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Preciso Merlo

Male

Light-Heavyweight, Italy, Torino, Piemonte
Born: 16 December 1910, Torino, Piemonte, Italy
(some sources report: Hospi, Germany)

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1928
+ Sept. 22	Van Tongelem	Torino, Italy	TKO 6 (Rtd)
- Oct. 13	Presidio Pavesi	Torino, Italy	L 8
= Nov. 5	Oreste Colognato	Conegliano, Italy	Draw 8
1929
+ Jan. 19	Geo Sinclair	Torino, Italy	KO 9
+ Feb. 23	Presidio Pavesi	Torino, Italy	W 10
= May 9	Jean Moreau	Nice, France	Draw 10
+ June 2	Mario Filippini	Ferrara, Italy	W 10
+ June 27	Enzo Bonardi	Torino, Italy	W 6
+ Oct. 12	Rolleri	Torino, Italy	W 10
+ Nov. 16	Henry Sweres	Torino, Italy	KO 5
1930
- Feb. 15	Eugene Alonzo	Torino, Italy	L 10
+ Feb. 23	Emilio Bernasconi	Milano, Italy	W 10
+ Mar. 16	Nando Tassi	Milano, Italy	W 10
+ May 11	Rinaldo Palmucci	Roma, Italy	W 10
+ June 18	Van Coilis	Bruxelles, Belgium	KO 5
= July 16	Lou Westenraed	Malines, Belgium	Draw 10
+ Sept. 22	Westmoody	Torino, Italy	TKO 7
+ Oct. 28	Presidio Pavesi	Milano, Italy	W 10
- Dec. 18	Carlo Saraudi	Civitavecchia, Italy	L 12
1931
+ Feb. 10	Carlo Saraudi	Torino, Italy	W 15
(Won vacant Italian Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Mar. 11	Luis Logan	Barcelona, Spain	L 10
- May 16	Luis Logan	Barcelona, Spain	L 10
+ July 5	Eugene Alonzo	Valencia, Spain	KO 5
- July 18	Martinez de Alfara	Valencia, Spain	L 10
+ Sept. 5	Emilio Bernasconi	Torino, Italy	TKO 8 (Rtd)
1932
+ Feb. 18	Mario Lenzi	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Apr. 10	Pierre Castel	Torino, Italy	TKO 6
+ June 19	Ernesto Baggiani	Alessandria, Italy	W 8
+ Nov. 19	Mario Lenzi	Cuneo, Italy	W 10
+ Dec. 21	Maurice Griselle	Torino, Italy	W 12
1933
+ Mar. 28	Jean Moret	Paris, France	TKO 9
+ Apr. 22	Pierre Gandon	Paris, France	W 10
= May 10	John Andersson	Paris, France	Draw 10
+ June 14	John Andersson	Paris, France	W 10
+ July 2	Marcel Lauriot	Tortona, Italy	W 10
- Oct. 29	Domenico Ceccarelli	Roma, Italy	L 15
(For vacant Italian Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 12	Roger Royer	Torino, Italy	W 10
- Dec. 21	Michele Bonaglia	Torino, Italy	L 10
1934
+ Feb. 17	Domenico Ceccarelli	Torino, Italy	W 15
(Regained Italian Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Mar. 26	Lucien Delleau	Paris, France	W 8
+ May 17	Andre Lenglet	Paris, France	W 8
- July 25	John Andersson	Paris, France	L 8
= Sept. 10	Charley Belanger	White City,London, Great Britain	Draw 8
= Oct. 15	John Andersson	Paris, France	Draw 8
+ Nov. 29	Marcel Lauriot	Paris, France	TKO 6
1935
+ Jan. 11	Motzi Spakow	Paris, France	W 10
+ Mar. 8	Roger Royer	Paris, France	KO 6
+ Apr. 12	Adolf Heuser	Berlin, Germany	WDQ 1
+ May 14	Joe Zeeman	Paris, France	W 10
- May 23	Adolf Heuser	Berlin, Germany	L 10
+ Aug. 9	Adolf Witt	München, Germany	W 15
(Won vacant European Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Sept. 17	Heinz Lazek	Vienna, Austria	LDQ 13
(Lost European Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 7	Antonio Rodrigues	Lisbona, Portugal	L 10
