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Total Fights | 90 |
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Wins | 82 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 8 |
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Title Defenses | 5 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 35 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 10 years and three months, Nino Benvenuti fought 90 times with 82 wins, 7 losses, and 1 draw.
Benvenuti retired from professional boxing with a record of 82-7-1, which included eight world-title wins and five successful title defense fights at two weight classes — super-welterweight and middleweight. He had a 38.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 35 of his total 90 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Benvenuti suffered three knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 3rd round TKO defeat to Carlos Monzón on May 8, 1971. Benvenuti was fighting for the undisputed middleweight championship in this fight.
Some of Benvenuti's best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Luis Manuel Rodríguez and Emile Griffith), Tom Bethea, Sandro Mazzinghi, Jimmy Ramos, Doyle Baird, and Yoshiaki Akasaka.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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90 | May 8, 1971 | 33 | Carlos Monzón | Loss * | TKO3 |
89 | Mar 17, 1971 | 32 | José Chirino | Loss | MD |
88 | Nov 7, 1970 | 32 | Carlos Monzón | Loss * | TKO12 |
87 | Sep 12, 1970 | 32 | Doyle Baird | Win | TKO10 |
86 | May 23, 1970 | 32 | Tom Bethea | Win * | KO8 |
85 | Mar 13, 1970 | 31 | Tom Bethea | Loss | TKO8 |
84 | Nov 22, 1969 | 31 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | Win * | KO11 |
83 | Oct 4, 1969 | 31 | Fraser Scott | Win * | DQ |
82 | May 26, 1969 | 31 | Dick Tiger | Loss | UD |
81 | Dec 14, 1968 | 30 | Don Fullmer | Win * | UD |
80 | Oct 14, 1968 | 30 | Doyle Baird | Draw | PTS |
79 | Sep 17, 1968 | 30 | Art Hernandez | Win | UD |
78 | Jul 5, 1968 | 30 | Jimmy Ramos | Win | RTD4 |
77 | Jun 7, 1968 | 30 | Yoshiaki Akasaka | Win | KO2 |
76 | Mar 4, 1968 | 29 | Emile Griffith | Win * | UD |
75 | Jan 19, 1968 | 29 | Charley Austin | Win | PTS |
74 | Sep 29, 1967 | 29 | Emile Griffith | Loss * | MD |
73 | Apr 17, 1967 | 28 | Emile Griffith | Win * | UD |
72 | Mar 3, 1967 | 28 | Milo Calhoun | Win | PTS |
71 | Jan 19, 1967 | 28 | Manfred Graus | Win | KO2 |
70 | Dec 23, 1966 | 28 | Renato Moraes | Win | KO9 |
69 | Dec 2, 1966 | 28 | Ferd Hernandez | Win | PTS |
68 | Oct 21, 1966 | 28 | Pascal Di Benedetto | Win | RTD11 |
67 | Sep 23, 1966 | 28 | Harry Scott | Win | PTS |
66 | Jun 25, 1966 | 28 | Kim Ki-Soo | Loss * | SD |
65 | May 14, 1966 | 28 | Jupp Elze | Win | TKO14 |
64 | Mar 11, 1966 | 27 | Clarence James | Win | PTS |
63 | Feb 4, 1966 | 27 | Don Fullmer | Win | PTS |
62 | Dec 17, 1965 | 27 | Sandro Mazzinghi | Win * | UD |
61 | Nov 15, 1965 | 27 | James Shelton | Win | PTS |
60 | Nov 5, 1965 | 27 | Johnny Torres | Win | DQ |
59 | Oct 15, 1965 | 27 | Luis Folledo | Win | KO6 |
58 | Aug 16, 1965 | 27 | Daniel Leullier | Win | TKO7 |
57 | Jun 18, 1965 | 27 | Sandro Mazzinghi | Win * | KO6 |
56 | Apr 30, 1965 | 27 | Milo Calhoun | Win | PTS |
55 | Apr 2, 1965 | 26 | Rip Randall | Win | PTS |
54 | Mar 19, 1965 | 26 | Dick Knight | Win | KO6 |
53 | Feb 27, 1965 | 26 | Mick Leahy | Win | PTS |
52 | Feb 12, 1965 | 26 | Tommaso Truppi | Win | RTD5 |
51 | Jan 22, 1965 | 26 | Art Hernandez | Win | TKO3 |
50 | Dec 19, 1964 | 26 | Juan Carlos Durán | Win | PTS |
