Giuseppe Lauri (born 28 May 1976) is an Italian professional boxer. A veteran of the sport for more than two decades, he held the European Union super-lightweight title from 2007 to 2010, and has challenged four times for the European super-lightweight title.

Professional career Lauri made his professional debut on 20 December 1997, scoring a first-round stoppage over Frederic Rafhey, who also debuted. Fighting mainly in Switzerland and Italy throughout the next decade, Lauri also travelled to the UK in losing efforts against future world champions Ricky Hatton and Junior Witter.Carey, Ben (November 2002). "Witter destroys Lauri and sends out warning to Hatton". SecondsOut Boxing. Retrieved 21 March 2016. On 22 September 2006, Lauri fought for his first major regional championship—the vacant European super-lightweight title—but lost a unanimous decision to Ted Bami. In a rematch with Bami on 30 March 2007, with the same title on the line, Lauri lost again via unanimous decision.Slater, James (March 2007). "Bami Retains European Crown/Hunters Returns". SecondsOut Boxing. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

Lauri became the European Union super-lightweight champion on 21 September 2007, stopping Michele di Rocco in seven rounds. They, too, would have a rematch many years later on 14 April 2012. In this fight, which had the now-vacant European Union super-lightweight title on the line, di Rocco stopped Lauri in the first round.Sukachev, Alexey (14 April 2012). "Di Rocco Destroys Lauri in Rematch, Boschiero Wins". BoxingScene. Retrieved 21 March 2016. During his reign as European Union champion, Lauri would score wins over contenders Peter McDonagh, Ville Piispanen and Juho Tolppola. The fight against Tolppola, on 30 May 2009, ended in a highly controversial manner when Tolppola was first disqualified after ten rounds due to repeated fouls, after which his father stormed the ring and punched the referee."Juho Tolppolan isä kävi tuomariin käsiksi tappio-ottelun lopuksi!" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Sanoma. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

