Who is Davide Faraci?
Facts you need to know about Lyndon Arthur’s next opponent
WBO No.1 Lyndon ‘King’ Arthur (18-0, 12KOs) defends his WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title for the first time to undefeated Italian Davide Faraci (15-0, 7KOs) on July 10 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Not much is known about the Lazian, so BBN found out some little-known facts right here:
Early Life
Davide Faraci was born in Baden Dattwil, Switzerland in 1992. He now lives in Pomezia, a municipality of Lazio with a population of around 60,000. The most popular sport in Pomezia is football. The oldest and biggest club there is Pomezia Calcio, who play in Serie D.
Amateur Career
Davide had an extensive amateur career that saw him represent his country of birth, Switzerland, and compete in the World Qualifying Tournament in Baku in 2016, where he was defeated in the last 16 by Turmenistan's Arslanbek Achilov, who made it all the way to the final, losing to Irishman Michael O'Reilly, who is a World bronze and European gold medallist.
It was after this tournament, in June 2016, that he decided to turn pro.
Pro Career
Faraci made his pro debut in December 2016 and won his first two bouts by KO. Within his first year as a pro, he reached 7-0 with four knockouts. He is currently 15 fights into his career, unbeaten.
Italian Champion
Faraci became the Italian national light-heavyweight champion in his 13th fight in 2019 by defeating the reigning titleholder Nicola Ciriani via TKO7, who was a two-weight national champion, having previously held the cruiserweight title.
Faraci defended the belt once just under six months later, on November 27, 2019, with an eighth-round technical decision against Vigan Mustafa, who was a previous holder of the titlehaving also defeated Nicola Ciriani in his first reign to become champ.
Team Faraci
Davide trains at the A.S.D. Phoenix Gym in Pomezia with coach Simone D'alessandri and is managed by Toni Barbera.
Opponents
His 16 opponents, including Arthur, have a combined record of 144-69-6.
Record-breaker
Faraci has ruined the record of three of his opponents – 4-0 Mikael Jobi; 5-0 Sviatoslav Svyryd; 14-0 Emre Cukur.
Rankings
Faraci is ranked as the No.1 Italian light-heavyweight by BoxRec, who also list him as 31st in the world. The IBO have him placed in their top 20 in the world at #17, just five spaces behind Lyndon Arthur at #12.
Stats
Age: 29
Debut: 26/12/2016
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6’ 1 ½”
Bouts: 15
Rounds: 83
Wins: 15
Wins by KO: 7
KOs: 46.67%
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
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