1936
- Jan. 30	Leo Kelly	Sydney, Australia	cTKO by 8
- Feb. 20	Fred Henneberry	Sydney, Australia	L 15
- Apr. 22	Joe Klick	Sydney, Australia	L 15
+ May 15	Ambrose Palmer	Sydney, Australia	W 15
- July 2	Charles Rutz	Strasbourg, Belgium	L 10
+ Aug. 10	Oscar Andre	Vercelli, Italy	TKO 2
= Sept. 5	Karel Sys	Torino, Italy	Draw 12
+ Sept. 19	Rinaldo Paris	Bra, Italy	W 10
+ Nov. 11	Angelo Saruggia	Milano, Italy	W 10
+ Dec. 26	Vittorio Zanetti	Milano, Italy	W 10
1937
+ Jan. 18	Rinaldo Paris	Vercelli, Italy	W 10
= Jan. 22	Paul Wallner	Berlin, Germany	Draw 8
- Mar. 24	Gustave Roth	Bruxelles, Belgium	L 15
(For European and IBU World Light-Heavyweight Titles)
- Aug. 7	Arno Koelblin	Plauen, Germany	L 10
= Nov. 4	Vincenz Hower	Berlin, Germany	Draw 8
+ Dec. 20	Angelo Saruggia	Milano, Italy	W 10
1938
+ Feb. 7	Frank Hough	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Feb. 28	Tommy Martin	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Mar. 14	George Burke	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Apr. 16	Jacob Schoenrath	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 7 (Rtd)
+ July 6	Harry Weber	Torino, Italy	W 10
- Sept. 9	Adolf Heuser	Berlin, Germany	L 15
(For European Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 10	Al Delaney	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO by 9
= Nov. 24	Paul Kreitz	Berlin, Germany	Draw 10
+ Dec. 6	Angelo Saruggia	Roma, Italy	TKO 3 (Rtd)
1939
- Jan. 16	Al Delaney	London, Great Britain	L 10
+ June 27	Tino Rolando	Torino, Italy	W 10
- Aug. 11	Adolf Heuser	Berlin, Germany	KO by 2
(For European Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 1	Rinaldo Paris	Torino, Italy	W 10
= Dec. 12	Gerolamo Giusto	Torino, Italy	Draw 10
1940
+ Jan. 17	Gerolamo Giusto	Torino, Italy	W 10
= Mar. 10	Primo Bassi	Biella, Italy	Draw 10
+ Apr. 24	Antonio Mainardi	Genova, Italy	TKO 3
- May 8	Alfredo Oldoini	Torino, Italy	L 10
- June 8	Heinz Seidler	Berlin, Germany	TKO by 4 (Rtd)
+ Oct. 30	Nemesio Lazzari	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Dec. 12	Gerolamo Giusto	Milano, Italy	WDQ 9
(Won vacant Italian Heavyweight Title)
1941
- Jan. 5	Heinz Lazek	München, Germany	TKO by 8
= Apr. 24	Werner Selle	Torino, Italy	Draw 10
- June 27	Luigi Musina	Torino, Italy	KO by 3
(Lost Italian Heavyweight Title)
1942 Inactive
1943
= May 10	Francesco Anderlucci	Asti, Italy	Draw 8
+ June 16	Mentore Mazzali	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ June 26	Francesco Anderlucci	Roma, Italy	KO 3
- Oct. 20	Giovanni Martin	Torino, Italy	L 10
1944
- Jan. 7	Giovanni Martin	Torino, Italy	L 10
+ Feb. 27	Mentore Mazzali	Monza, Italy	W 8
- Apr. 30	Giovanni Martin	Torino, Italy	KO by 6
(For vacant Italian Heavyweight Title)
1945
= Feb. 25	Giorgio Milan	Asti, Italy	Draw 8
- Apr. 2	Mentore Mazzali	Milano, Italy	TKO by 4 (Rtd)
= Oct. 19	Giorgio Milan	Torino, Italy	Draw 8

Summary

Total bouts: 103, Won: 57 (18 inside the limit), Lost: 30 (8 inside the limit), Draw: 16, NC: 0