Former world champion Rocchigiani dies in Italy after being hit by car


  • Boxing
  • Wednesday, 03 Oct 2018

FILE PHOTO: German boxer Graciano Rocchigiani celebrates after winning a cruiser-class boxing match against Canada's Willard Lewis in Berlin February 10, 2001. Rocchigiani won the fight on points/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's former world super-middleweight and light-heavyweight champion Graciano Rocchigiani has died aged 54 in southern Italy after being hit by a car while out walking, officials said on Tuesday.

The boxer, who had an Italian father and German mother, had held both the IBF super-middleweight title from 1988 to 1989 as well as the WBC light-heavyweight in 1998 by defeating Michael Nunn.

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