Fabio Tuiach

Fabio Tuiach
Born	June 4, 1980 Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Other names	The Hitting Angel
Nationality	Italian
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Division	Heavyweight Cruiserweight
Style	Boxing
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Team	Lion Gym Trieste Club Sportivo Trieste Pugilato
Years active	19 (Boxing 1996–present Kickboxing: 2009-2011)
Professional boxing record
Total	31
Wins	27
By knockout	15
Losses	4
By knockout	2
Kickboxing record
Total	4
Wins	2
By knockout	1
Losses	2

Fabio Tuiach (born 4 Juin, 1980) is an Italian boxer who competes in the Heavyweight division. He's a former Italian Heavyweight Champion. He is also a former I.B.F. Mediterranean Cruiserweight Champion and Former Italian Light Heavyweight Champion.

Early life and amateur career

Tuiach was born in Trieste, Italy and he grew up in Rozzol Melara, a quartier in the north of the city. He began boxing 16 years old, under the guidance of the former Italian Featherweight Champion Nevio Carbi. He made its debut as a cruiserweight with a lighting win in 80 seconds. He won fifteen matches in a row by KO or TKO, afterwards he climbed in the light heavyweight category where he won the Italian Juniores Title. Was called in the Italian National Team and in 2000 he won the Italian Second-Class Super Heavyweight Title and in the next year he loss against Roberto Cammarelle at the All-Italy Boxing Championship final.

In 2003 he turned professional, he closed his amatorial career with a score of 60 matches fought, 45 won, including 13 by KO.

Professional career

Tuiach made his professional debut on 30 April 2004, in Bergamo and he won by KO against the slovak Marian Miko.

On 10 February 2006, with 11 matches won, 7 by KO, he got the chance to fight for the Italian Title and he faced the Italian champion Paolo Ferrara in Trieste. He won by KO at the seventh round after an intense match, bringing back in Trieste a title that was missing for thirty years, when was won by his first master Nevio Carbi in the featherweight division.

In 2007 he won the I.B.F. Mediterranean Cruiserweight title beating by KO the French Enis Boussandel.^[1] In 2008 a family bereavement upset his life and his career resented of that.

On 25 October 2008, he fought for the E.B.U. European title, but he fell to the mat under the punches of the champion Marco Huck. At the visits of reinstatement the Italian federation denied his medical fitness, in 2009 he repeated the tests but the outcome was the same: after this disappointment he left boxing and started the practice of Kickboxing. In this short period he fought 4 matches, 2 wons (1 by KO) and 2 losses, he left definitively the rings in 2011.^[2]

In this period of crysis, in November 2009, as a good faithful Christian, he went on pilgrimage along the Way of St. James.^[3]

He returned in boxing on July 14, 2012, fighting against the Hungarian Sandor Balagh after 4 years of inactivity, going up into the Heavyweight division.^[4]

In August 2013 he issued the challenge to the Italian title but he lost by TKO at the sixth round against Matteo Modugno.^[5] In December 2014 he finally won the Italian Heavyweight Title beating Gianluca Mandras,^[6][7] disqualified at the ninth round, in Trieste.

He lost the Italian Heavyweight Title on Jun 13, 2015. The fight took place in Brescia. Afterwards he had to leave the title to the former Italian Cruiserweight champion Salvatore Erittu.^[8]

Championships

Professional

• 2014 Italian Heavyweight Title
• 2007 I.B.F. Mediterranean Cruiserweight Title.
• 2006 Italian Light Heavyweight Title.

Amatorial

• 2001 All-Italy Boxing Championship Heavyweight Division Runner-up.
• 2000 Italian Second-Class Super Heavyweight Title.
• Italian Juniores Light Heavyweight Champion.

Boxing record

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

2 Wins, 2 Losses, 0 Draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2011-02-25 Loss Rok Štrucl Trieste Fight Night Trieste, Italy Extra Round Decision 4 3:00 2010-11-13 Win Adis Dadović Trieste Fight Night Trieste, Italy KO 2 1:18 2009-08-17 Loss Fabio Giannasi Gotti Promotions Trieste, Italy Retirement 2 0:00 2009-04-24 Win Thomas Joaquin Gotti Promotions Trieste, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• Nino Benvenuti
• Paolo Vidoz
• Duilio Loi
• Tiberio Mitri

References

1. "Tuiach wins the IBF Mediterranean Cruiserweight Title, article of the moment.". Il Piccolo, newspaper from Trieste.
2. "Tuiach leavs the rings definitively.". Il Piccolo, newspaper from Trieste.
3. "Tuiach on pilgrimage at Santiago de Compostela.". Il Piccolo, newspaper from Trieste.
4. "Tuiach returns in active boxing.". Boxenews.com, Italian online boxing news.
5. "Modugno retains the title against Tuiach.". 2out.it, Italian online boxing news.
6. "Tuiach wins the Italian Heavyweight Title, detailed article.". Il Piccolo, newspaper from Trieste.
7. "Tuiach wins the Italian Heavyweight Title; article of the moment.". Il Piccolo, newspaper from Trieste.
8. "Tuiach loses the title against Erittu; article of the moment.". Boxe Ring Web, Italian online boxing news.
9. "Tuiach's record.". BoxRec.