Ornella Domini (born 2 November 1988) is a Swiss professional boxer who is a two-time European female welterweight champion. She also challenged for the WBC female super-welterweight title.

Ornella Domini
Born (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35)
NationalitySwiss
Statistics
Weight(s)
Boxing record[1]
Total fights17
Wins15
Wins by KO3
Losses2

Professional career

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Domini made her professional debut on 26 January 2013, scoring a third-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Daniela Bickei at the Hotel Ramada in Geneva, Switzerland.[2]

Following four more wins, one by TKO, she defeated the European female super-lightweight champion Sabrina Giuliani—who had moved up a weight class to face Domini—via ten-round split decision (SD), capturing the inaugural European female welterweight title on 9 November 2013 at the Hotel Ramada.[3] The two ringside judges scored the bout 96–95 in favour of Domini while the referee scored it 97–94 to Giuliani.[4] After two unanimous decision (UD) victories in non-title bouts in 2014—Kremena Petkova in March[5] and Borislava Goranova in May[6]—Domini defeated Giuliani in a rematch on 28 March 2015, retaining her European title via ten-round UD at the Hotel Ramada with the scorecards reading 100–91, 97–93, and 97–93.[7]

Domini was scheduled to face undisputed female welterweight champion Cecilia Brækhus on 28 November 2015 at the ESPRIT Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Brækhus' WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles on the line. The bout was set to serve on the undercard of Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury.[8] However, the bout was called off after Brækhus suffered an injury. Following another postponement of a bout with Brækhus, coupled with commitments outside of boxing, Domini made the decision to retire from the sport.[9]

After two years out of the ring, she made her return on 1 April 2017, defeating Lela Terashvili via six-round UD at the Hotel Ramada.[10] Two months later Domini suffered the first defeat of her career, losing by UD over six rounds against Ruth Chisale on 24 June.[11] She bounced back from defeat with a third round stoppage via corner retirement (RTD) against former opponent Lela Terashvili in November,[12] followed by two UD victories against Mariam Tatunashvili in March[13] and September 2018.[14]

Her next fight came against WBC female super-welterweight champion Ewa Piątkowska on 10 November 2018 at the Gliwice Arena in Gliwice, Poland. In what was described as a dominant performance from the champion, Domini suffered her second professional defeat, losing by UD with the judges' scorecards reading 100–90, 99–91, and 98–92.[15][16]

Following the loss, she recaptured the vacant European female welterweight title, defeating Szilvia Szabados via ten-round UD on 9 March 2019 at the Hotel Ramada[17] with the scorecards reading 99–91, 98–93, and 97–94.[18] The pair had a rematch one year later on 7 March at the same venue, with Domini retaining her title with a SD victory.[19]

Professional boxing record

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17 fights 15 wins 2 losses
By knockout 3 0
By decision 12 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
17 Win 15–2   Szilvia Szabados SD 10 7 Mar 2020   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland Retained European female welterweight title
16 Win 14–2   Szilvia Szabados UD 10 9 Mar 2019   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland Won vacant European female welterweight title
15 Loss 13–2   Ewa Piątkowska UD 10 10 Nov 2018   Gliwice Arena, Gliwice, Poland For WBC female super-welterweight title
14 Win 13–1   Mariam Tatunashvili UD 8 29 Sep 2018   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland
13 Win 12–1   Mariam Tatunashvili UD 8 10 Mar 2018   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland
12 Win 11–1   Lela Terashvili RTD 3 (8), 1:55 4 Nov 2017   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland
11 Loss 10–1   Ruth Chisale UD 6 24 Jun 2017   Salle de Fetes, Vernier, Switzerland
10 Win 10–0   Lela Terashvili UD 6 1 Apr 2017   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland
9 Win 9–0   Sabrina Giuliani UD 10 28 Mar 2015   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland Retained European female welterweight title
8 Win 8–0   Borislava Goranova UD 6 17 May 2014   Salle Communale, Versoix, Switzerland
7 Win 7–0   Kremena Petkova UD 6 29 Mar 2014   Salle Communale, Nyon, Switzerland
6 Win 6–0   Sabrina Giuliani SD 10 9 Nov 2013   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland Won inaugural European female welterweight title
5 Win 5–0   Maja Jahic UD 6 29 Jun 2013   Salle de Fetes, Vernier, Switzerland
4 Win 4–0   Sanja Ostojic UD 6 25 May 2013   Sporthalle Badbetrieb, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
3 Win 3–0   Maja Jahic PTS 6 29 Mar 2013   Sports Palace, Cazin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Win 2–0   Masa Bacanov TKO 3 (6), 1:55 9 Mar 2013   Salle Communale, Nyon, Switzerland
1 Win 1–0   Daniela Bickei TKO 3 (6), 1:30 26 Jan 2013   Hotel Ramada, Geneva, Switzerland

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing record for Ornella Domini". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Daniela Bickei". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  3. ^ McGrady, Jim (12 November 2013). "Women's Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up". The Boxing Tribune. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Sabrina Giuliani I". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Kremena Petkova". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Borislava Goranova". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. ^ Roch, Philippe (30 March 2015). "Ornella Domini conserve son titre avec maestria". 24 heures (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  8. ^ Kemp, Jay (6 November 2015). "Cecilia Brækhus vs. Ornella Domini Hits HBO on November 28th". Women of Boxing. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ Berger, Benjamin (1 April 2017). "Ornella Domini est de retour aux affaires, gare à ses adversaires". Tribune de Genève (in French). ISSN 1010-2248. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  10. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Lela Terashvili I". BoxRec. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  11. ^ "SwissBoxing - News". Swiss Boxing (in French). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  12. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Lela Terashvili II". BoxRec. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  13. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Mariam Tatunashvili I". BoxRec. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  14. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Mariam Tatunashvili II". BoxRec. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  15. ^ Sukachev, Alexey (10 November 2018). "Artur Szpilka Survives Near Disaster To Edge Mariusz Wach". BoxingScene. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Ewa Piatkowska Cruises to Dominating Win over Ornella Domini to Retain her WBC Welterweight Championship". Women of Boxing. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  17. ^ Blanc, Georges (11 March 2019). "Bruno Tavares en conquérant". www.laliberte.ch (in French). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  18. ^ "BoxRec: Ornella Domini vs. Szilvia Szabados I". BoxRec. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  19. ^ Maillard, Christian (8 March 2020). "Ornella Domini vacille mais conserve sa couronne". 24 heures (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Inaugural champion European female welterweight champion
9 November 2013 – October 2015
Vacant
Title next held by
Ewa Piątkowska
Vacant
Title last held by
Ewa Piątkowska
European female welterweight champion
9 March 2019 – present
Incumbent