What is Graciano Rocchigiani?
[[File:Graciano Rocchigiani.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Rocchigiani in 2009]] '''Graciano Rocchigiani''' (29 December 1963 – 1 October 2018) was a German [[professional boxer]]. He was born in [[Duisburg]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. He competed from 1983 to 2003. Rocchigiani was a two-weight world champion, having held the [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] [[super-middleweight]] title from 1988 to 1989, and the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[light-heavyweight]] title in 1998. He held the [[European Boxing Union|European]] light-heavyweight title from 1991 to 1992. Rocchigiani was killed on 1 October 2018 in [[Belpasso]], Italy when he was run over by a car while taking a walk.<ref>{{cite news |title=Autounfall in Italien: Ex-Boxer Graciano Rocchigiani ist tot |url=https://www.n-tv.de/sport/Ex-Boxer-Graciano-Rocchigiani-ist-tot-article20652226.html |access-date=2 October 2018 |work=[[n-tv]] |agency=n-tv, ara |date=2 October 2018 |language=de}}</ref> He was 54 years old.<ref>{{cite news |title=Graciano Rocchigiani bei Autounfall ums Leben gekommen |access-date=2 October 2018 |work=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]] |date=2 October 2018 |language=de |first=Francois |last=Duchateau |agency=[[Deutsche Presse-Agentur|dpa]], [[Sport-Informations-Dienst|SID]] |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article215470357/Box-Legende-Rocchigiani-bei-Autounfall-ums-Leben-gekommen.html}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocchigiani, Graciano}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:German boxers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Duisburg]] {{sports-bio-stub}}