He is the older brother of former two-division world boxing champion Graciano Rocchigiani.

He failed in two attempts to win the European Boxing Union light heavyweight championships.

He finally won the WBO cruiserweight championship on June 10, 1995, and held it for more than two years.

He won the vacant title by scoring a technical knockout over Carl Thompson,[1] and defended it six times including against Bash Ali.

Rocchigiani was contractually signed to German boxing promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl and his company "Universum Boxpromotions."