Clemente Russo (born July 27, 1982 in Marcianise, Italy) is an Italian amateur boxer best known to win Gold at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight 201 lbs limit.

Career

At the Olympics 2004 Russo who works as a policeman and who hails from Campania campaigned at light heavyweight. He ran right into eventual winner Andre Ward from the USA and was eliminated early.

He moved up to the 201 lbs limit and exited early at theworld championships 2005 and the European championships 2006.

Then he became more successful. In 2007 he lost the EU final to Elias Pavlidis, at the World Championships he easily beat Englishman Daniel Price, 2005 medalist Alexander Povernov (PTS 17:5) and won the quarterfinals against Milorad Gajovic (Montenegro) to qualify for Beijing. He beat Chinese Yushan Nijiati to reach the finals where he edged out Russian top favorite Rakhim Chakkhiev 7:6.

In the 2008 Olympics he won the silver medal, losing the final round and so the competition to Rakhim Chakkhiev.

World Amateur championships results

2003

• Defeated Stefan Balint (Romania) 15-10
• Lost to Magomed Aripgadzhiev (Belarus) 4-14

2005

• Lost to Jasur Matchanov (Uzbekistan) 13-16

2007

• Defeated Danny Price (England) 14-5
• Defeated Lukas Viktora (Czech Republic) 17-6
• Defeated Alexander Povernov (Germany) 17-5
• Defeated Milorad Gajovic (Montenegro) 15-3
• Defeated Yushan Nijiati (China) 19-11
• Defeated Rakhim Chakkhiev (Russia) 7-6

Olympic results

2008 (as a heavyweight)

• Defeated Viktar Zuyev (Belarus) 7-1
• Defeated Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) 7-4
• Defeated Deontay Wilder (United States) 7-1
• Lost to Rakhim Chakkhiev (Russia) 2-4

External links

• List of exploits as a light-heavyweight