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Nino Benvenuti

Global ID

8999

sex

male

birthdate

1938-04-26

division

middleweight

stance

orthodox

height

5′ 11″ / 180cm

reach

75″ / 191cm

alias

Nino

country

Italy

residence

Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

birth place

Izola, Slovenia

birth name

Giovanni Benvenuti

won 82 (KO 35) + lost 7 (KO 3) + drawn 1 = 90
rounds boxed 707 KO% 38.89

biography

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date opponent W-L-D last 6 location
1971-05-08 Carlos Monzon 71-3-9
Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco L TKO 3 15
time: 1:05 | referee: Victor Avendano | judge: Arthur Mercante
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
Benvenuti's manager throws in towel. Benvenuti was knocked down once in the 2nd and again in the 3rd. The towel was thrown in after he rose from the 2nd knockdown.
1971-03-17 Jose Roberto Chirino 18-4-4
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy L MD 10 10
46-47 | 46-47 | 46-46
Benvenuti was knocked down twice.
1970-11-07 Carlos Monzon 67-3-9
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy L TKO 12 15
time: 1:57 | referee: Rudolf Drust | judge: Georges Gondre | judge: Aime Leschot
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
1970 Fight of the Year - Ring Magazine
1970-09-12 Doyle Baird 30-3-1
Stadio della Vittoria, Bari, Puglia, Italy W TKO 10 10
time: 2:03
Baird was knocked down once in the 9th and twice in the 10th.
1970-05-23 Tom Bethea 10-5-1
Sports Stadium Arena, Umag, Croatia W KO 8 15
time: 2:43
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
1970-03-13 Tom Bethea 9-5-1
Olympic Velodrome, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L TKO 8 10
referee: Billy Rainsbury
Benvenuti quits with a rib injury, he had been knocked down in the 7th round.
1969-11-22 Luis Manuel Rodriguez 96-7-0
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W KO 11 15
time: 1:08
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
Rodriguez knocked out with single left hook
1969-10-04 Fraser Scott 17-0-1
San Paolo Stadium, Napoli, Campania, Italy W DQ 7 15
time: 1:40 | referee: Tony Gillardi
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
Scott disqualified for what the Italian referee described as head-butting. Scott argued that he was simply fighting out of a crouch.
1969-05-26 Dick Tiger 58-18-3
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA L UD 10 10
referee: Tony Perez 2-7 | judge: Al Berl 3-6 | judge: Joe Armstrong 4-6
1968-12-14 Don Fullmer 47-13-3
Ariston Theatre, San Remo, Liguria, Italy W UD 15 15
referee: Piero Brambilla 72-69 | 73-68 | 71-65
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
Benvenuti was knocked down in the 7th round.
1968-10-14 Doyle Baird 22-2-0
Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio, USA D PTS 10 10
1968-09-17 Art Hernandez 35-10-2
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada W UD 10 10
1968-07-05 Jimmy Ramos 6-6-3
Torino, Piemonte, Italy W RTD 4 10
time: 0:30
Ramos quit. He was knocked down twice in the bout.
1968-06-07 Yoshiaki Akasaka 21-14-1
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W KO 2 10
1968-03-04 Emile Griffith 54-8-0
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA W UD 15 15
referee: Johnny LoBianco 8-6 | judge: Frank Forbes 8-6 | judge: Al Berl 7-7
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
Griffith was knocked down in the 9th. Al Berl 7-7-1 (9-8, points for Nino based on extra point for knockdown)
1968-01-19 Charley Austin 31-21-4
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1967-09-29 Emile Griffith 52-8-0
Shea Stadium, Queens, New York, USA L MD 15 15
referee: Tommy Walsh 7-7 | judge: Johnny Dran 5-9 | judge: Joe Eppy 5-9
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
Benvenuti was knocked down in the 14th.
1967-04-17 Emile Griffith 52-7-0
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA W UD 15 15
referee: Mark Conn 10-5 | judge: Leo Birnbaum 10-5 | judge: Al Berl 9-6
WBC middleweight title
WBA World middleweight title
1967 Fight of the Year - Ring Magazine
Benvenuti was knocked down in the 4th round, Griffith in the 2nd.
1967-03-03 Milo Calhoun 22-8-6
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1967-01-19 Manfred Graus 12-5-3
Palazzetto dello Sport, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy W KO 2 10
time: 2:40
1966-12-23 Renato Moraes 21-8-2
Rome, Lazio, Italy W KO 9 10
1966-12-02 Ferd Hernandez 26-7-4
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1966-10-21 Pascal Di Benedetto 21-0-1
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W RTD 11 15
EBU (European) middleweight title
1966-09-23 Harry Scott 24-17-4
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1966-06-25 Ki-Soo Kim 22-0-2
Changchung Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea L SD 15 15
referee: Nick Pope 68-74 | judge: Yong-Soo Chung 69-72 | judge: Antonio Galardio 72-68
WBC light middleweight title
WBA World light middleweight title
1966-05-14 Jupp Elze 27-2-1
Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany W TKO 14 15
time: 1:27 | referee: George Smith
EBU (European) middleweight title
Elze was knocked down in the 1st and 14th rounds.
1966-03-11 Clarence James 12-5-1
Torino, Piemonte, Italy W PTS 10 10
1966-02-04 Don Fullmer 37-11-3
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 12 12
referee: Piero Pica
Benvenuti needed 26 stitches to close wounds made by Fullmer's butting.
