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Salvatore Burruni

BORN   April 11 1933; Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
DIED March 30 2004
HEIGHT.. 5-2 1/2
WEIGHT 110-118 lbs
MANAGER Umberto Brachini

Burruni was a talented boxer who won the WBC Flyweight Championship of the World, the WBA Flyweight Championship of the World, the EBU Bantamweight Championship of Europe, the EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe and the Flyweight Championship of Italy during his career

Herb Goldman ranked Burruni as the #23 All-Time Flyweight

*** AN AMATEUR BOUT ***
1956
        Vladimir Stolnikov        Melbourne, Vic, Australia           L  3
           -This bout was part of the Olympic Games Flyweight Competition


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***
1957
Apr  3 Maurice Sevelle            Milan, Italy                       TK  4
Apr 27 Luigi Sguaita              Milan, Italy                        W  6
May 29 Salvatore Petrangeli       Milan, Italy                        W  6
Jun 26 Giacomo Spano              Milan, Italy                        D  6
Jul 20 Giacomo Spano              Alghero, Italy                      W  8
Oct 10 Angelo Rampin              Alghero, Italy                      W  6
Dec 14 Elio DeWitt                Alghero, Italy                      W  6

1958
Feb 15 Aristide Pozzali           Milan, Italy                        L  8
Mar  1 Giacomo Spano              Milan, Italy                        W  8
Apr 27 Pompeo Cicognani           Milan, Italy                        W  6
Jul  5 Salvatore Petrangeli       Alghero, Italy                     TK  6
Aug 27 Stefano Urbani             Sassari, Italy                     TK  8
Sep 27 Giacomo Spano              Alghero, Italy                      W 12
          -Flyweight Championship of Italy
Oct 12 Horacio Accavallo          Cagliari, Italy                     L  8

1959
Jan 31 Giancarlo Montanari        Milan, Italy                        W  6
Feb 28 Valentino Campagni         Milan, Italy                        W  8
Apr 18 Francisco Raton Osuna      Alghero, Italy                      W 10
May 27 Salvatore Manca            Milan, Italy                        W 12
          -Flyweight Championship of Italy
Aug  1 Horacio Accavallo          Sassari, Italy                      W 10
Aug 29 Santos Seoane              Alghero, Italy                      W 10
Sep 26 Jose Suaret                Alghero, Italy                     TK  9
Dec 23 Giacomo Spano              Alghero, Italy                      W 12
          -Flyweight Championship of Italy

1960
Mar 16 Albert Younsy              Milan, Italy                        L 10
May 19 Henry Schmidt              Sassari, Italy                      W 10
Jul 10 Angelo Rampin              Alghero, Italy                      W 12
          -Flyweight Championship of Italy
Aug  6 Pancho Bhattachaji         Cagliari, Italy                     W  8
Aug 14 Edgar Basel                Sassari, Italy                      W 10
Oct 30 Salvatore Manca            Cagliari, Italy                     W 12
          -Flyweight Championship of Italy

1961
Feb 25 Albert Younsy              Alghero, Italy                      W 10
Apr  2 Kamara Diop                Alghero, Italy                      W 10
Jun  4 Jacques Jacob              Alghero, Italy                      W 10
Jun 29 Risto Luukkonen            Alghero, Italy                      W 15
          -EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe
Aug 13 Derek Lloyd                San Remo, Italy                    TK  6
          -EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe
          Some sources report 8/01/61
Sep  2 Lazaro Ben Layachi         Cagliari, Italy                    TK  8
          -Some sources report "Lazaro Ben Layesi"
Sep 20 Francisco Carreno          Rome, Italy                         W 10
Sep 30 Henry Schmidt              Cagliari, Italy                     W 10
Oct 21 Albert Younsy              Milan, Italy                        W 10
Oct 27 Michel Lamora              Rome, Italy                         W  8
Dec 20 Christian Marchand         Milan, Italy                        W 10

1962
Mar  7 Henry Schmidt              Milan, Italy                       TK  5
Apr  7 Jean-Claude Leroy          Genoa, Italy                        W 10
Apr 29 Bernard Jubert             Milan, Italy                        W 10
Jun 30 Mimoun Ben Ali             St. Vincent d'Aoste, Italy          W 15
          -EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe
Jul 23 Rafael Fernandez           Naples, Italy                       W 10
Aug  4 Ramon Casal                Genoa, Italy                        W 10
Sep 14 Pierre Rossi               Milan, Italy                        W 15
          -EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe
Nov 27 Manolin Alvarez            Turin, Italy                       KO  6

