| Michele di Rocco | |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Nickname: | The King |
| Weight: | Light-welterweight |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Foligno, Umbria, Italy |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 45 |
| Wins: | 41 |
| Ko: | 18 |
| Losses: | 3 |
| Draws: | 1 |
Michele di Rocco (born 4 May 1982) is an Italian professional boxer of Romani origin. He is a former European and European Union super-lightweight champion, and has challenged once for the WBA super-lightweight title. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships and represented Italy at the 2004 Olympics, both in the lightweight division.
On 2 October 2004, di Rocco made his professional debut against Marian Bunea, stopping him in four rounds. He won his first regional championship—the European Union super-lightweight title—on 26 December 2006, defeating Giorgio Marinelli via unanimous decision (UD). One defence of the title was made a month later, on 30 January 2007, when di Rocco travelled to Finland and scored a UD over Juho Tolppola. On 21 September 2007, di Rocco lost his title to veteran and fellow Italian Giuseppe Lauri, who stopped him in seven rounds. In a rematch five years later, on 14 April 2012, di Rocco stopped Lauri in one round to regain his now-vacant title.[1]
Di Rocco's career highlight came on 8 June 2013, when he defeated Lenny Daws via UD to win the vacant European super-lightweight title. However, the decision was highly disputed by Daws.[2] Four successful defences were made of the title over the following two years. On 28 May 2016, di Rocco travelled to Scotland to face former two-weight world champion Ricky Burns, with the vacant WBA super-lightweight title on the line. In a very one-sided fight where di Rocco was knocked down twice, Burns won by stopping him in the eighth round.[3]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Loss | 41–3–1 | Eduard Troyanovsky | TKO | 4 (10), | 1 Jul 2017 | |||
| 44 | Win | 41–2–1 | Mikheil Avakyan | 4 (6) | 25 Mar 2017 | ||||
| 43 | Loss | 40–2–1 | Ricky Burns | TKO | 8 (12), | 28 May 2016 | |||
| 42 | Win | 40–1–1 | Alexandre Lepelley | KO | 8 (12) | 30 May 2015 | |||
| 41 | Win | 39–1–1 | Kasper Bruun | TKO | 9 (12) | 28 Feb 2015 | |||
| 40 | Win | 38–1–1 | Ruben Nieto | UD | 12 | 3 Oct 2014 | |||
| 39 | Win | 37–1–1 | Istvan Kiss | KO | 3 (6) | 17 May 2014 | |||
| 38 | Win | 36–1–1 | Ville Piispanen | UD | 12 | 21 Dec 2013 | |||
| 37 | Win | 35–1–1 | Lenny Daws | UD | 12 | 8 Jun 2013 | |||
| 36 | Win | 34–1–1 | Laszlo Robert Balogh | TKO | 1 (6) | 20 Oct 2012 | |||
| 35 | Win | 33–1–1 | Giuseppe Lauri | TKO | 1 (12) | 14 Apr 2012 | |||
| 34 | Win | 32–1–1 | Laszlo Szekeres | PTS | 6 | 27 Jan 2012 | |||
| 33 | Win | 31–1–1 | Laszlo Robert Balogh | TKO | 1 (6), | 7 Oct 2011 | |||
| 32 | Win | 30–1–1 | Robert Cristea | PTS | 6 | 22 Jul 2011 | |||
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Laszlo Komjathi | PTS | 6 | 4 Dec 2010 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Peter McDonagh | PTS | 6 | 24 Jul 2010 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Arnold Turos | KO | 2 (6), | 12 Mar 2010 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Carlos Winston Velasquez | PTS | 6 | 25 Sep 2009 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Attila Molnar | KO | 4 (6) | 17 Jul 2009 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Juan Martinez | PTS | 8 | 26 Jun 2009 | |||
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | Hassan Saku | TKO | 2 (6) | 28 May 2009 | |||
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | János Petrovics | PTS | 6 | 20 Feb 2009 | |||
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | János Petrovics | PTS | 6 | 19 Dec 2008 | |||
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Rafael Chiruta | PTS | 6 | 14 Nov 2008 | |||
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Ferenc Szabo | KO | 4 (6) | 12 Jul 2008 | |||
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Laszlo Szekeres | PTS | 6 | 9 Jun 2008 | |||
| 19 | Loss | 17–1–1 | Giuseppe Lauri | TKO | 7 (12) | 21 Sep 2007 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Zoltan Kalocsai | 2 (6), | 25 May 2007 | ||||
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Mircea Lurci | TKO | 3 (6) | 27 Apr 2007 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Juho Tolppola | UD | 12 | 30 Jan 2007 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Giorgio Marinelli | UD | 12 | 26 Dec 2006 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Anton Glofak | TKO | 4 (6) | 15 Jul 2006 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Kalman Norbert Gagyi | PTS | 6 | 23 Jun 2006 | |||
| 12 | Draw | 11–0–1 | Giorgio Marinelli | 10 | 9 Jun 2006 | ||||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Miro Dicky | PTS | 6 | 26 May 2006 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Antonio Mastantuono | TKO | 7 (10), | 17 Mar 2006 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Massimo Bertozzi | UD | 10 | 21 Oct 2005 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Elad Shmouel | 10 | 8 Aug 2005 | ||||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Igor Krbusik | TKO | 2 (6) | 20 May 2005 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Csaba Toth | PTS | 6 | 21 Mar 2005 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Roland Dekany | TKO | 5 (6) | 1 Mar 2005 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jozef Kubovsky | PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 2004 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Nicolae Burloi | 6 | 27 Nov 2004 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Veselin Dimitrov Vasilev | TKO | 3 (6), | 15 Oct 2004 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Marian Bunea | 4 (6), | 2 Oct 2004 |