1948
Nov 1 Nino Frangioni Genoa, Italy W 6
Feb 12 Georgescu Genoa, Italy W 6
Apr 12 Ruggero Grilli Milan, Italy W 6
Apr 24 Giulio DiRocco Genoa, Italy W 6
Oct 5 Bruno Bisterzo Milan, Italy W 8
Nov 23 Jean Berthelier Milan, Italy W 6
Nov 30 Oreste Baiocco Cagliari, Italy KO 8
Dec 16 Young Robert La-Chaux-de-Fonds, France W 10
1950
Jan 31 Vittorio Costa Cagliari, Italy W 8
Mar 4 Vittorio Costa Bologna, Italy W 8
Mar 15 Pedro Martinez Milan, Italy KO 2
Mar 22 Nicola Funari Milan, Italy W 8
Apr 15 Jan Nicolaas Milan, Italy W 8
May 8 Djillali Bouaziz Gallarte, Italy W 8
May 17 Giuseppe DeJoanni Milan, Italy W 8
Sep 13 Allan Tanner Bologne, Italy D 10
Nov 8 Luigi Male Milan, Italy D 12
-Lightweight Championship of Italy
Dec 14 Frank Hermal Milan, Italy W 10
1951
Feb 21 Karl Machart Milan, Italy W 10
Mar 6 Juan Castellanos Monza, Italy W 10
Mar 14 Raoul Guillaume Milan, Italy KO 5
Mar 31 Roland Guibert Modene, Italy W 8
Apr 14 Leon Bourlet Milan, Italy W 8
Jun 9 Morley Kamara Cagliari, Italy W 10
Jul 6 Ray Lewis Genoa, Italy W 10
Jul 18 Gianni Uboldi Milan, Italy W 12
-Lightweight Championship of Italy
Sep 1 Leyton Lewis Varese, Italy KO 2
Oct 9 Ray Lewis Cagliari, Italy KO 2
Oct 26 Svend Wad Geneva, Switzerland W 10
Dec 12 Tommy Barnham London, England W 10
Dec 26 Emile Orozco Milan, Italy KO 6
1952
Jan 14 Karl Pinsdorf Genoa, Italy W 10
Apr 2 Emilio Marconi Cagliari, Italy W 12
-Lightweight Championship of Italy
Apr 12 Charles Colpin Genoa, Italy KO 6
Jun 4 Agustin Argote Milan, Italy W 10
Aug 18 Jorgen Johansen Copenhagen, Denmark L 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe
Nov 12 Alois Brandt Cagliari, Italy W 10
Nov 26 Serge Ceustermans Milan, Italy W 10
Dec 17 Francis Bonnardel Milan, Italy W 10
1953
Jan 28 Ernesto Formenti Milan, Italy KO 9
-Lightweight Championship of Italy
Feb 20 Giuseppe De Joanni Genoa, Italy W 10
Apr 2 Allan Tanner Milan, Italy W 10
May 8 Jean Labalette Geneva, Switzerland W 10
Jun 20 Ernesto Formenti Milan, Italy KO 10
Jun 27 Franco Antonini Foligno, Italy D 10
Jul 11 Mario Rossellini La Spezia, Italy KO 2
Sep 13 Emilio Marconi Grosseto, Italy D 12
-Lightweight Championship of Italy
Oct 21 Valde Fusaro Milan, Italy W 10
Nov 4 Sandy Manuel Milan, Italy W 10
Nov 15 Joseph Janssens Milan, Italy W 10
1954
Feb 6 Jorgen Johansen Milan, Italy W 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe
Mar 3 Franco Antonini Genoa, Italy W 10
Mar 18 Giuseppe De Joanni Rome, Italy W 10
May 13 Bruno Visintin Milan, Italy W 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe;
Lightweight Championship of Italy
Jun 23 Mario Ciccarelli Milan, Italy W 10
Jul 16 Jacques Herbillon Milan, Italy W 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe
Sep 10 Ivor Germain Melbourne, Vic, Australia KO 9
Oct 1 Mario Trigo Melbourne, Vic, Australia W 12
Nov 8 Agustin Argote Sydney, NSW, Australia W 12
1955
Jan 14 Glen Flanagan Miami, Fl W 10
Feb 19 Ray Famechon Milan, Italy W 10
Mar 30 Guy Gracia Milan, Italy W 10
Apr 30 Alby Tissong Trieste, Italy W 10
May 22 Louis Carrara Milan, Italy W 10
Jun 8 Morley Kamara Florence, Italy W 10
Jul 2 Giancarlo Garbelli Milan, Italy W 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe;
Lightweight Championship of Italy
Jul 30 Frank Hermal St. Vincent, Italy KO 3
Sep 13 Boswell St. Louis Milan, Italy KO 5
Oct 15 Joe Lucy Milan, Italy W 10
Oct 29 Werner Handtke Milan, Italy W 10
Nov 26 Seraphin Ferrer Milan, Italy W 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe
Dec 26 Gordon Goodman Milan, Italy KO 6
1956
Jan 21 Orlando Zulueta Milan, Italy W 10
Apr 7 Manolo Garcia Milan, Italy W 10
Apr 21 Ben Buker Tunis, Tunisia W 10
May 21 Jose Hernandez Milan, Italy D 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe
Jun 23 Fred Galiana Milan, Italy KO 6
Jul 11 Piet Van Klaveren Milan, Italy KO 6
Jul 21 Karl-Heinz Friedrich Bologne, Italy W 10
Sep 15 Fernand Nollet Milan, Italy W 10
Sep 23 Albert Mueller Forli, Italy KO 3
Oct 13 Maurice Auzel Milan, Italy W 10
Nov 10 Sauveur Chiocca Milan, Italy W 10
Dec 3 Felix Chiocca Paris, France W 10
Dec 26 Jose Hernandez Milan, Italy W 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe
1957
Feb 2 Bobby Ros Milan, Italy WF 5
Apr 3 Karl-Heinz Bick Milan, Italy KO 10
Apr 27 Houacine Khalfi Milan, Italy W 10
May 29 Rudi Langer Milan, Italy W 10
Jun 2 Chico Santos Lecce, Italy KO 6
Jun 9 Ahcene Attar Cagliari, Italy W 10
Jun 26 Piet Van Klaveren Milan, Italy W 10
Jul 12 Ernst Zetzmann Milan, Italy W 10
Jul 27 Jack Subero Genoa, Italy W 10
Sep 7 Stefano Bellotti Rome, Italy W 10
Sep 25 Idrissa Dione Milan, Italy W 10
Oct 29 Marcel Dupre Milan, Italy W 10
Dec 26 Felix Chiocca Milan, Italy W 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe
1958
Feb 8 Manfred Neuke Bale, Italy D 10
