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Steve Zoranich - Australia - HW
Career Record: w16(KO 11) / L8(KO 5) / D0

TITLES:
West Australia State Heavyweight Title

Original rating from LeeSkye.

Defeated Pat Kenny in Nov 1955 for the West Australia State Heavyweight title and then successfully defended it in May 1956 in a 15 round decision over Carlo Mar chini.

Lost to Allen Williams for the Australian HeayWeight Title in December 1957 when Williams KO'd Zoranich at the 0:50 mark in the 15th round. Williams later beat Zoranich again in November 1959 for the HW title this time by 15 round decision.In a 3rd try for the Australian HW Title, Zoranich was KO'd by Steve Raduly in the 6th round in Jan. 1960.

After his first defeat to Williams, Zoranich does not show up in a fight till July 1959 against Bob Murdoch. March 1960 Ring mentions Zoranich's fight on Dec 14, 1959 against Carlo Marchini noting Zoranich as Australia's number two heavyweight contender.

Zoranich was one time Australian Amateur heavyweight boxing champion.In an article found about Zoranich participating in the 1954 Commonwealth Games, Zoranich came to Australia from Croatia at the age of 11.A July 10, 1954 "The Mirror" newspaper article found on the internet discusses how Zoranich who had won the Autralian amateur heavyweight title in Sydney the previous November and was to fight in the Empire Games in Vancouver was denied a landing visa in Hawaii by the United States for"political grounds".From an article on a Facebook website just posted in fact in October 2018, Zoranich apparently at his own expense (family and friends helping him) had to make his way to Vancouver via Singapore, Calcutta, Cairo, Rome, London and Iceland. Steve fought Brian London at the Empire Games. London put Zoranich down with a right cross and witness' say Zoranich got back up quickly beating the count but the referee claimed he did not and declaced London the winner. This same article accounts after Steve's retirement from Boxing he went into horse training owning upwards of 10 racehorses.Much of this information was apparently supplied by Steve Zoranich Jr.