Vincenzo Nardiello

Vincenzo Nardiello (born 11 June 1966) is a retired world championship Italian boxer in the super middleweight division.

Nardiello was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. A former world champion in the super middleweight division, he and Roy Jones Jr. are best remembered as the two boxers who were controversially robbed of decisions against eventually Olympic light middleweight gold medalist Park Si-Hun in the last two rounds of the 1988 Olympics despite Nardiello and Jones clearly landing more punches in their bouts.^[1] Two of the judges in Jones versus Si-Hun finals were banned for life after the tournament, while the third admitted his card was a mistake, with Jones being named the outstanding fighter of the tournament.^[2] Si-Hun apologized and retired. The stain of the 'bad decisions' in the 1988 Olympics stayed with Nardiello and Jones for the rest of their careers. 36 of 37 Americans got decisions in boxing in the 1984 Olympics in the United States, and the South Koreans had vowed to get back at the American media for being terribly wronged in 1984, and Nardiello and Jones were targets of the South Korean scorecards of the time. Nardiello, who lost a 3–2 split decision Park Si-Hun, felt he had been cheated, argued with the officials at ringside and had to be physically dragged from the Seoul Olympics ring area.^[3]

Amateur achievements[]

• 1984 Italian superlightweight champion
• 1985 Silver Trofeo Italy
  • Lost Jose Luis Hernandez (Kuba) WO
• 1986 Italian superwelterweight champion
• 1986 Winner Trofeo Italy
  • Defeated Kalin Stoyanov (Bulgaria) KO 2
• 1987 Italian middleweight champion
• Represented Italy as a Light Middleweight, at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. Results were:
  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Likou Aliu (Samoa) KO 3
  • Defeated Quinton Paynter (Bermuda) KO 2
  • Lost to Park Si-Hun (South Korea) 2–3
• 1988 Winner Trofeo Italia – Venice, Italy
  • Defeated Renato Mastria (Italy) 5–0
• 1989 Silver Box-Am Tournament – Huelva, Spain
  • Defeated (Espania) KO 3
  • Lost to Theuer Marco (Germany) 0–5
• 1990 Winner Trofeo Italia – Venice, Italy
  • Defeated Miodrag Radulovic (Yugoslawia) 4–1
  • Defeated Theuer Marco (Germany) 3–2

Professional career[]

Nardiello turned pro after the 1988 Olympics and won seventeen consecutive bouts. On 13 December 1991, Nardiello was stopped in the 11th round of his first world title bout by WBA Super Middleweight champion Victor Corboba in France. He then won and lost, regained and lost again the European Super Middlewight title in bouts in Italy and France. After knocking Massimiliano Bocchini in Italy, Nardiello again challenged for a world title, but was stopped in the eighth round of a London bout against WBC Super Middleweight champion Nigel Benn, in Benn's first bout since his bout with Gerald McClellan who sustained critical injuries.^[4] Benn then lost his title to Thulani Malinga, lost his last three title bouts and retired in 1996. Nardiello qualified for another world title shot by knocking out Norberto Bueno in Italy. On 6 July 1996, in Manchester, England, Nardiello defeated WBC champion Thulani Malinga to win a share of the World Super Middleweight title in his third attempt. Nardiello lost the WBC title in Milan, Italy, later in 1996, when he was stopped by Robin Reid^[5] After winning three more bouts, Nardiello was unsuccessful in his final world title bout, getting stopped in the sixth round of a WBC World Super Middleweight title bout against Richie Woodhall (who had lost the 'other' 1988 Olympics semi-final bout to Jones) on 13 February 1999.^[6] Nardiello retired after winning a six-round decision over Glenn Odem in Italy on 29 May 1999.

Miscellaneous[]

• Brother of Giovanni Nardiello, a former Italian Super Middleweight champion, who lost an IBF world title bout to Sven Ottke in his only world title opportunity.

Professional boxing record[]

