Giuseppe Lauri Explained

Giuseppe Lauri
Nickname:The End
Weight:
Height:1.70 m
Reach:170 cm
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:28 May 1976
Birth Place:Tradate, Varese,
Lombardy, Italy
Style:Orthodox
Total:77
Wins:56
Ko:34
Losses:21

Giuseppe Lauri (born 28 May 1976) is an Italian professional boxer. A veteran of the sport for more than two decades, he held the European Union super-lightweight title from 2007 to 2010, and has challenged four times for the European super-lightweight title.

Professional career

Lauri made his professional debut on 20 December 1997, scoring a first-round stoppage over Frederic Rafhey, who also debuted. Fighting mainly in Switzerland and Italy throughout the next decade, Lauri also travelled to the UK in losing efforts against future world champions Ricky Hatton and Junior Witter.[1] On 22 September 2006, Lauri fought for his first major regional championship—the vacant European super-lightweight title—but lost a unanimous decision to Ted Bami. In a rematch with Bami on 30 March 2007, with the same title on the line, Lauri lost again via unanimous decision.[2]

Lauri became the European Union super-lightweight champion on 21 September 2007, stopping Michele di Rocco in seven rounds. They, too, would have a rematch many years later on 14 April 2012. In this fight, which had the now-vacant European Union super-lightweight title on the line, di Rocco stopped Lauri in the first round.[3] During his reign as European Union champion, Lauri would score wins over contenders Peter McDonagh, Ville Piispanen and Juho Tolppola. The fight against Tolppola, on 30 May 2009, ended in a highly controversial manner when Tolppola was first disqualified after ten rounds due to repeated fouls, after which his father stormed the ring and punched the referee.[4]

