ODDONE PIAZZA
Italian middleweight
Born 28 November 1908, San Antonio 
Val del Pasubio (Italy). 
Died 21 September 1967, Boston, MA 
Height 5:10"; Weight: 160 lbs.
Compiled by: Luckett Davis
Arrived on the Roma with the Italian 
National Boxing Team on January 27, 1930
to compete in an International Tournament
against the United States and Germany 
in Boston (Feb 3), New York (Feb 10) and 
Grand Rapids (Feb 17). He was scheduled 
to return to Italy on Feb 22nd. But 
circumstances allowed him and Werther 
Arcelli to remain in Boston where they 
turned professional. He went back to Italy 
in 1932 and remained until he retired. He 
returned to the U.S.; became a U.S. Citizen
and settled in Dorchester, MA.
 
1930 
Mar 31 Bernie Monahan 		Fall River MA 			TKO 4 
Apr  7 Steve Sadowski 		Salem MA 			TKO 2
Apr 15 Tom Quigley 		Boston 				TKO 3
May 26 Johnny Sweeney 		Boston 	  			 KO 3
Jun  9 Willie Callahan 		Boston 				TKO 3 
Jul 23 John Patrick Sullivan 	Boston                            W 8
Oct 21 Billy Gonyea 		Boston                           KO 4
Dec  5 Willie Oster 		Boston                            W 6

1931 
Jan 23 Johnny Curcio 		Providence RI 			TKO 6
Feb  9 Leo Larrivee 		Boston                            L 8 
Mar  6 Allie Wolff 		Boston                           KO 2 
Aug  9 Ludwig Raszka 		Udine ITALY                      KO 3 
Sep 16 Alfred Pegazanno 	Milan ITALY 			TKO 7 
Nov  3 Raul Rojas 		Milwaukee WIS                    W 10 
Nov 19 Henry Firpo 		Milwaukee                        D 10 

1932 
Jan 25 Gorilla Jones 		Milwaukee                    TKO by 6
	(for vacant NBA World middleweight title) 
Feb 15 Norman Conrad 		Salem                            L 10 
May  3 Ray Lopez 		Boston                          KO  4
Jun  7 Manny Davis 		Portland ME                      W 12 
Jul  7 Leo Larrivee 		Boston                           L 12 
	(for New England Middleweight Title)
Jul 26 Leo Larrivee 		Boston                           L 12 
	(for New England Middleweight Title)
Oct 14 Alexis Marin 		Milan                            W 10 

1933 
Feb 8 Clemente Meroni 		Milan                            L 12
	(for Italian middleweight title) 
May 23 Emile Romerio 		Milan 				TKO 5 
Jun 12 Jock McAvoy 		London                           L 10 
Dec  3 Rodolfo Redaelli 	Milan 				TKO 6 

1934 
Feb 12 Clemente Meroni 		Milan                            L 12
	(for Italian middleweight title) 
Mar  8 Giuliano Battistoni 	Milan 				TKO 6 
Mar 25 Aldo Menabeni 		Firenze ITALY                    L 10 
Apr 21 Alfredo Oldoini 		Milan 				TKO 6 
Jun  3 Roger Besneux 		Antibes FRANCE                   W 10 
Jun 27 Marcel Thil 		Paris FRANCE                     L 10 
Dec  8 Mario Casadei 		Milan                            L 10 

1935 
Feb 23 Mario Caroselli 		Rome ITALY                       L 10 
Apr 15 Luigi de Laurentis 	Milan                            W 10 
Jul I0 Leopold Steinbach 	Vienna AUSTRIA                   D 10 
Aug  1 Karl Neubauer 		Vienna                           D  8 
Oct  6 Mario Pifia 		Marseille FRANCE                KO  3
Oct 15 Kid Baudin 		Milan 				TKO 6
Dec  1 Gustav Eder 		Cologne GERMANY               KO by 4 

1936 
Apr 12 Luigi de Laurentis 	Milan                            W 10 
May  6 Alfredo Oldoini 		La Spezia ITALY                  L 10 

1937 
Feb  1 Mario Casadei 		Milan                            L 10 
May  5 Assane Diouf 		Marseille                        L 10 
Sep 27 Nando Strozzi 		Ferrara                          W  8 

1938 
Apr 19 Tony Celli 		Milan 				TKO 3
Jul 14 Benito Faraci 		Milan 				TKO 6
Aug 25 Renato di Giacomo 	Milan 				TKO 4 
Sep  7 Nando Strozzi 		Milan                             W 8