Further unsuccessful challenges for the European super-lightweight title came against Paul McCloskey on 11 June 2010"Paul McCloskey beats Giuseppe Lauri in Euro title bout". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 March 2016. and Denis Shafikov on 23 September 2011,Persson, Per Ake (23 September 2011). "Denis Shafikov Stops Giuseppe Lauri, Wins EBU Belt". BoxingScene. Retrieved 21 March 2016. both via stoppage. Beginning from the rematch with di Rocco, Lauri would suffer a seven-fight losing streak, which was finally ended on 24 May 2014, with a second-round stoppage win over Lajos Bimbo.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes77Loss56–21Zdravko PopovUD627 Oct 201876Loss56–20Mohammed RabiiTKO3 (8), 24 Mar 201875Win56–19Denny LehmannTKO6 (10), 4 Mar 201774Loss55–19Sasha YengoyanUD814 Oct 201673Loss55–18Sebastien BouchardTKO2 (6), 28 Nov 201572Loss55–17Predrag RadosevicUD1217 May 201571Win55–16Rico SchultzKO7 (12), 3 Oct 201470Win54–16Lajos BimboTKO2 (6)24 May 201469Loss53–16Steve ClaggettUD89 Nov 201368Loss53–15Kevin BizierUD628 Sep 201367Loss53–14Mian HussainUD66 Sep 201366Loss53–13Samuel VargasUD821 Jun 201365Loss53–12Selçuk AydınUD1022 Mar 201364Loss53–11Ahmad CheikhoUD816 Feb 201363Loss53–10Michele di RoccoTKO1 (12)14 Apr 201262Win53–9Zsolt HamzaPTS414 Jan 201261Loss52–9Levan GhvamichavaTKO2 (8), 28 Oct 201160Loss52–8Denis Shafikov8 (12), 23 Sep 201159Win52–7Laszlo KomjathiPTS68 Jul 201158Win51–7Gabor NagyTKO1 (4)18 Feb 201157Loss50–7Paul McCloskeyKO11 (12), 11 Jun 201056Win50–6Ferenc SzaboKO1 (6)23 Apr 201055Win49–6János PetrovicsPTS618 Dec 200954Win48–6Juho TolppolaDQ10 (12), 30 May 200953Win47–6Ville PiispanenTKO6 (12)19 Dec 200852Win46–6Rastislav KovacTKO4 (6)16 May 200851Win45–6Peter McDonaghTKO6 (12), 29 Feb 200850Win44–6Laszlo KomjathiPTS616 Nov 200749Win43–6Michele di RoccoTKO7 (12)21 Sep 200748Loss42–6Ted BamiUD1230 Mar 200747Win42–5Miro DickyUD69 Jan 200746Loss41–5Ted BamiUD1222 Sep 200645Win41–4Wladimir BorovPTS627 Jul 200644Win40–4Brahim BarizPTS811 Oct 200543Win39–4Laszlo KomjathiTKO10 (12)25 Jun 200542Win38–4Laszlo KomjathiTKO3 (12)19 Feb 200541Win37–4Joseph SarkodieTKO3 (6)8 Dec 200440Win36–4Farid El HouariTKO9 (12)2 Jul 200439Win35–4Massimo BertozziTKO9 (10)14 May 200438Win34–4Hoang Sang NguyenPTS617 Apr 200437Win33–4Antonio PostigoPTS623 Dec 200336Win32–4Ruben Silva DiazTKO3 (10)12 Dec 200335Win31–4Vasile SurcicaPTS626 Sep 200334Loss30–4Levan KirakosyanTKO3 (6)5 Apr 200333Win30–3Alan SebireTKO2 (6), 7 Mar 200332Loss29–3Junior WitterTKO2 (12), 23 Nov 200231Win29–2Vasile HertegTKO8 (12)14 Jun 200230Win28–2Michel RaynaudPTS610 May 200229Win27–2Karim ChelloulTKO4 (6)8 Mar 200228Win27–2Massimo BertozziPTS1023 Dec 200127Win25–2Franco PalmieroTKO8 (10)14 Sep 200126Win24–2Alvaro Moreno Gamboa3 (8)17 Aug 200125Win23–2Ahmed MerichicheTKO3 (6)20 Apr 200124Win22–2Julio Cesar MeranUD62 Mar 200123Win21–2Joel ToinettePTS623 Dec 200022Win20–2Frédéric TrippPTS68 Dec 200021Loss19–2Ricky HattonTKO5 (12), 23 Sep 200020Win19–1Francesco CioffiPTS628 Jul 200019Win18–1Giani GogolKO1 (6)5 Jul 200018Win17–1Aziz MakloufiPTS831 Mar 200017Win16–1Sammy SparkmanTKO3 (12)17 Mar 200016Win15–1Jozef KubovskyTKO5 (6)12 Feb 200015Win14–1Andriy SyniepupovPTS1026 Nov 199914Loss13–1Allan Vester121 Oct 199913Win13–0Ruslan Konstandi824 Jul 199912Win12–0Joao Andrade QueijasKO2 (6)5 Jun 199911Win11–0Viktor PlotnykovTKO5 (6)21 May 199910Win10–0Ferenc Szakállas1 (6)24 Apr 19999Win9–0Jean-Paul MoulunTKO120 Feb 19998Win8–0Vyacheslav BarinovTKO6 (8)27 Dec 19987Win7–0Hamit RiahiTKO5 (6)14 Nov 19986Win6–0Rimvydas BiliusTKO5 (6)17 Oct 19985Win5–0Radoslav GaidevTKO4 (6)27 Sep 19984Win4–0Demir NanevTKO1 (4)25 Jul 19983Win3–0Asen Vasilev625 Apr 19982Win2–0Ahmed LainTKO4 (6)14 Mar 19981Win1–0Frederic Rafhey1 (6)20 Dec 1997

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