Further unsuccessful challenges for the European super-lightweight title came against Paul McCloskey on 11 June 2010[5] and Denis Shafikov on 23 September 2011,[6] both via stoppage. Beginning from the rematch with di Rocco, Lauri would suffer a seven-fight losing streak which was finally ended on 24 May 2014, with a second-round stoppage win over Lajos Bimbo.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
77Loss56–21Zdravko PopovUD627 Oct 2018
76Loss56–20Mohammed RabiiTKO3 (8), 24 Mar 2018
75Win56–19Denny LehmannTKO6 (10), 4 Mar 2017
74Loss55–19Sasha YengoyanUD814 Oct 2016
73Loss55–18Sebastien BouchardTKO2 (6), 28 Nov 2015
72Loss55–17Predrag RadosevicUD1217 May 2015
71Win55–16Rico SchultzKO7 (12), 3 Oct 2014
70Win54–16Lajos BimboTKO2 (6)24 May 2014
69Loss53–16Steve ClaggettUD89 Nov 2013
68Loss53–15Kevin BizierUD628 Sep 2013
67Loss53–14Mian HussainUD66 Sep 2013
66Loss53–13Samuel VargasUD821 Jun 2013
65Loss53–12Selçuk AydınUD1022 Mar 2013
64Loss53–11Ahmad CheikhoUD816 Feb 2013
63Loss53–10Michele di RoccoTKO1 (12)14 Apr 2012
62Win53–9Zsolt HamzaPTS414 Jan 2012
61Loss52–9Levan GhvamichavaTKO2 (8), 28 Oct 2011
60Loss52–8Denis Shafikov8 (12), 23 Sep 2011
59Win52–7Laszlo KomjathiPTS68 Jul 2011
58Win51–7Gabor NagyTKO1 (4)18 Feb 2011
57Loss50–7Paul McCloskeyKO11 (12), 11 Jun 2010
56Win50–6Ferenc SzaboKO1 (6)23 Apr 2010
55Win49–6János PetrovicsPTS618 Dec 2009
54Win48–6Juho TolppolaDQ10 (12), 30 May 2009
53Win47–6Ville PiispanenTKO6 (12)19 Dec 2008
52Win46–6Rastislav KovacTKO4 (6)16 May 2008
51Win45–6Peter McDonaghTKO6 (12), 29 Feb 2008
50Win44–6Laszlo KomjathiPTS616 Nov 2007
49Win43–6Michele di RoccoTKO7 (12)21 Sep 2007
48Loss42–6Ted BamiUD1230 Mar 2007
47Win42–5Miro DickyUD69 Jan 2007
46Loss41–5Ted BamiUD1222 Sep 2006
45Win41–4Wladimir BorovPTS627 Jul 2006
44Win40–4Brahim BarizPTS811 Oct 2005
43Win39–4Laszlo KomjathiTKO10 (12)25 Jun 2005
42Win38–4Laszlo KomjathiTKO3 (12)19 Feb 2005
41Win37–4Joseph SarkodieTKO3 (6)8 Dec 2004
40Win36–4Farid El HouariTKO9 (12)2 Jul 2004
39Win35–4Massimo BertozziTKO9 (10)14 May 2004
38Win34–4Hoang Sang NguyenPTS617 Apr 2004
37Win33–4Antonio PostigoPTS623 Dec 2003
36Win32–4Ruben Silva DiazTKO3 (10)12 Dec 2003
35Win31–4Vasile SurcicaPTS626 Sep 2003
34Loss30–4Levan KirakosyanTKO3 (6)5 Apr 2003
33Win30–3Alan SebireTKO2 (6), 7 Mar 2003
32Loss29–3Junior WitterTKO2 (12), 23 Nov 2002
31Win29–2Vasile HertegTKO8 (12)14 Jun 2002
30Win28–2Michel RaynaudPTS610 May 2002
29Win27–2Karim ChelloulTKO4 (6)8 Mar 2002
28Win27–2Massimo BertozziPTS1023 Dec 2001
27Win25–2Franco PalmieroTKO8 (10)14 Sep 2001
26Win24–2Alvaro Moreno Gamboa3 (8)17 Aug 2001
25Win23–2Ahmed MerichicheTKO3 (6)20 Apr 2001
24Win22–2Julio Cesar MeranUD62 Mar 2001
23Win21–2Joel ToinettePTS623 Dec 2000
22Win20–2Frédéric TrippPTS68 Dec 2000
21Loss19–2Ricky HattonTKO5 (12), 23 Sep 2000
20Win19–1Francesco CioffiPTS628 Jul 2000
19Win18–1Giani GogolKO1 (6)5 Jul 2000
18Win17–1Aziz MakloufiPTS831 Mar 2000
17Win16–1Sammy SparkmanTKO3 (12)17 Mar 2000
16Win15–1Jozef KubovskyTKO5 (6)12 Feb 2000
15Win14–1Andriy SyniepupovPTS1026 Nov 1999
14Loss13–1Allan Vester121 Oct 1999
13Win13–0Ruslan Konstandi824 Jul 1999
12Win12–0Joao Andrade QueijasKO2 (6)5 Jun 1999
11Win11–0Viktor PlotnykovTKO5 (6)21 May 1999
10Win10–0Ferenc Szakállas1 (6)24 Apr 1999
9Win9–0Jean-Paul MoulunTKO120 Feb 1999
8Win8–0Vyacheslav BarinovTKO6 (8)27 Dec 1998
7Win7–0Hamit RiahiTKO5 (6)14 Nov 1998
6Win6–0Rimvydas BiliusTKO5 (6)17 Oct 1998
5Win5–0Radoslav GaidevTKO4 (6)27 Sep 1998
4Win4–0Demir NanevTKO1 (4)25 Jul 1998
3Win3–0Asen Vasilev625 Apr 1998
2Win2–0Ahmed LainTKO4 (6)14 Mar 1998
1Win1–0Frederic Rafhey1 (6)20 Dec 1997

Notes and References

  1. Carey, Ben (November 2002). "Witter destroys Lauri and sends out warning to Hatton". SecondsOut Boxing. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. Slater, James (March 2007). "Bami Retains European Crown/Hunters Returns". SecondsOut Boxing. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  3. Sukachev, Alexey (14 April 2012). "Di Rocco Destroys Lauri in Rematch, Boschiero Wins". BoxingScene. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. http://www.iltasanomat.fi/muutlajit/art-1288338739638.html "Juho Tolppolan isä kävi tuomariin käsiksi tappio-ottelun lopuksi!"
  5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8736596.stm "Paul McCloskey beats Giuseppe Lauri in Euro title bout"
  6. Persson, Per Ake (23 September 2011). "Denis Shafikov Stops Giuseppe Lauri, Wins EBU Belt". BoxingScene. Retrieved 21 March 2016.