On March 26, 2010, a 39-year-old Gianluca Branco (43-2-1, 22 KOs) and a 28-year-old British boxer Matthew Hatton (38-4-2, 15 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Branco came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 15 days. Hatton was on a 1-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 7 days.
Matthew Hatton defeated Gianluca Branco via unanimous decision in the 12-round welterweight fight. Hatton improves his record to 39-4-2, while Branco adds a loss to his record at 43-3-1.
On March 4, 2006, a 35-year-old Gianluca Branco (36-1-1, 19 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight WBO title held by 25-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto (25-0, 21 KOs).
Branco came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 10 days. Cotto was on a 25-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Miguel Cotto stopped Gianluca Branco via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-lightweight title. Cotto improves his record to 26-0 (22 KOs), while Branco adds a loss to his record at 36-2-1.
On January 24, 2004, 33-year-old Gianluca Branco (32-0-1, 15 KOs) and 31-year-old Arturo Gatti (36-6, 28 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC super-lightweight title.
Branco came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 19 days. Gatti was on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 17 days.
Arturo Gatti defeated Gianluca Branco via unanimous decision . Gatti improves his record to 37-6, while Branco adds a loss to his record at 32-1-1.