Andrea Magi

Andrea Magi (* July 14, 1966 in Pesaro, Italy ) is a former boxer in the light heavyweight and multiple world champion title contender.

Career

Amateur career

Magi was quite successful as an amateur. So he won the Italian Championship three times and five times to reach second place. Twice injury.

As an amateur, he played 92 fights, of which he won 87, lost four and drawn one left.

Professional career

Magis structure opponents were all unknown and not in the near future in the distant future get a title fight or a. On April 30, 1993, he met Sylvester White.

In the autumn of the same year he was able to fight against Leeonzer Barber for the title of WBO. Despite Magis outstanding performances in the previous battles Barber was regarded as a big favorite. From 50 specialists no sat Magi, also journals and even the Italian television believed in a bitter defeat for the Italian boxer. His favorite role Barber was only limited justice. Although he could from round seven emerging Magi dominate, but also had to take criticism, since Magi was increasingly tiring than the applicable fleet-footed Barber with hard counter punches. So it was that Barber came in quite out of the fight. Until the points verdict that voted unanimously to Barber, many thought the fight would end with a draw critics. As Barber said in a later interview, he also thought so later than this fight was Magi becoming more popular in the press.

In 1998 it came to a fight against the unbeaten Poland Dariusz Michalczewski, who held the title on the version of the WBA, IBF and WBO. This he had won in 1994 against Leeonzer Barber and 1997 against Virgil Hill and was considered by commanding victories against these and boxers such as Graciano Rocchigiani next to Roy Jones Jr. as the undisputed number 1 in the light heavyweight division. Against these, Magi showed strong, but could not keep up with the champion and was ranked in the fourth round as " incapacitating " and taken out of the fight.

Shortly afterwards, he finished his career.

  • Man
  • Boxer ( Italy)
  • Italian
  • Born in 1966
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