Francesco Pianeta

Name: Francesco Pianeta
Hometown: Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Birthplace: Corigliano Calabro, Calabria, Italy
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 196cm
Reach: 203cm
Pro Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Manfred Wolke (former), Ulli Wegner (former), Dirk Dzemski

Professional career

• Pianeta is a German-based, Italian-born professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.
• Pianeta showed his professionalism when he traveled internationally to fight opponents. His first fight as a professional boxer was in July 2005, in Hessen, Germany, when he beat Slovakian journeyman Sylvester Petrovic with a second round knockout.
• He has fought in Italy, Ireland, Austria, Poland, Belgium, Denmark, and Switzerland.

Factoids

• Pianeta was diagnosed with cancer in late 2009 and temporarily retired while he battled the disease.
• Pianeta's parents are from Corigliano and when he was six years of age the family emigrated to Germany and his father went to work in a butcher store.
• Pianeta was originally a muay thai and had a record of 9 wins and one loss before he turned to professional boxing.
• Although he was brought up in Germany, Pianeta has held close ties with Italy and has stated that it is his ambition to win the Italian heavyweight title.