Franco Udella


Franco Udella is an Italian former world boxing champion.

Amateur career

Olympic games results

1968
1972

Pro career

Udella turned pro in 1972 and won the newly created WBC light flyweight title in 1975 with a disqualification win over Valentin Martinez in the 12th round. Udella was then stripped of the title in August 1975, for failing to defend against Paraguayan Rafael Lovera, who had never fought a professional fight. The following year he challenged WBC light flyweight world champion Luis Estaba, but lost by KO in the 3rd round. He never challenged for a major title again. He retired in 1979 after a loss to Charlie Magri for the EBU flyweight title.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
43Loss37–5 Charlie MagriSD12May 1, 1979Empire Pool, London, England, UKLost European flyweight title
42Win37–4 Manuel CarrascoUD15Nov 15, 1978Bellaria, ItalyRetained European flyweight title
41Win36–4 Mariano GarciaTKO6 May 24, 1978Cagliari, ItalyRetained European flyweight title
40Win35–4 Emilio PiredduPTS15Dec 23, 1977Cagliari, ItalyRetained European flyweight title
39Win34–4 Nessim ZebeliniTKO9 Oct 26, 1977Vigevano, ItalyRetained European flyweight title
38Win33–4 Antonio Luis FrancaPTS8Sep 28, 1977Fort Village, Cagliari, Italy
37Win32–4 Antonio Luis FrancaPTS8Aug 21, 1977Rijeka, Czechoslovakia
36Win31–4 Jose CanteroKO5 Jun 10, 1977Palasport di San Siro, Milan, ItalyRetained European flyweight title
35Win30–4 Fernando BernardezTKO4 Feb 6, 1977Cagliari, Italy
34Win29–4 Pedro MolledoPTS10Dec 3, 1976Milan, Italy
33Win28–4 Dominique CesariPTS10Oct 29, 1976Cagliari, Italy
32Loss27–4 Luis EstabaKO3 Jul 18, 1976El Poliedro, Caracas, VenezuelaFor WBC light flyweight title
31Win27–3 Franco SperatiTKO8 Jun 12, 1976S. Teresa di Gallura, Italy
30Win26–3 Jacky BihinTKO7 Apr 30, 1976Cagliari, Italy
29Win25–3 Jerry StricklandTKO3 Mar 26, 1976Cagliari, Italy
28Win24–3 Robert EmersonTKO3 Mar 5, 1976Sassari, Italy
27Win23–3 Fritz ChervetUD15Jan 14, 1976Campione d'Italia, ItalyRetained European flyweight title
26Win22–3 Daniel FigueroaTKO4 Nov 29, 1975Cagliari, Italy
25Win21–3 Christian MartinTKO6 Nov 14, 1975Milan, Italy
2420–3 Fritz ChervetNC2 May 31, 1975Zurich, SwitzerlandEuropean flyweight title at stake
23Win20–3Valentin MartinezDQ12, 2:56Apr 4, 1975Stadio San Siro, Milan, ItalyWon inaugural WBC light flyweight title
22Win19–3Heriberto MascarellPTS10Feb 1, 1975Palazzetto dello Sport, Cagliari, Italy
21Win18–3Willie PastranaTKO4 Dec 6, 1974Milan, Italy
20Win17–3Pedro MolledoTKO5, 2:09Oct 25, 1974Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, ItalyWon vacant List of [European Boxing Union champions#Flyweight|European flyweight title]
19Loss16–3Betulio GonzálezTKO10, 2:09Jul 20, 1974Stadio Darsena, Lignano Sabbiadoro, ItalyFor WBC flyweight title
18Win16–2Rino FerrariTKO4 Jun 7, 1974Milan, ItalyInjury
17Win15–2Altero MariniKO1 Apr 19, 1974Milan, Italy
16Win14–2Fernando GabinoPTS8Apr 5, 1974Milan, Italy
15Win13–2Altero MariniPTS8Feb 28, 1974Cagliari, Italy
14Loss12–2Altero MariniDQ3 Feb 1, 1974Milan, Italy
13Win12–1Fernando GabinoPTS8Dec 28, 1973Cagliari, Italy
12Win11–1Pedro MolledoPTS10Nov 30, 1973Milan, Italy
11Win10–1Dominique CesariPTS8Oct 19, 1973Milan, Italy
10Win9–1Pedro de la TorreTKO5 Sep 28, 1973Milan, Italy
9Win8–1Grazietto SoroPTS6Sep 14, 1973Monza, Italy
8Win7–1Filippo BelvedereTKO5 Jul 12, 1973Milan, Italy
7Win6–1Kiko GarciaPTS6May 11, 1973Milan, Italy
6Win5–1Antonio GallettaKO3 May 1, 1973Cagliari, Italy
5Win4–1Grazietto SoroPTS6Apr 4, 1973Cagliari, Italy
4Loss3–1Antonio GallettaTKO2 Feb 8, 1973Milan, ItalyInjury
3Win3–0Angelo D'AleoPTS6Jan 19, 1973Milan, Italy
2Win2–0Mohamed Ben SalahKO2 Dec 29, 1972Cagliari, Italy
1Win1–0Ray SalamiPTS6Dec 4, 1972Bologna, Italy