Mar 1 Wallace "Bud" Smith Milan, Italy KO 9
Apr 27 Al Nevarez Milan, Italy W 10
Jul 7 Charley Douglas Naples, Italy W 10
Sep 5 Mario Vecchiatto Milan, Italy D 15
-Lightweight Championship of Europe
Dec 13 Conny Rudhoff Turin, Italy W 10
1959
Apr 19 Emilio Marconi Milan, Italy W 15
-Welterweight Championship of Europe
1960
Feb 13 Bruno Visintin Milan, Italy W 15
-Welterweight Championship of Europe
Mar 16 Tommy Molloy Milan, Italy KO 5
Mar 31 Giacomo Nervi Rome, Italy W 10
Jun 15 Carlos Ortiz San Francisco, Ca L 15
-Junior Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 1 Carlos Ortiz Milan, Italy W 15
-Junior Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 25 Maurice Auzel Rome, Italy W 15
-Welterweight Championship of Europe
1961
May 10 Carlos Ortiz Milan, Italy W 15
-Junior Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug 5 Christian Christensen St. Vincent, Italy W 15
-Welterweight Championship of Europe
Oct 21 Eddie Perkins Milan, Italy D 15
-Junior Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 6 Epiphane Akono Rome, Italy KO 8
Dec 20 Gale Kerwin Milan, Italy KO 7
1962
Feb 9 Don Ellis Rome, Italy W 10
Mar 27 Billy Collins Milan, Italy W 10
Apr 13 Willie Stevenson Rome, Italy W 10
Apr 29 Roger Harvey Milan, Italy KO 8
May 26 Isaac Vaughn Milan, Italy KO 5
Jul 15 Fortunato Manca Cagliari, Italy W 15
-Welterweight Championship of Europe
Sep 14 Eddie Perkins Milan, Italy L 15
-Junior Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 15 Eddie Perkins Milan, Italy W 15
-Junior Welterweight Championship of the World
1963
Jan -Loi announced his retirement from the ring
Duilio Loi
BORN April 19 1929; Trieste, Italy DIED January 20 2008; Treviso, Italy HEIGHT 5-4 1/2 WEIGHT 134-149 lbs Loi was a very talented boxer who was very popular; He had a wonderful career and an unbelievable record; He was not a power hitter but he knew how to fight; In a career of 126 bouts, he lost only 3 contests; During his career, he won the Junior Welterweight Championship of the World, the Welterweight Championship of Europe, the Lightweight Championship of Europe and the Lightweight Championship of Italy
Herb Goldman ranked Loi as the #24 All-Time Lightweight; He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005Anyone who remembers Duilio Loi goes directly to the Spit Bucket's boxing trivia hall of fame. Loi was an Italian Stallion who fought from 1948 to 1962. He retired with a record of 116-3 with 7 draws & 25 kayos. He was a top rated lightweight contender from '52 thru '60, and most champions avoided him like the plague. Loi was a tough, very slick, even though he brawled, southpaw that recalled a left handed LaMotta; with honed defensive skills.
After Loi had been fighting for 8 frustrating years, Carlos Oritz, the newly created junior welter champ, gave him a shot (in San Francisco of all places...& the Ol' Spit Bucket just so happened to be a live spectator), on May 10th 1960. Loi lost a close decision. At the time, the Ol' Spit Bucket was majorly into my man Carlos . . . but even in the throes of my craze on Carlos, I realized he escaped by a C-hair. The next two fights were in Italy & even the Ol' Spit Bucket was impressed by the fact that the usual EyeTalian European overachiever could make the great Carlos go down twice. Loi clearly won those two bouts over a Prime Time Carlos Ortiz . . . keep in mind that Ortiz went on to win the lightweight title from the equally under-rated "Old Bones" Joe Brown in '62, & from that point on totally dominated the lightweight division for the rest of the decade.
Among Loi's best known victims are former lightweight champ Wallace "Bud" Smith (ko9), Orlando Zuleta, Conny Rudhoff, Eddie Perkins (another forgotten champ, who if not great, was a very slick, strong all around fighter with no weakness'), & of course, Ortiz.
The three losses in his career were all by decision. The first was in 1952 to Jorgen Johansen the tough Dane who was the European Lightweight champion & a top ten contender. The other two were split decision losses to Ortiz & Perkins. All three of those losses were avenged in rematches.
Another interesting note, is that throughout his tenure as World Jr. Welter champion, Loi was also defending his European Welterweight championship against foes such as Fortunato Manca, a top ten welterweight contender! As Loi's career was winding down, he lost the Jr. Welter championship to Eddie Perkins on September 14 1962. Two months later, on December 15 he decisively won his title back & retired a champion.
All in all, a hell of a record & a hell of a fighter!
© 1996 Gordoom, The Cyber Boxing Zone
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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