1. Frank Buglioni was born on 18 April 1989 and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2011 to 2018.
19 Facts About Frank Buglioni
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Frank Buglioni challenged once for the WBA super-middleweight title in 2015.
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Frank Buglioni joined the Waltham Forest Amateur Boxing Club, and after winning his first four fights it was decided that he would move on to train at the Repton Boxing Club in Bethnal Green under the tutelage of head coach Tony Burns.
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Frank Buglioni went on to have 70 amateur fights, winning 60 and losing 10, with over half of his wins by knockout.
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Frank Buglioni won two national titles and picked up various medals, whilst representing his country in international tournaments, including a silver medal against the world number one Vijender Singh in the Commonwealth Federations Tournament in Delhi in 2010.
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Frank Buglioni was selected to train with the Great Britain Olympic team in 2010.
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Frank Buglioni won his first 10 fights before stopping Stepan Horvath in the eighth round in November 2013 to win the WBO European super middleweight title.
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Frank Buglioni successfully defended the title three months later against Gaetano Nespro, but lost it in April 2014 when he was stopped by Sergey Khomitsky.
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Frank Buglioni made two further defences before beating Fernando Castaneda in July 2015 to take the vacant WBA International super middleweight title.
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In 2016, Frank Buglioni moved up to light heavyweight, stopping journeyman Olegs Fedotovs in the first round in March.
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On 10 December 2016, on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Eric Molina, Frank Buglioni fought Hosea Burton in a tightly contested 12 round affair.
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Frank Buglioni was trained by Mark Tibbs at the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town, before moving on to work with the Irish boxing brothers Paschal Collins and former world champion Steve Collins at the Celtic Warrior Boxing Gym in Dublin, Ireland.
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Summers held his own, but in the end Frank Buglioni was too much for Summers and won the contest on points.
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Frank Buglioni was replaced by another undefeated Brit, Craig Richards.
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Two days after the fight, Frank Buglioni announced that at the age of 29, he is officially retiring from boxing.
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Frank Buglioni has Italian heritage and can trace his roots to Naples.
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Frank Buglioni was born and raised in Enfield, London where he still resides between training camps.
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Frank Buglioni chose to put his education on hold when he was selected for the GB Olympic team.
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Frank Buglioni has said he would like to go back and complete his degree.