Paolo Roberto

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Paolo Roberto (born 3 February 1969) is a Swedish actor, television presenter, restauranteur and ex-boxer of partial Italian descent. During his boxing career, he held several titles. He has starred in several movies and hosted several television programs, including as host of the cooking show Primo Paolo. His acting debut was in Stockholmsnatt, where he starred himself in a dramatization of his early life.

Boxing career

Roberto was born in Upplands Väsby, Stockholms län. He started to compete professionally at the age of 24, but had earlier competed in kickboxing where he became Swedish champion, and before that Taekwondo where he became Nordic champion and repeated Swedish champion. He was known for fighting a lot in the street.[1]

He started off his career with four consecutive victories before running into trouble. After fighting a six-round draw against Roy Dehara, he came back to the ring to be stopped in the second round against John Duckworth. His coach said in a post fight interview that Paolo refused to give up and that's probably why the referee stopped the fight. When asked about the incident, Paolo simply said if he would give up in a street fight he would die. After his first loss, he won 15 straight fights before taking on the WBC light middleweight champion Javier Castillejo to whom he lost in the fifth round by referee stoppage. Roberto was behind on all scorecards at the time the fight was stopped.[2]

Roberto then moved up in weight to challenge fellow countryman Armand Krajnc[3] for his WBO middle weight title. In between those fights, he had four wins. In the fight against Krajnc, Roberto had the champion rocking on his feet in the opening round. A right hook stunned his opponent and he had to cover up against the ropes. Then later on in the fight, Krajnc finally figured out his opponent and outboxed the smaller challenger.[4]

Roberto then went back to his original weight class welterweight where after three fights, he won the vacant WBC International Welterweight title against Raul Eduardo Bejarano. He then vacated his belt to fight for the WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title against Wayne Martell. Roberto dominated the fight and was winning when in the tenth round Martell's cut above his eye had gotten so bad the ring doctor decided he had had enough. In his first defense of his WBO title, Roberto got knocked out in the second round against Sebastian Andres Lujan.[2] He never fought professionally again.[2]

All of Roberto's boxing matches took place outside of Sweden, including his championship fights, which were held in Åland, because pro boxing has been banned in Sweden since 1969.[5]

Outside boxing

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He married Lena Arrelöv on 31 December 2003. The couple have one son, Enzo Antonio Roberto, born in 2004, and one daughter, Elisa Roberto, born in 2007. Roberto and Arrelöv divorced in 2012. His early life is dramatized in the 1987 Swedish movie Stockholmsnatt. He is featured in some chapters of Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Played with Fire and played himself in the film based on the book.[7][8]

Roberto has also talked openly of his conversion experience, which happened on a visit to St. Peter's in Rome. Wishing to approach the image of St. Michael the Archangel (the great "fighter" of the Heavenly Host), he was told he was not allowed in that roped off area. He asked, "Well, why can those people go in?" "They are going to confession," the guard replied. He thought of the empty life he had lived to his present, and told the guard, "Well, I'm going to confession, too." After over an hour with the priest, he said he felt renewed. The girl he had travelled to Rome with is now his wife, Lena Arrelöv. Roberto recounted this episode of his life to Marcus Grodi on the "Journey Home" show of EWTN.[9]

Scandals

In 2017, Roberto was criticized in the press for allegedly making sexist jokes on social media, one of which was in connection with Metoo.[10] After criticism from, among others, Gudrun Schyman, Roberto defended himself with the fact that it was a joke and sexually-abusive acts are truly terrible.[11]

In May 2020, he was arrested on suspicion of buying sex from a young woman from another European country. The strike was made in an apartment in central Stockholm in a police operation. Roberto confirmed the sex purchase during a television interview. In connection, he was dismissed from his program manager assignments on TV4 and dropped by the company representing his selling of Italian Food range Paolos.[12][13][14]