1963
Jan 11 Carlos Zayas               Milan, Italy                        W 10
Jan 26 Rafael Fernandez           Alghero, Italy                      W 10
Feb 22 Jean-Claude Leroy          Alessandria, Italy                  W 10
Mar 21 Luis Rodriguez Aguado      Jesolo, Italy                      TK  8
Apr  5 Jose Neves Martins         Turin, Italy                       TK  9
May 11 Jean Leroux                Alghero, Italy                     TK  5
Jun  8 Jose Luis Martinez         Alessandria, Italy                 TK  7
          -Some sources report "W 10"
Jul  5 Rene Libeer                Alessandria, Italy                  W 15
          -EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe
Aug  3 Baby John                  Cagliari, Italy                    TK  6
Aug 18 Jacques Jacob              San Remo, Italy                    TK  9
Sep  1 Jose Luis Martinez         Alghero, Italy                     TK  7
Sep 14 Felix Alonso               Canelli, Italy                      W 10
Oct  8 Mick Hussey                Rome, Italy                        TK  6
Oct 19 Luis Rodriguez Aguado      Turin, Italy                       TK  8
Nov 15 Kofi Mustapha              Sassari, Italy                     KO  4
Dec 13 Chilango Gomez             Rome, Italy                        TK  4
Dec 23 Alex O'Neill               Sassari, Italy                     TK  5

1964
Jan 17 Francisco Carreno          Padua, Italy                        W 10
Jan 25 Jean-Claude Leroy          Naples, Italy                      TK  6
Feb 21 Brian Cartwright           Rome, Italy                         W 10
Apr 24 Walter McGowan             Rome, Italy                         W 15
          -EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe
Jun 14 Antonio Lazaro Blanquer    Sassari, Italy                      W 10
Jun 26 Natalio Jimenez            Turin, Italy                        W 10
Jul  4 Angel Chinea               Ceccano, Italy                     KO  3
Jul 18 Rafael Fernandez           Follonica, Italy                    W 10
Aug  8 Rafael Fernandez           Rimini, Italy                       W 10
Sep 12 Baby John                  Rome, Italy                         W 10
Sep 29 Antonio Lazaro Blanquer    Terracina, Italy                    W 10
Nov 12 Francisco Berdonces        Milan, Italy                        W 10
Nov 25 Antonio Lazaro Blanquer    Bologna, Italy                     TK  7
Dec 12 Jose Robledo               Trieste, Italy                      W 10
Dec 26 Jose Robledo               Genoa, Italy                        W 10

1965
Mar 18 Joseph Horny               Milan, Italy                       TK  5
Apr 23 Pone Kingpetch             Rome, Italy                         W 15
          -WBC Flyweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Flyweight Championship of the World
May 29 Francisco Berdonces        Frosinone, Italy                   TK  7
Jun 11 Demetrio Carbajal          Rome, Italy                        TK  7
Jun 28 Jerry Stokes               Naples, Italy                       W 10
Jul  7 Michel Lamora              Rimini, Italy                       W 10
Aug  7 Horacio Accavallo          Buenos Aires, Argentina             L 10
Oct  7 Katsuyoshi Takayama        Tokyo, Japan                        L 10
Nov    -Burruni was stripped of the WBA Flyweight Championship
          for failing to face Horacio Accavallo
Dec  2 Rocky Gattellari           Sydney, NSW, Australia             KO 13
          -WBC Flyweight Championship of the World

1966
Jan 26 Ray Jutras                 Turin, Italy                       KO  4
Feb  8 Chartchai Chionoi          Bangkok, Thailand                   L 10
Jun 14 Walter McGowan             London, England                     L 15
          -WBC Flyweight Championship of the World
Aug 14 Wellington Villela         Portoscuso, Italy                   W 10
Sep 25 Felix Alonso               Viterbo, Italy                     TK  4
Oct 27 Spider McNortey            Sassari, Italy                      W 10
Dec 23 Carl Taylor                Rome, Italy                        KO  5

1967
Feb 11 Antonio Lopez              Cagliari, Italy                     W  8
Feb 24 Pierre Vetroff             Turin, Italy                       LT  7
Apr 28 Wellington Villela         Genoa, Italy                        W 10
Jul 29 Jose Arranz                Cagliari, Italy                     W 10
Aug 27 Tony Alonso                Sant' Antioco, Italy               KO  2
          -Some sources report "Felix Alonso"
Nov 28 Marc Van Domme             Sassari, Italy                      W 10

1968
Jan 10 Mimoun Ben Ali             Naples, Italy                       W 15
          -EBU Bantamweight Championship of Europe
Mar  9 Manolin Alvarez            Padua, Italy                        W 10
          -Some sources report 3/10/68
Mar 30 Ruben Olivares             Mexico City, Mex                   LF  3
          -Some sources report "LK 3";
          Some sources report 3/31/68
Jun 27 Billy Brown                Sassari, Italy                      W 10
          -Some sources report "Virgilo Brown"
Jul 31 Franco Zurlo               San Benedetto, Italy                W 15
          -EBU Bantamweight Championship of Europe
Oct  5 Gerard Macrez              Oristano, Italy                     W 10

1969
Feb  4 Wellington Villela         Tarente, Italy                      W 10
Apr  9 Pierre Vetroff             Reggio de Calabre, Italy           KO  9
          -EBU Bantamweight Championship of Europe
Jul 24 -Burruni announced his retirement from the ring


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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