13 Facts About Alessio Furlan

Alessio Furlan was born on 16 October 1976 and is an Italian professional boxer.

Alessio Furlan is a former IBF Mediterranean and Italian junior-middleweight champion.

Furlan boxed to national level as an amateur before turning professional in May 2001, winning his first fight at Settimo Torinese, Italy, in which Furlan knocked out Slovakian Robert Andrasik in the third of six rounds.

Alessio Furlan then fought US based Lebanese boxer Ahmed Kaddour, a former contestant on The Contender, the reality television series.

In October 2005, Alessio Furlan faced Alexander Polizzi for the vacant IBF Mediterranean Light Middleweight Title in Rivarolo Canavese.

Alessio Furlan added to title to his tally with a tenth-round knockout over Polizzi.

Sylvester controlled much of the fight Alessio Furlan having spells of success.

Alessio Furlan was down in the seventh round however he rallied and pushed Sylvester cutting him in the tenth round however the fight was stopped by the referee in the final round.

Alessio Furlan's follow up fight, in May 2007, was a victory over Hungarian Attila Kiss.

Alessio Furlan was lined up to be the first opponent of what was being billed as "The Homecoming" of Irish fighter John Duddy in Dublin, Ireland.

Alessio Furlan stated that he was going to spoil Duddy's homecoming and upset his perfect record because he had spotted a weakness in Duddy's style and was going to expoilt that.

Alessio Furlan is tough and not afraid of anyone so he's just like me in that respect.

Duddy sensed that Alessio Furlan was in trouble and piled forward and floored Alessio Furlan again at which point the referee stopped the fight with less than ten seconds to go in the fight.