- Ralf Rocchigiani
Infobox_Boxer
name = Ralf Rocchigiani
nickname = Rocky II
realname= Ralf Rocchigiani
nationality= German
weight =Light Heavyweight
birth_date = birth date and age|1963|12|29
death_date =
birth_place =Duisburg-Rheinhausen ,Germany
home =Berlin ,Germany
style = Orthodox
total = 58
wins = 42
KO = 17
losses = 9
DQ = 0
draws = 7
no contests = 0Ralf Rocchigiani (born
February 13 1963 ) is a boxer fromDuisburg -Hamborn inGermany .He was often overlooked due to his more talented and successful younger brother,
Graciano Rocchigiani . He became a professional boxer in 1983 and won the German Cruiserweight championship in 1985. He failed in two attempts to win theEuropean Boxing Union Light Heavyweight championships. He also failed to take theWBO Cruiserweight championship fromTyrone Booze in 1992.He finally won the
WBO Cruiserweight championship on June 10, 1995, and held it for more than two years. He won the vacant title by scoring a technical knockout overCarl Thompson and defended it six times. He lost the title in a rematch with Thompson in 1997 and retired from boxing in 1999. Rocchigiani was contractually signed to German boxing promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl and his company "Universum Boxpromotions." He was trained by Fritz Sdunek.Today Ralf Rocchigiani owns a bar on the Savignyplatz in Berlin and also serves as a trainer for his brother
Graciano Rocchigiani .See also
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