1. Ralf Rocchigiani was born on 13 February 1963 and is a boxer from Duisburg-Hamborn in Germany.
10 Facts About Ralf Rocchigiani
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Ralf Rocchigiani is the older brother of former two-division world boxing champion Graciano Rocchigiani.
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Ralf Rocchigiani became a professional boxer in 1983 and won the German cruiserweight championship in 1985.
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Ralf Rocchigiani failed in two attempts to win the European Boxing Union light heavyweight championships.
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Ralf Rocchigiani failed to take the WBO cruiserweight championship from Tyrone Booze in 1992.
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Ralf Rocchigiani finally won the WBO cruiserweight championship on June 10,1995, and held it for more than two years.
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Ralf Rocchigiani won the vacant title by scoring a technical knockout over Carl Thompson, and defended it six times including against Bash Ali.
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Ralf Rocchigiani lost the title in a rematch with Thompson in 1997 and retired from boxing in 1999.
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Today Ralf Rocchigiani owns a bar on the Savignyplatz in Berlin.
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Ralf Rocchigiani served as a trainer for his brother Graciano Rocchigiani.