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Carmelo Bossi was a famous Italian boxing icon, who reached the pinnacle of his career by winning the world super welterweight title in 1970. His impressive journey included an Olympic silver medal in 1960 and European championships in 1967 and 1968.
10 mar 2020 · List of famous boxers from Italy, listed alphabetically with photos of the boxers when available. Italy has produced some very talented boxers over the years, including heavyweights, light heavyweights, cruiserweights, featherweights and flyweights.
Widely considered to be the greatest boxer to ever come from Italy, Loi is one of the rare fighters who avenged all his defeats in the ring. He went 3-2-1 during trilogies with fellow hall-of-famers Eddie Perkins and Carlos Ortiz. He was never knocked down or stopped in his career.
Primo Carnera (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpriːmo karˈnɛːra]; [2] 26 October 1906 – 29 June 1967), nicknamed the Ambling Alp, was an Italian professional boxer and wrestler who reigned as the boxing World Heavyweight Champion from 29 June 1933 to 14 June 1934.
The most famous living Italian boxers include Francesco Damiani, Cosimo Pinto, and Franco De Piccoli. The most famous deceased Italian boxers include Primo Carnera, Piero Toscani, and Fernando Atzori. As of April 2024, 2 new Italian boxers have been added to Pantheon including Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine, and Angela Carini.
2 kwi 1992 · Find out more about famous Italian Boxers, including Arturo Gatti, Primo Carnera, Vito Antuofermo, Anthony Martin Sinatra and Francesco Pianeta.
Giovanni " Nino " Benvenuti (born 26 April 1938) is an Italian former professional boxer and actor. He held world titles in two weight classes, having held the undisputed super-welterweight championship from June 1965 to June 1966 and the undisputed middleweight championship twice, from April to September 1967, and from March 1968 to November 1970.
