On February 13, 1999, a 32-year-old Vincenzo Nardiello (33-6, 19 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBC title held by 30-year-old English boxer Richie Woodhall (24-1, 14 KOs).
Nardiello came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 9 days. Woodhall was on a 3-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Richie Woodhall stopped Vincenzo Nardiello via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-middleweight title. Woodhall improves his record to 25-1 (15 KOs), while Nardiello adds a loss to his record at 33-7.
On October 12, 1996, the 30-year-old WBC super-middleweight world champion, Vincenzo Nardiello (30-5, 17 KOs), faced a 25-year-old British boxer Robin Reid (21-0-1, 16 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Nardiello came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days. Reid was on a 16-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 12 days.
Robin Reid stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC super-middleweight champion. Reid improves his record to 22-0-1 (17 KOs), while Nardiello adds a loss to his record at 30-6.
On January 13, 1996, a 29-year-old Vincenzo Nardiello (28-4, 16 KOs) and Henry Wharton met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Nardiello came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 28 days.
Vincenzo Nardiello lost to Henry Wharton via TKO in the 6th round, and adds an loss to his record at 28-5.
On July 22, 1995, a 29-year-old Vincenzo Nardiello (26-3, 14 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBC title held by 31-year-old British boxer Nigel Benn (40-2-1, 33 KOs).
Nardiello came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 26 days. Benn was on a 3-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
Nigel Benn stopped Vincenzo Nardiello via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-middleweight title. Benn improves his record to 41-2-1 (34 KOs), while Nardiello adds a loss to his record at 26-4.
On June 11, 1994, a 28-year-old Vincenzo Nardiello (25-2, 13 KOs) and Frederic Seillier met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Nardiello came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 16 days.
Vincenzo Nardiello lost to Frederic Seillier via TKO in the 5th round, and adds an loss to his record at 25-3.
On March 17, 1993, a 26-year-old Vincenzo Nardiello (22-1, 12 KOs) and Ray Close met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Nardiello came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 1 day.
Vincenzo Nardiello lost to Ray Close via TKO in the 10th round, and adds an loss to his record at 22-2.
On December 13, 1991, a 25-year-old Vincenzo Nardiello (17-0, 11 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBA title held by 29-year-old Panamanian boxer Víctor Córdoba (18-2-3, 14 KOs).
Nardiello came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day. Cordoba was on a 6-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 8 days.
Victor Cordoba stopped Vincenzo Nardiello via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-middleweight title. Cordoba improves his record to 19-2-3 (15 KOs), while Nardiello adds a loss to his record at 17-1.