Sandro Casamonica (born December 3, 1969, in Rome) is a professional boxer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Athens, Greece. Nicknamed Zorba, he made his professional debut in 1992.

Sandro Casamonica
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men’s Boxing
European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Athens Featherweight

Casamonica won the WBO Inter-Continental Lightweight Title on December 17, 1999, by defeating Victor Baute of Spain. A year later he captured the WBA International Lightweight Title after knocking down Hungary's Zoltan Kalocsai. He was stripped of the title on February 18, 2002, due to his failure to defend his belt against Miguel Callist.

Professional boxing record edit

39 fights 34 wins 5 losses
By knockout 21 3
By decision 13 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, Time Date Location Notes
39 Loss 34–5  Paulie Malignaggi TD 7 (12) 4 Dec 2004   Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, US Fight stopped due to a cut caused by an accidental head clash - went to the scorecards;For WBC International super lightweight title
38 Win 34–4  Samir Hamzaoui PTS 6 24 Jul 2004   Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy
37 Win 33–4  Marian Leondraliu PTS 6 8 May 2004   Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy
36 Win 32–4  Franck Patte PTS 6 9 Dec 2003   Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy
35 Win 31–4  Nasser Lakrib PTS 6 14 Oct 2003   PalaItalia, Milan, Italy
34 Win 30–4  Mircea Lurci PTS 6 22 Jul 2003   Piazza della Vittoria, Pavia, Italy
33 Loss 29–4  Jason Cook KO 3 (12) 2 Aug 2002   San Mango d'Aquino, Calabria, Italy For vacant EBU European lightweight title
32 Win 29–3  Abdelilah Touil UD 12 9 Nov 2001   Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy Retained WBA Inter-Continental lightweight title
31 Win 28–3  Zoltan Kalocsai KO 4 (12) 10 Aug 2001   Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy Won WBA Inter-Continental lightweight title
30 Win 27–3  Ali Lefenni KO 5 (6) 26 May 2001   Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
29 Win 26–3  Kimoun Kouassi PTS 6 17 Mar 2001   Rome, Lazio, Italy
28 Win 25–3  Sunday Aderoju PTS 6 17 Feb 2001   Padua, Veneto, Italy
27 Win 24–3  Manuel Gomes PTS 6 28 Jul 2000   Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
26 Loss 23–3  Artur Grigorian TKO 9 (12) 1:48 19 Feb 2000   Estrel Hotel, Neukölln, Germany For WBO lightweight title
25 Win 23–2  Víctor Manuel Baute KO 5 (12) 17 Dec 1999   Trapani, Sicily, Italy Won WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title
24 Win 22–2  Adrian Parlogea KO 3 (?) 16 Oct 1999   PalaCinghiale, Bondeno, Italy
23 Win 21–2  Eugen Parvu TKO 3 (6) 7 Aug 1999   Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy
22 Loss 20–2  Billy Schwer RTD 8 (12) 1:27 8 May 1999   York Hall, Bethnal Green, England, UK Casamonica turned his back and walked to his corner;For EBU European lightweight title
21 Win 20–1  Gianni Gelli KO 6 (10) 24 Oct 1998   San Marino City, San Marino Retained Federazione Pugilistica Italiana lightweight title
20 Win 19–1  Athos Menegola TKO 6 (10) 6 Dec 1997   PalaGallo, Catanzaro, Italy Fight stopped due to injury;Retained Federazione Pugilistica Italiana lightweight title
19 Win 18–1  Massimo Bertozi KO 1 (10) 15 Oct 1997   Cadelbosco di Sopra, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Won Federazione Pugilistica Italiana lightweight title
18 Win 17–1  Vukašin Dobrašinović TKO 3 (8) 9 Aug 1997   San Gennaro Vesuviano, Campania, Italy Fight stopped due to injury
17 Win 16–1  Zoran Sekularac TKO 7 (?) 10 May 1997   PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
16 Win 15–1  Mike Fernandez TKO 5 (?) 19 Apr 1997   Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy
15 Win 14–1  Alberto Lopez PTS 8 12 Oct 1996   Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Milan, Italy
14 Win 13–1  Pascal Montulet TKO 2 (?) 20 Jun 1996   Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Milan, Italy
13 Win 12–1  Antonio Strabello TKO 2 (?) 9 Mar 1996   Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy
12 Win 11–1  Smal Jakupi TKO 3 (?) 1:03 10 Feb 1996   PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
11 Win 10–1  Alfonso Garcia KO 2 (?) 16 Dec 1995   Voghera, Lombardy, Italy
10 Win 9–1  Michelle Dahmani TKO 5 (?) 14 Jul 1995   Sheraton Rome Parco de Medici, Rome, Italy
9 Loss 8–1  Mazasi Kongodi PTS 8 17 Feb 1995   Rome, Lazio, Italy
8 Win 8–0  Mohamed Soltani TKO 5 (?) 26 Dec 1994   Rome, Lazio, Italy
7 Win 7–0  Aladar Horvath PTS 6 2 Nov 1994   PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
6 Win 6–0  Rachid Bouri TKO 2 (?) 24 Nov 1993   Palasport Flaminio, Rimini, Italy
5 Win 5–0  Mazasi Kongodi PTS 6 24 Sep 1993   PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
4 Win 4–0  Ferenc Szakallas PTS 6 30 Jul 1993   Salò, Lombardy, Italy
3 Win 3–0  Janos Santa TKO 2 (?) 5 Mar 1993   Lumezzane, Lombardy, Italy
2 Win 2–0  Dragutin Barcanac KO 5 (6) 19 Dec 1992   Mediolanum Forum, San Severo, Italy
1 Win 1–0  Miljenko Vuletin KO 4 (6) 7 Oct 1992   Priverno, Lazio, Italy Professional debut

References edit