Professional boxing record

Professional record breakdown
33 matches 28 wins 4 losses
By knockout 13 3
By decision 15 1
Draws 1
Result Record Opponent Method Stadium Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 28–4–1 Template:Flagicon Sebastián Andrés Luján KO Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland Template:Dts 2 1:22 Template:Flagicon Mariehamn, Finland Loses WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
Win 28–3–1 Template:Flagicon Wayne Martell TKO (cuts) Kisahalli, Helsinki, Finland Template:Dts 10 1:52 Template:Flagicon Helsinki, Finland Wins WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
Win 27–3–1 Template:Flagicon Raul Eduardo Bejarano UD Finland Template:Dts 12 3:00 Template:Flagicon Helsinki, Finland Wins WBC International welterweight title
Win 26–3–1 Template:Flagicon David Sarraille TKO Denmark, Odense Congress Center Template:Dts 2 2:02 Template:Flagicon Odense, Denmark
Win 25–3–1 Template:Flagicon Gyorgy Bugyik TKO Gubbio, Umbria, Italy Template:Dts 2 1:59 Template:Flagicon Gubbio, Italy
Win 24–3–1 Template:Flagicon Ron Pasek KO Cirkusbygningen, Copenhagen, Denmark Template:Dts 3 2:45 Template:Flagicon Copenhagen, Denmark
Loss 23–3–1 Template:Flagicon Armand Krajnc UD Hansehalle, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Template:Dts 12 3:00 Template:Flagicon Lübeck, Germany For WBO middleweight title
Win 23–2–1 Template:Flagicon Luiz Augusto Dos Santos MD Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary Template:Dts 8 3:00 Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary
Win 22–2–1 Template:Flagicon Edwin Murillo KO Estrel Convention Center, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany Template:Dts 1 0:50 Template:Flagicon Berlin, Germany
Win 21–2–1 Template:Flagicon Anthony Ivory UD FTC Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Template:Dts 8 3:00 Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary
Win 20–2–1 Template:Flagicon Henry Hughes TKO Preussag Arena, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany Template:Dts 2 1:51 Template:Flagicon Hannover, Germany
Loss 19–2–1 Template:Flagicon Javier Castillejo TKO Pabellon Europa, Leganes, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain Template:Dts 7 1:47 Template:Flagicon Madrid, Spain For WBC light middleweight title
Win 19–1–1 Template:Flagicon Stefan Dimitrov TKO Plaza de Toros La Cubierta, Leganes, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain Template:Dts 6 0:32 Template:Flagicon Madrid, Spain
Win 18–1–1 Template:Flagicon Jesús Mayorga UD Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 13 Feb 1999 8 3:00 Template:Flagicon Las Vegas, USA
Win 17–1–1 Template:Flagicon David Baptiste TKO Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Template:Dts 6 2:51 Template:Flagicon Liverpool, England
Win 16–1–1 Template:Flagicon Djemal Mehmedov TKO York, Yorkshire, England Template:Dts 4 2:48 Template:Flagicon York, England
Win 15–1–1 Template:Flagicon Armando Briganti SD Pesaro, Marche, Italy Template:Dts 8 3:00 Template:Flagicon Pesaro, Italy
Win 14–1–1 Template:Flagicon Darryl Ruffin UD Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Template:Dts 8 3:00 Template:Flagicon New Jersey, USA
Win 13–1–1 Template:Flagicon Darren Covill PTS Lee Valley Leisure Centre, Picketts Lock, London, England Template:Dts 6 3:00 Template:Flagicon London, England
Win 12–1–1 Template:Flagicon Viktor Fesechko PTS Alexandra Pavilion, Muswell Hill, London, England Template:Dts 8 3:00 Template:Flagicon London, England
Win 11–1–1 Template:Flagicon Danny Quacoe PTS San Gennaro Vesuviano, Campania, Italy Template:Dts 8 3:00 Template:Flagicon San Gennaro Vesuviano, Italy
Win 10–1–1 Template:Flagicon Steve Goodwin PTS Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Template:Dts 6 3:00 Template:Flagicon Glasgow, Scotland
Win 9–1–1 Template:Flagicon Paul King PTS Brondby hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Template:Dts 6 3:00 Template:Flagicon Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 8–1–1 Template:Flagicon Habib Ben Salah TKO Le Caire, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France Template:Dts 5 2:02 Template:Flagicon Le Caire, France
Win 7–1–1 Template:Flagicon Josef Presinsky UD Walsleben, Brandenburg, Germany Template:Dts 6 3:00 Template:Flagicon Brandenburg, Germany
Win 6–1–1 Template:Flagicon Carl Winston PTS Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, England Template:Dts 4 3:00 Template:Flagicon London, England
Win 5–1–1 Template:Flagicon Ernie Loveridge PTS Town Hall, Battersea, London, England Template:Dts 4 3:00 Template:Flagicon London, England
Loss 4 – 1 – 1 Template:Flagicon Dusty Miller TKO York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England Template:Dts 2 2:28 Template:Flagicon London, England
Draw 4–0–1 Template:Flagicon John Duckworth PTS Piccadilly, London, England Template:Dts 6 3:00 Template:Flagicon London, England
Win 4–0 Template:Flagicon Roy Dehara KO York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England Template:Dts 1 2:00 Template:Flagicon London, England
Win 3–0 Template:Flagicon John Hughes TKO Tooting, London, England Template:Dts 1 0:21 Template:Flagicon London, England
Win 2–0 Template:Flagicon Zoltan Dano PTS Budapest, Hungary Template:Dts 4 3:00 Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary
Win 1–0 Template:Flagicon Laszlo Molnar TKO Turku, Finland Template:Dts 2 1:21 Template:Flagicon Turku, Finland

Minor titles held

Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check WBC International welterweight title
16 November 2002 – 2 February 2003
Vacates Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
2 February 2003 – 4 October 2003 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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