34 Wins (19 knockouts), 7 Losses (7 knockouts)[7]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	34–7	Glenn Odem	PTS	6	1999–05–29	Bari, Apulia
Loss	33–7	Richie Woodhall	TKO	6 (12) 1:44	1999–02–13	Telewest Arena, Newcastle, England	For WBC Super middleweight title.
Win	33–6	Stanimir Todorov	TKO	1 (?)	1997–10–04	Vibo Valentia, Calabria
Win	32–6	Nino Cirilo	PTS	6	1997–09–17	Fiumicino, Lazio
Win	31–6	Tim Bryan	KO	2 (?)	1997–05–10	Rome, Lazio
Loss	30–6	Robin Reid	TKO	7 (12) 2:59	1996–10–12	Forum di Assago, Milan, Lombardy	Lost WBC Super middleweight title.
Win	30–5	Thulani Malinga	SD	12	1996–07–06	NYNEX Arena, Manchester, North West England	Won WBC Super middleweight title.
Win	29–5	Norberto Bueno	KO	1 (?)	1996–03–09	PalaLido, Milan, Lombardy
Loss	28–5	Henry Wharton	TKO	6 (12) 0:52	1996–01–13	North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax, West Yorkshire	For EBU Super middleweight title.
Win	28–4	Rolando Torres	KO	4 (?)	1995–12–16	Voghera, Lombardy
Win	27–4	José Bayón Vargas	KO	3 (8)	1995–10–14	Olympiahalle, Munich, Bavaria
Loss	26–4	Nigel Benn	TKO	8 (12) 1:43	1995–07–22	New London Arena, London	For WBC Super middleweight title.
Win	26–3	Massimiliano Bocchini	TKO	3 (?)	1994–10–26	Spotorno, Liguria
Loss	25–3	Frederic Seillier	TKO	5 (12)	1994–06–11	Zénith Oméga de Toulon, Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Lost EBU Super middleweight title.
Win	25–2	Mauro Galvano	PTS	12	1993–11–26	Marino, Lazio	Won vacant EBU Super middleweight title.
Win	24–2	Bruce Starling	TKO	2 (?)	1993–07–16	CSKA Moscow, Moscow
Win	23–2	Juan Alberto Barrero	PTS	8	1993–05–28	San Mango d'Aquino, Calabria
Loss	22–2	Ray Close	TKO	10 (12)	1993–03–17	Campione d'Italia, Lombardy	Lost EBU Super middleweight title.
Win	22–1	Fidel Castro Smith	PTS	12	1992–12–16	Ariccia, Lazio	Won vacant EBU Super middleweight title.
Win	21–1	Mike Peoples	PTS	8	1992–10–03	Palaghiaccio de Marino, Marino, Lazio
Win	20–1	Kenny Snow	PTS	6	1992–07–22	Palazzo dello Sport, Capo d'Orlando, Sicily
Win	19–1	Eladio Centurión	KO	1 (8)	1992–06–25	Acquaflash di Licola, Licola, Campania
Win	18–1	Troy Watson	PTS	8	1992–03–12	Paris, Île-de-France
Loss	17–1	Víctor Córdoba	TKO	11 (12) 1:44	1991–12–13	Palais Omnisports, Paris, Île-de-France	For WBA Super middleweight title.
Win	17–0	Tony Burke	KO	2 (6)	1991–10–12	Stade Louis II, Fontvieille
Win	16–0	Edmundo Diaz	TKO	4 (8)	1991–07–20	Palermo, Sicily
Win	15–0	Miguel Antonio Mosna	PTS	8	1991–06–08	La Spezia, Liguria
Win	14–0	Miguel Angel Maldonado	PTS	8	1991–03–23	Vallecrosia, Liguria
Win	13–0	Jorge Alberto Morello	PTS	10	1991–01–26	Palazzo dello Sport, Sassari, Sardinia
Win	12–0	Daniel Ochoa	KO	3 (10)	1990–11–16	Piove di Sacco, Veneto
Win	11–0	Ismael Gonzalez	TKO	5 (?)	1990–10–15	Milan, Lombardy
Win	10–0	Gaston Cool	TKO	4 (?)	1990–06–02	Godiasco, Lombardy
Win	9–0	Jean-Paul Roux	TKO	2 (?)	1990–05–12	Sassari Arena, Sassari, Sardinia
Win	8–0	Akim Zeroual	TKO	1 (8)	1990–03–13	Milan, Lombardy
Win	7–0	Franky Moro	TKO	6 (8)	1990–01–29	Milan, Lombardy
Win	6–0	Juan Graciano	KO	1 (?)	1989–07–15	Vigevano, Lombardy
Win	5–0	Pedro Durán	KO	1 (?)	1989–06–08	Ostia, Lazio
Win	4–0	Sylvan Plowright	TKO	1 (?)	1989–05–06	Syracuse, Sicily
Win	3–0	Bechir Chaarane	PTS	6	1989–03–10	Bergamo, Lombardy
Win	2–0	Jimmy Gourad	PTS	6	1989–01–28	Milan, Lombardy
Win	1–0	Philip Houthoofdt	PTS	6	1988–12–22	Milan, Lombardy

External links[]

• Boxing record for Vincenzo Nardiello from BoxRec

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