SPORT & NOTE
Umberto Vernaglione

Male

Welterweight, Italy, Taranto, Puglia
Born: 24 April 1933, Taranto, Puglia, Italy
(some sources report: 14 April 1933)

as an amateur:
1948 Roma, Italian Novice Championships winner
1950 Parma, Italian Championships lightweight 2nd place
1951 Bologna, Italian Championships super-lightweight 3rd place
1952 Trieste, Italian Championships super-lightweight 2nd place

Amateur results provided by Pietro Anselmi
Fights summary: 70 contests, won 49, lost 14, drew 7
(+WO victory not counted)


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1948
- Feb. 26De GregorioTaranto, Italy LPTS 3
+ Apr. 15ConfessoTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
+ May 8SimonettiTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
= June 19AndrianiTaranto, Italy Draw 3
+ July 3BonfrateTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
+ July 10De GregorioTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
= July 17SimonettiTaranto, Italy Draw 3
= Aug. 1PirosciaBrindisi, Italy Draw 3
+ Aug. 25LeoneTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
+ Sept. 16PirosciaTaranto, Italy WKO 2
+ Sept. 18LeoniFrangipane, Italy WPTS 3
- Sept. 21TaurisanoTaranto, Italy LPTS 3
+ Nov. 1PisciottaTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
Taranto, Italy, Puglia-Basilicata Regional Novice Championships winner
+ Dec. 4GioveTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
+ Dec. 5BlasiTaranto, Italy WWO
Roma, Italy, Italian National Novice Championships winner
+ Dec. 17ZeniRoma, Italy WKO 1
+ Dec. 18GuerreschiRoma, Italy WAB 2
+ Dec. 19DiamantinRoma, Italy WPTS 3
1949
+ Feb. 27MarinelliBrindisi, Italy WPTS 3
+ Mar. 8Felice GalloBari, Italy WPTS 3
- Mar. 9VenetoBari, Italy LPTS 3
= Apr. 17SiniTaranto, Italy Draw 3
= Apr. 24Felice GalloSan Severo, Italy Draw 3
+ May 30RainieriPotenza, Italy WPTS 3
+ June 13De LeonardisBrindisi, Italy WPTS 3
+ Sept. 25SmilesTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
+ Oct. 2TedescoTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
+ Oct. 27GuidiTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
- Nov. 28Lo RussoRoma, Italy LPTS 3
+ Dec. 16ColaianniTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
1950
Potenza, Italy, Puglia-Basilicata Regional Championships winner, 61.200 kg
+ Apr. 7TaurisanoPotenza, Italy WPTS 3
+ Apr. 8LoprienoPotenza, Italy WKO 2
Parma, Italy, Italian Championships 2nd place, 61.200 kg
+ Apr. 26Alcide AgatiParma, Italy WTKO 2
+ Apr. 27Fausto CastellaniParma, Italy WTKO 1
+ Apr. 28Fernando FuschiniParma, Italy WPTS 3
- Apr. 29Marcello PadovaniParma, Italy LPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Ireland, 61.200 kg
+ May 13Joe FoleyRoma, Italy WPTS 3
+ June 19QuartaBari, Italy WTKO 2
Annecy, France, Dual Match France vs Italy, 61.200 kg
= July 15PerillatAnnecy, France Draw 3
Annecy, France, Dual Match France vs Italy, 61.200 kg
+ Aug. 26ColaianniTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
+ Sept. 3Di CandiaBarletta, Italy WKO 2
+ Sept. 25GallowayTaranto, Italy WKO 1
Napoli, Italy, Dual Match Napoli vs Beograd, 63.500 kg
- Sept. 30Pavle SovljanskiNapoli, Italy LTKO 3
1951
Taranto, Italy, Puglia-Basilicata Regional Championships winner, 63.500 kg
+ Feb. 24Cosimo MalcarneTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
+ Feb. 25GiorgettiTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
Bologna, Italy, Italian Championships 3rd place, 63.500 kg
+ Mar. 7ZoppelloBologna, Italy WPTS 3
- Mar. 8Marcello PadovaniBologna, Italy LPTS 3
+ June 21SignorelliFloridia, Italy WPTS 3
+ June 24Mario ZambettaBari, Italy WAB 2
- July 17Corrado MancarellaFloridia, Italy LPTS 3
= July 30Teodoro ChiriacòBrindisi, Italy Draw 3
+ Aug. 18Teodoro ChiriacòTaranto, Italy WKO 1
- Aug. 19Corrado MancarellaFloridia, Italy LPTS 3
Algiers, Algeria, Dual Match North Africa vs Italy, 63.500 kg
+ Sept. 10Rachid BoukloufaAlgiers, Algeria WPTS 3
Algiers, Algeria, Dual Match Algeria vs Italy, 63.500 kg
+ Sept. 12Mohamed BenchacalAlgiers, Algeria WPTS 3
+ Sept. 19Cosimo MalcarneTaranto, Italy WTKO 2
+ Oct. 17Germano CavalieriPorto Recanati, Italy WPTS 3
Dublin, Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Italy, 63.500 kg
- Nov. 2Terry MilliganDublin, Ireland LPTS 3
- Nov. 10George ArnoldDublin, Ireland LPTS 3
+ Dec. 21Alfredo BeoniGenova, Italy WPTS 3
- Dec. 22Bruno VisintinLa Spezia, Italy LPTS 3
+ Dec. 23SicurtàGenova, Italy WPTS 3
1952
+ Feb. 10Teodoro ChiriacòTaranto, Italy WPTS 3
Trieste, Italy, Italian National Championships 2nd place, 63.500 kg
+ Mar. 5Giuseppe GramegnaTrieste, Italy WPTS 3
+ Mar. 6Giovanni FrigeriTrieste, Italy WPTS 3
+ Mar. 7Pietro RandazzoTrieste, Italy WPTS 3
- Mar. 8Bruno VisintinTrieste, Italy LPTS 3
+ Apr. 23PostecRoma, Italy WPTS 3
Bari, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Turkey, 63.500 kg
+ May 25Alp OtsarBari, Italy WTKO 2
- June 12Bruno VisintinPorto Recanati, Italy LPTS 3
+ July 31Teodoro ChiriacòBrindisi, Italy WPTS 3