1965-12-17 Sandro Mazzinghi 41-2-0
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W UD 15 15
referee: Giacinto Aniello
WBC light middleweight title
WBA World light middleweight title
Mazzinghi was knocked down before the end of the 2nd round. The count was at eight, when the bell rang.
1965-11-15 James Shelton 23-15-3
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy W PTS 10 10
1965-11-05 Johnny Torres 18-24-6
Palazzo Dello Sport, Torino, Piemonte, Italy W DQ 7 10
1965-10-15 Luis Folledo 92-3-1
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W KO 6 15
referee: Ike Powell
vacant EBU (European) middleweight title
According to both an Italy (La Stampa) and Spain newspaper (El Mundo Deportivo), Folledo weighed 75 kilos and was overweight for this contest.
1965-08-16 Daniel Leullier 8-21-2
Senigallia, Marche, Italy W TKO 7 10
1965-06-18 Sandro Mazzinghi 40-1-0
San Siro, Milan, Lombardia, Italy W KO 6 15
time: 2:40 | referee: Salvatore Brambilla
WBC light middleweight title
WBA World light middleweight title
1965-04-30 Milo Calhoun 15-2-4
Genoa, Liguria, Italy W PTS 10 10
1965-04-02 Rip Randall 35-11-5
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
Randall was knocked down for an eight count in the 6th round.
1965-03-19 Dick Knight 19-11-2
Palazzo Dello Sport, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy W KO 6 10
1965-02-27 Mick Leahy 46-17-7
Palazzo Dello Sport, Milan, Lombardia, Italy W PTS 10 10
1965-02-12 Tommaso Truppi 26-4-2
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy W RTD 5 12
Italy middleweight title
1965-01-22 Art Hernandez 21-1-1
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W TKO 3 10
time: 2:20
A cut over Hernandez's left eye, forced the stoppage
1964-12-19 Juan Carlos Duran 26-3-5
Palazzo Dello Sport, Milan, Lombardia, Italy W PTS 10 10
1964-11-27 Aristeo Chavarin 10-8-2
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W KO 4 10
1964-10-09 Abrao De Souza 18-2-0
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W DQ 7 10
1964-09-18 Denny Moyer 36-15-1
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1964-07-30 Fabio Bettini 20-8-5
San Remo, Liguria, Italy W PTS 12 12
Italy middleweight title
1964-05-28 Jimmy Beecham 41-28-3
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy W TKO 2 10
Referee and ringside physician stopped the bout, feeling that Beecham had taken to much punishment.
1964-04-10 Sugar Boy Nando 55-27-5
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1964-03-18 Michel Diouf 43-23-5
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy W PTS 10 10
1964-02-28 Memo Ayon 13-3-1
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W KO 5 10
time: 0:28
1963-12-13 Ted Wright 45-11-7
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
"The fight"..was dominated by the tigerish Benvenuti, who won the bitter duel by a clear margin." (The Ring, March 1964, page 62)
1963-11-15 Luis Gutierrez 54-6-5
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W TKO 7 10
Benvenuti suffered his first professional knockdown in this bout. Ringside physicians stopped the bout after Gutierrez suffered an apparent broken jaw.
1963-11-07 Jackie Cailleau 10-8-1
Prato, Toscana, Italy W PTS 10 10
1963-10-18 Gaspar Ortega 106-27-4
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1963-09-27 Victor Zalazar 31-11-2
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W TKO 2 10
1963-09-16 Wilhelm Niederau 4-0-0
Prato, Toscana, Italy W TKO 6 10
Niederau suffered an injured right hand in 4th
1963-08-31 Francesco Fiori 36-4-1
Priverno, Lazio, Italy W TKO 3 12
Italy middleweight title
Fiori's corner threw in the sponge.
1963-06-07 Tony Montano 33-11-2
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1963-05-23 Jimmy Beecham 41-23-3
Flaminio Stadium, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1963-04-24 Jean Ruellet 65-62-20
Palazzetto dello Sport, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy W PTS 10 10
1963-04-05 Georges Estatoff 2-12-2
Palazzo Dello Sport, Torino, Piemonte, Italy W KO 6 10
time: 0:33
1963-03-01 Tommaso Truppi 22-1-2
Rome, Lazio, Italy W KO 11 12
vacant Italy middleweight title
1962-12-26 Giampaolo Melis 58-19-2
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy W KO 2 10
1962-11-30 Isaac Logart 62-18-9
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 10 10
1962-10-18 Daniel Leullier 1-7-1
Padua, Veneto, Italy W PTS 10 10
1962-09-28 Diego Infantes 46-8-2
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 8 8
1962-08-30 Giuseppe Gentiletti 29-8-2
Senigallia, Marche, Italy W KO 2 10
1962-08-02 Mahmout le Noir 12-9-4
Lignano, Emilia Romagna, Italy W PTS 8 8
1962-07-12 Gino Rossi 32-39-11
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy W PTS 10 10
1962-06-22 Heinz Freytag 14-3-2
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W PTS 8 8
1962-06-02 Jean Ruellet 64-56-19
Stadio Amiscora, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy W PTS 8 8
1962-05-01 Hector Constance 29-19-11
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy W PTS 10 10
1962-04-13 Jim Hegerle 36-17-3
Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy W KO 4 11
1962-03-17 Gianni Lommi 4-5-1
Milan, Lombardia, Italy W KO 5 10
1962-03-08 Manfred Haas 30-2-2
Palazzo Dello Sport, Torino, Piemonte, Italy W PTS 8 8
1962-02-19 Jose Riquelme 0-1-0
Palazzetto dello Sport, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy W PTS 8 8
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