Frank Sebastian Giorgi was born on 22 September 1981 and is an Australian-Italian Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division.
17 Facts About Frank Giorgi
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An Italian Australian and a stonemason by trade, Frank Giorgi was born to Italian parents in Adelaide, South Australia in 1981 and raised on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
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Frank Giorgi was first introduced to combat sports at the age of twelve when his uncle Frank Mesiti took him to a boxing gym in Southport, Queensland.
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Frank Giorgi turned professional after eleven amateur fights and lost to Ben NTG in his debut.
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Frank Giorgi established himself domestically by capturing both the WKN and the WMC national titles and taking wins over the likes of Bruce Macfie.
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Frank Giorgi made the pilgrimage to Thailand for the first time in 2005 and would later win the Shell Tournament at Omnoi Stadium in Bangkok.
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Frank Giorgi was eliminated at the opening stage when he lost to eventual finalist Marco Pique on points.
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Frank Giorgi was then scheduled to face the legendary John Wayne Parr for the WMC World Middleweight title at Evolution 24 in Brisbane on 3 September 2011 but Parr was forced to withdraw after suffering a hand injury in training and Nonsai Srisuk came in as his replacement.
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Frank Giorgi defeated the Thai by split decision after an entertaining, back-and-forth fight to become a world champion for the first time.
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The Spaniard hurt him twice in the second round but was unable to finish him off and Frank Giorgi came back to steal the fight in the third, roughing up Roqueni in the clinch.
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On 27 April 2012, Frank Giorgi defeated Tobias Alexandersson on points on the Gold Coast to win the vacant WKN World Welterweight Muay Thai strap.
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Frank Giorgi had originally been set to face Antuan Siangboxing but he was injured and had to pull out.
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Overtaken by up-and-coming European talent such as Shemsi Beqiri, Murthel Groenhart and Davit Kiria, Frank Giorgi dropped out of the middleweight world rankings in December 2012.
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Frank Giorgi took on surging Thai Aikpracha Meenayothin at Yokkao Extreme 2013 in Milan, Italy on 26 January 2013 and was dropped twice in round two, once with a left cross and then again with a high kick, causing the referee to wave off the fight.
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Frank Giorgi defeated Elliot Compton at Legacy 2 in Queensland on 22 November 2013.
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At Total Carnage IV held in Gold Coast on 14 December 2013, Frank Giorgi lost a unanimous decision to Marco Tentori.
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On 13 May 2016 Frank Giorgi took TKO victory over Harald Olsen at Thunderdome XV in Perth, Australia.