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1953
+ Feb. 26Ivo TramontanoTaranto, ItalyTKO 1
+ May 14Benito RovinelliMilano, ItalyW 6
+ June 24Franco LivioMilano, ItalyKO 2
+ July 10Mario CasellatoMilano, ItalyW 6
+ Aug. 12Danilo BottoniTaranto, ItalyKO 1
+ Aug. 29Fausto BorratoBari, ItalyTKO 2
+ Sept. 19Silvano LocatelliBari, ItalyKO 8
+ Nov. 4Mario UrsiniMilano, ItalyW 8
+ Dec. 4Andre GuyonMilano, ItalyW 8
+ Dec. 28Paolo PozziBologna, ItalyKO 3
1954
+ Jan. 11Duilio BianchiniBologna, ItalyW 8
- Jan. 25Luigi ColuzziBologna, ItalyL 10
+ Mar. 6Giovanni BidiniBari, ItalyTKO 3
+ Mar. 17Louis CaucinoMilano, ItalyKO 1
+ May 17Luigi MALÈBologna, ItalyW 10
+ June 16Antonio LopezMilano, Italy W 8
+ Sept. 3Luigi MALÈRoma, ItalyTKO 2 (Rtd)
+ Sept. 24Gerard LaurentMilano, ItalyTKO 3
+ Oct. 3Stefano BellottiBologna, ItalyW 10
+ Oct. 25Franco RizzottiTaranto, ItalyKO 2
+ Dec. 23Vincent O'KineMilano, ItalyTKO 7
1955
- Jan. 10Jean RuelletBologna, ItalyL 10
+ Feb. 22Jean RuelletTaranto, ItalyW 10
+ Mar. 31Bruno MarosteganTaranto, ItalyW 10
- May 5Peter KingMilano, ItalyTKO by 6
+ July 3Kurt IblTaranto, ItalyTKO 5
+ Sept. 27Jose SeguraTaranto, ItalyKO 3
+ Dec. 17Ferruccio ConsortiTaranto, ItalyKO 6
1956
+ Jan. 21Mario CiccarelliMilano, ItalyW 10
+ Mar. 28Sigmund JarychTaranto, ItalyW 10
+ May 30Helmut HohmannTaranto, ItalyKO 4
+ July 8Stefano BellottiTaranto, ItalyW 12
(Won vacant Italian Welterweight Title)
- Oct. 21Pierre MondinoGeneva, SwitzerlandLDQ 7
+ Oct. 29Idrissa DioneBologna, ItalyW 10
1957
+ Jan. 25 Giancarlo GarbelliTaranto, ItalyWDQ 5
(Retained Italian Welterweight Title)
= Feb. 18Sauveur ChioccaBologna, ItalyDraw 10
- July 8 Giancarlo GarbelliBologna, ItalyLDQ 6
(Lost Italian Welterweight Title)
- July 17Stefano BellottiRoma, ItalyLDQ 7
= Dec. 2Maurice AuzelBologna, ItalyDraw 8
1958
+ Jan. 27Georges DeVosBologna, ItalyW 8
= Apr. 28Ernesto BallabioBologna, ItalyDraw 8
+ June 4Roberto ContiBologna, ItalyKO 5
- July 5Fortunato MancaCagliari, ItalyL 10
+ July 14Joseph N'GanBologna, ItalyW 8
- Aug. 9Giampaolo MelisCagliari, ItalyLDQ 3
+ Oct. 6Eddie KindermansBologna, ItalyTKO 5
+ Dec. 17Sixto TiselliBologna, ItalyW 8
1959
+ Jan. 12Gheresellasie FretzghiBologna, ItalyW 8
- Feb. 23Ferdinando ProiettiBologna, ItalyKO by 1
- Oct. 31Geppino GentilettiPesaro, ItalyL 10

 

Summary

Total bouts: 50, Won: 37 (18 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 0