninth round.
Win	37–2–1	Mimoun Mohatar	UD	10	06/06/1975	Milan, Italy
Win	36–2–1	Chris Fernandez	KO	4	09/05/1975	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
Win	35–2–1	Billy Backus	KO	5	11/04/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	34–2–1	Ali Afakasi	TKO	12	14/02/1975	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	Australasian Welterweight Title.
Win	33–2–1	Ray Chavez Guerrero	PTS	10	18/10/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	32–2–1	Eddie Perkins	UD	10	16/08/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia	48-45, 49-45, 50-44.
Win	31–2–1	Dommy Cotacte	TKO	4	26/07/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	30–2–1	Dave Oropeza	TKO	6	25/06/1974	Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
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.
Win	28–2–1	Jose Luis Baltazar	PTS	10	25/04/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	27–2–1	Dennis Enright	KO	3	22/03/1974	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	26–2–1	Billy O'Donnell	TKO	3	13/03/1974	Iceland Arena, Melbourne, Australia
Win	25–2–1	Trevor Francis	TKO	8	24/08/1973	Brisbane, Australia
Win	24–2–1	Pongi Lee	PTS	15	12/07/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia	Australasian Welterweight Title.
Win	23–2–1	Jeff White	KO	12	17/05/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia	Australian Welterweight Title.
Win	22–2–1	Eric King	KO	2	26/04/1973	San Remo Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
Win	21–2–1	Ted Gray	KO	4	19/04/1973	Blacktown RSL Club, Sydney, Australia
Win	20–2–1	Kolaia Bauli	TKO	6	17/12/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	19–2–1	Paul Moore	SD	10	25/11/1971	Brunswick Metropolitan Cinema, Melbourne, Australia
Loss	18–2–1	Paul Moore	SD	10	23/09/1971	Brunswick Cinema International, Melbourne, Australia	47-48, 48-43, 46-47.
Win	18–1–1	Steve Hallcroft	TKO	6	30/08/1971	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Win	17–1–1	Tiger Peni	KO	5	26/07/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	16–1–1	Sila Nomura	PTS	8	28/06/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	15–1–1	Steve Ayerst	PTS	8	07/06/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Draw	14–1–1	Bill Fatu	PTS	8	10/05/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	14–1	Doug Green	TKO	3	19/04/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	13–1	Red Durange	TKO	4	05/04/1971	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	12–1	Bevan Minnett	TKO	4	30/11/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	11–1	George Kencheff	TKO	5	09/11/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	10–1	Alby Roberts	TKO	5	19/10/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	9–1	Johnny Todd	TKO	2	05/10/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	8–1	Ray Cannon	TKO	3	03/08/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	7–1	Billy Murphy, Jr.	PTS	6	06/07/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	6–1	Billy Stewart	KO	4	29/05/1970	Morwell, Australia
Loss	5–1	Ricky Day	PTS	6	04/05/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	5–0	Bernie Martin	TKO	6	23/04/1970	Karma Hall, Morwell, Australia
Win	4–0	Tom Roberts	TKO	4	02/04/1970	South Sydney Rugby League Club, Sydney, Australia
Win	3–0	Bernie Martin	KO	4	23/03/1970	Morwell, Australia
Win	2–0	Glenn Grinsted	PTS	4	16/03/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Win	1–0	Tony Salta	KO	2	09/03/1970	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Rocky Mattioli from BoxRec