Sport & Note

Erminio Spalla

Male

Heavyweight, Italy, Roma, Lazio
Born: 7 July 1897, Borgo San Martino, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy
(some sources report: Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy)
Died: 14 August 1971, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Height: 6ft 1in, mt 1,85

(brother of Giuseppe Spalla)

The fight record of Erminio Spalla
was completed by Pietro Anselmi

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1918
+ Feb. 23	Giorgio Gasparinetto	Milano, Italy	TKO 2 (Rtd)
1919
* Jan. 30	Pietro Buffi	Roma, Italy	ND 4
+ Jan. 30	Giuseppe Cavalli	Roma, Italy	TKO 3 (Rtd)
* Feb. 20	Attilio De Gregori	Genova, Italy	ND 5
+ Apr. 16	Grazioli	Torino, Italy	TKO 2 (Rtd)
+ June 21	Van Den Heyds	Joinville, France	KO 2
+ July 6	Pettitbrige	Joinville, France	W 10
(Won Inter-Allied Heavyweight Tournament)
^ Sept. 9	Giuseppe Spalla	Milano, Italy	Exh 5
+ Nov. 29	Constant Barrick	Milano, Italy	KO 4
+ Dec. 27	Gustave Marthuin	Milano, Italy	TKO 11 (Rtd)
1920
+ Jan. 15	Louis Laporte	Roma, Italy	W 15
+ Feb. 8	Blink McCloskey	Milano, Italy	TKO 8 (Rtd)
+ Feb. 22	Estirac	Roma, Italy	KO 9
^ Aug. 1	Mariano Barbaresi	Intra, Italy	Exh 5
^ Aug. 12	Mariano Barbaresi	Stresa, Italy	Exh 5
+ Aug. 13	Louis Laporte	Milano, Italy	W 12
+ Sept. 5	Eugenio Pilotta	Milano, Italy	KO 4
(Won Italian Heavyweight Title)
= Oct. 15	Hans Breitenstraeter	Berlin, Germany	Draw 15
- Nov. 18	Tom Cowler	Berlin, Germany	TKO by 6 (Rtd)
+ Dec. 13	Jack Ritchie	Blackfriars, Great Britain	TKO 4 (Rtd)
1921
+ Jan. 13	Bert Kenny	Kensington, Great Britain	WDQ 7
- Mar. 14	Guardsman Charlie Penwill	Blackfriars, Great Britain	L 15
+ May 19	Frank Hagney	Newark, USA	KO 10
* May 31	Young Bob Fitzsimmons	Newark, USA	ND 10
+ Oct. 12	Bobby McCann	Newark, USA	W 12
- Oct. 19	Jim Coffey	Brooklyn, USA	L 12
1922
+ Jan. 2	Italian Jack Herman	Newark, USA	KO 9
+ May 7	Hans Breitenstraeter	Milano, Italy	KO 7
+ May 27	Paul Hams	Roma, Italy	W 15
+ June 29	Jeff De Paus	Roma, Italy	KO 7
+ July 16	George Roberts	Padova, Italy	KO 6
+ July 23	Tom Ireland	Bologna, Italy	KO 5
+ Sept. 9	Paul Journee	Milano, Italy	TKO 8 (Rtd)
+ Oct. 8	Bruno Braida	Cagliari, Italy	TKO 6
+ Oct. 27	Arthur Arthus	Genova, Italy	KO 2
+ Dec. 2	Alphonse Rogiers	Milano, Italy	TKO 6 (Rtd)
+ Dec. 22	Charlie Penwill	Milano, Italy	W 15
1923
+ Jan. 27	Tom Cowler	Milano, Italy	KO 6
+ Mar. 1	Jose Teixidor	Milano, Italy	TKO 10 (Rtd)
+ May 20	Piet van der Veer	Milano, Italy	W 20
(Won vacant European Heavyweight Title)
= Sept. 22	Jack Humbeeck	Milano, Italy	Draw 20
(Retained European Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 1	Mariano Barbaresi	Roma, Italy	TKO 5 (Rtd)
(Regained vacant Italian Heavyweight Title)
1924
- Mar. 7	Luis Angel Firpo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO by 14
+ May 11	Santos Benedicto	Sao Paulo, Brazil	KO 9
- June 26	Gene Tunney	Bronx, USA	TKO by 7
+ Aug. 14	Fred Mays	Elizabeth, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 28	Martin Burke	Paterson, USA	W 12
+ Sept. 28	Piet van der Veer	Milano, Italy	W 20
(Retained European Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 25	Jeff DePaus	Napoli, Italy	KO 2
+ Dec. 27	Max Williams	Torino, Italy	KO 1
1925 Inactive
1926
+ Jan. 17	Daan Holtkamp	Milano, Italy	KO 2
- Apr. 3	Luis Angel Firpo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	L 12
= Apr. 21	Joe Boykin	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Draw 10
- May 18	Paulino Uzcudun	Barcelona, Spain	L 15
(Lost European Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 26	Daan Holtkamp	Milano, Italy	KO 3
1927
- Apr. 16	Victorio Campolo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO by 7
- June 6	Luigi Buffi	Firenze, Italy	KO by 4
- Sept. 25	Riccardo Bertazzolo	Milano, Italy	KO by 2
(For Italian Heavyweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 55, Won: 39 (29 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (6 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 3