The exboxer Nino BenvenutiThe Legend of the Italian Sport and Gold Medal in the 1960 Olympic Games, died Tuesday at the age of 87 in the Italian capital, according to local media.
Benvenuti, born in 1938 in Isola D’Trian, is currently part of Slovenia, is one of the best Italian boxing and world champions of the average weight between 1967 and 1970, and the superwelter weight between 1965 and 1966.
Throughout his career, Benvenuti also crowned the European average weight champion between 1965 and 1967, and in 1968 he was awarded the prestigious “Fighter of the Year” Award (“Fighter of the Year”), a recognition that made him the first Italian to receive such honor.
In addition, he is the only boxer in his country who holds the world’s united titles recognized in the two categories, in the middle pesos and superwelter, which combines his place amidst the greatest in boxing history.
Years after retiring from the ring, BenvenutYo He continued linked to the world of boxing as a commentator in Rai’s fighting and included in the International Boxing Hall, whose first Italian to receive the difference, and in the Hall of Fame of Italy’s sport, along with great myths such as Marciano Rocky and Joe Dimaggio.
Source: La Verdad
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