Maurizio Stecca
Encyclopedia
Maurizio Stecca is an Italian former boxer
, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal
at the 1984 Summer Olympics
.
His brother Loris Stecca
was also a professional boxer.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal
Olympic medalists in boxing
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in boxing from 1904 to 2008.-Light flyweight:*1968 - : up to 48 kg.-Flyweight:*1904: up to 105 lb *1920-1936: up to 112 lb *1948-1964: up to 51 kg...
at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
.
His brother Loris Stecca
Loris Stecca
Loris Stecca Loris Stecca Loris Stecca (born March 30, 1960 is an Italian former world champion boxer. His brother Maurizio is also a former boxer and held the WBO world Featherweight title shortly during the late 1990s.-Professional career:...
was also a professional boxer.
Professional career
Stecca began his professional career in 1984 and compiled a career record of 49-4-0. He won the WBO Featherweight Title in 1991 and successfully defended it three times.Amateur accomplishments
- 1979-1981 Italian Bantamweight Champion
- 1984 Olympic Bantamweight Gold Medalist. Results were:
- Defeated Philip Sutcliffe (Ireland) points
- Defeated Star Zulu (Zambia) points
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(Dominican Republic) points - Defeated Héctor LópezHéctor López (boxer)Héctor López Colín was a Mexican boxer who was the NABF and WBO NABO Light Welterweight Champion. He also won an Olympic Silver medal for Mexico in the Bantamweight division.-Amateur career:...
(Mexico) points