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Mario D'Agata

BORN   May 29 1926; Arezzo, Italy
DIED April 4 2009; Arezzo, Italy
HEIGHT 5-2
WEIGHT 117-122 1/2 lbs
MANAGERS Steve Klaus, L. Cecchi

D'Agata was a capable boxer who moved quickly and boxed effectively; He lost only eleven bouts in 68 contests; During his career, he won the Bantamweight Championship of the World, the EBU Bantamweight Championship of Europe and the Bantamweight Championship of Italy

He defeated such men as Robert Cohen, Billy Peacock, Gianni Zuddas, Andre Valignat, Jean Renard, Mimoun Ben Ali, Bobby Sinn, Roger Cappato and Federico Scarponi

1950
Oct 14 Giuseppe Salardi           Siena, Italy                        W  6
Oct 28 Settimo Marabitti          Arezzo, Italy                       W  6
Nov  4 Settimo Marabitti          Rome, Italy                         W  6
Dec 16 Gaudenzio Carutti          Montevarchi, Italy                 TK  4

1951
Jan 12 Pietro Cesarini            San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy       TK  5
Jan 31 Giovanni Capobianchi       Florence, Italy                     W  8
Feb 28 Arturo Peratici            Arezzo, Italy                       W  8
May  3 Benito Fattori             Arezzo, Italy                       W  8
May 31 Tino Cardinale             Florence, Italy                     W  8
Jun 22 Arturo Paoletti            San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy       WF  7
Aug  2 Kid Arcelli                Florence, Italy                     L 10
Oct  2 Giuseppe D'Augusta         Catania, Italy                      D  8
Nov 29 Luigi Fasulo               Arezzo, Italy                      TK  3
Dec 28 Kid Arcelli                Sienna, Italy                       L 10

1952
Feb 20 Giuliano Catini            Florence, Italy                    TK  2
May 17 Renato Denti               Florence, Italy                    LF  5
Jun 11 Enzo Ganadu                Milan, Italy                       TK  3
Nov  7 Rino Stiaccini             Milan, Italy                        W  6
Nov 26 Gaetano Annaloro           Milan, Italy                       WF  7
Dec 26 Giuseppe D'Augusta         Milan, Italy                        W 10

1953
Jan 15 Jacques Louni              Arezzo, Italy                       W  8
          -Some sources report "W 10"
Mar 30 Edmond Moletto             Arezzo, Italy                       W 10
Jul  5 Arthur Emboule             Arezzo, Italy                       W 10
Sep 26 Gianni Zuddas              Arezzo, Italy                      WF  9
          -Bantamweight Championship of Italy;
          Some sources report 9/27/53
Oct 30 Pierre Gress Gyde          Geneva, Switzerland                TK  6
Nov 15 Andre Valignat             Paris, France                       D 10

1954
Jan 23 Luigi Fasulo               Naples, Italy                      TK  4
          -Bantamweight Championship of Italy;
          Some sources report 2/23/54
Apr 10 Gianni Zuddas              Milan, Italy                        W 12
          -Bantamweight Championship of Italy
Apr 30 Kid Andre                  Milan, Italy                       TK 10
May 15 Robert Cohen               Tunis, Tunisia                      L 10
Jun 12 Emile Chemama              Tunis, Tunisia                      W 10
Jul 31 Andre Valignat             Arezzo, Italy                       W 10
Oct  1 Alex Bollaert              Milan, Italy                       TK  5
Nov 19 Bobby Sinn                 Melbourne, Vic, Australia           W 12
Dec 10 Billy Peacock              Melbourne, Vic, Australia           W 12

1955
May 25 Arthur Emboule             Torino, Italy                      TK  8
          -Some sources report "W 8"
Jun 13 Assane Fakyh               Livorno, Italy                     TK  4
Jun 28 Robert Meunier             Rome, Italy                         W 10
Jul 21 Henri Schmidt              Prato, Italy                        W 10
Jul 30 Juan Jose Crespo           Bari, Italy                        KO  5
Aug  9 Mohamed Farid              Naples, Italy                      TK  4
Aug 18 Jose Luis Martinez         Messina, Italy                     KO  8
Sep 15 Pedro Paris                Bologna, Italy                     KO  3
Oct 15 Jean Kidy                  Milan, Italy                       TK  5
Oct 29 Andre Valignat             Milan, Italy                       WF  5
          -EBU Bantamweight Championship of Europe

1956
Jan 21 Little Cezar               Manila, Philippines                 W 10
Mar 21 Jesus Rubio                Ravenna, Italy                      W 10
May 18 Jesus Rubio                Milan, Italy                        W 10
Jun 29 Robert Cohen               Rome, Italy                        TK  7
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World
Oct 27 Juan Cardenas              Milan, Italy                        W 10
Dec  8 Robert Tartari             Geneva, Switzerland                 D 10

1957
Apr  1 Alphonse Halimi            Paris, France                       L 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jun 28 Roland Roy                 Genoa, Italy                       TK  7
Oct 27 Federico Scarponi          Cagliari, Italy                    KO  8
          -EBU Bantamweight Championship of Europe
Dec 10 Jean Renard                Bergamo, Italy                     KO  7
Dec 26 Roger Cappato              Milan, Italy                        W 10

1958
Feb 13 Michel Lamora              Naples, Italy                      KO  4
Sep 13 Mimoun Ben Ali             Cagliari, Italy                     W 10
Oct 12 Piero Rollo                Cagliari, Italy                     L 15
          -EBU Bantamweight Championship of Europe

1959
Feb  5 Jose Becerra               Los Angeles, Ca                    LT 10
Sep 15 Freddie Gilroy             London, England                     L 10

1960
Jun  9 Jackie Brown               Glasgow, Scotland                   L 10
          -Some sources report 5/09/60

1961
Oct 27 Lazaro ben Layachi         Rome, Italy                        KO  6
Nov 24 Francisco Carreno          Rome, Italy                         W  8

1962
Jan 19 Ugo Milan                  Rome, Italy                        TK  6
Mar 27 Andre Gasperini            Milan, Italy                        W  8
Jul 19 Federico Scarponi          Rome, Italy                         L 12
          -Bantamweight Championship of Italy
Aug  1 -D'Agata announced his retirement from the ring


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

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