49 | Nov 27, 1964 | 26 | Aristeo Chavarin | Win | KO4 |
48 | Oct 9, 1964 | 26 | Abrao De Souza | Win | DQ |
47 | Sep 18, 1964 | 26 | Denny Moyer | Win | PTS |
46 | Jul 30, 1964 | 26 | Fabio Bettini | Win | PTS |
45 | May 28, 1964 | 26 | Jimmy Beecham | Win | TKO2 |
44 | Apr 10, 1964 | 25 | Sugar Boy Nando | Win | PTS |
43 | Mar 18, 1964 | 25 | Michel Diouf | Win | PTS |
42 | Feb 28, 1964 | 25 | Memo Ayon | Win | KO5 |
41 | Dec 13, 1963 | 25 | Ted Wright | Win | PTS |
40 | Nov 15, 1963 | 25 | Luis Gutierrez | Win | TKO7 |
39 | Nov 7, 1963 | 25 | Jackie Cailleau | Win | PTS |
38 | Oct 18, 1963 | 25 | Gaspar Ortega | Win | PTS |
37 | Sep 27, 1963 | 25 | Víctor Zalazar | Win | TKO2 |
36 | Sep 16, 1963 | 25 | Wilhelm Niederau | Win | TKO6 |
35 | Aug 31, 1963 | 25 | Francesco Fiori | Win | TKO3 |
34 | Jun 7, 1963 | 25 | Tony Montano | Win | PTS |
33 | May 23, 1963 | 25 | Jimmy Beecham | Win | PTS |
32 | Apr 24, 1963 | 24 | Jean Ruellet | Win | PTS |
31 | Apr 5, 1963 | 24 | Georges Estatoff | Win | KO6 |
30 | Mar 1, 1963 | 24 | Tommaso Truppi | Win | KO11 |
29 | Dec 26, 1962 | 24 | Giampaolo Melis | Win | KO2 |
28 | Nov 30, 1962 | 24 | Isaac Logart | Win | PTS |
27 | Oct 18, 1962 | 24 | Daniel Leullier | Win | PTS |
26 | Sep 28, 1962 | 24 | Diego Infantes | Win | PTS |
25 | Aug 30, 1962 | 24 | Giuseppe Gentiletti | Win | KO2 |
24 | Aug 2, 1962 | 24 | Mahmout le Noir | Win | PTS |
23 | Jul 12, 1962 | 24 | Gino Rossi | Win | PTS |
22 | Jun 22, 1962 | 24 | Heinz Freytag | Win | PTS |
21 | Jun 2, 1962 | 24 | Jean Ruellet | Win | PTS |
20 | May 1, 1962 | 24 | Hector Constance | Win | PTS |
19 | Apr 13, 1962 | 23 | Jim Hegerle | Win | KO4 |
18 | Mar 17, 1962 | 23 | Gianni Lommi | Win | KO5 |
17 | Mar 8, 1962 | 23 | Manfred Haas | Win | PTS |
16 | Feb 19, 1962 | 23 | José Riquelme | Win | PTS |
15 | Jan 19, 1962 | 23 | George Aldridge | Win | KO6 |
14 | Dec 20, 1961 | 23 | Giuseppe Catalano | Win | PTS |
13 | Nov 9, 1961 | 23 | Jesse Jones | Win | DQ |
12 | Nov 1, 1961 | 23 | Angelo Brisci | Win | KO1 |
11 | Oct 2, 1961 | 23 | Retmia Mahrez | Win | TKO3 |
10 | Jun 17, 1961 | 23 | Marc Desforneaux | Win | PTS |
9 | Jun 7, 1961 | 23 | Henri Cabelduc | Win | PTS |
8 | May 16, 1961 | 23 | Michel Francois | Win | KO4 |
7 | May 3, 1961 | 23 | Daniel Brunet | Win | DQ |
6 | Apr 21, 1961 | 22 | Pierre Mondino | Win | PTS |
5 | Apr 7, 1961 | 22 | Nic Maric | Win | PTS |
4 | Mar 14, 1961 | 22 | Sahib Mosri | Win | KO3 |
3 | Feb 27, 1961 | 22 | Ben Ali Allala | Win | KO1 |
2 | Feb 10, 1961 | 22 | Nicola Sammartino | Win | KO3 |
1 | Jan 20, 1961 | 22 | Ben Ali Allala | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Nino Benvenuti (Nino) is a 86-year old retired Italian professional boxer. He was born in Isola d'Istria, Kingdom of Italy on April 26, 1938. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Benvenuti was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1992. His professional boxing career spanned more than 10 years — from 1961 to 1971.
Benvenuti made his professional boxing debut against Ben Ali Allala at the age of 22 on January 20, 1961, defeating Allala via 6 round PTS. He went on to win 64 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 27 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 27 on June 18, 1965 after 56 professional fights, against Sandro Mazzinghi for the super-welterweight WBA and WBC titles. He defeated Mazzinghi via 6th round KO to become the super-welterweight champion of the world.
Nino Benvenuti was a three-time undisputed world champion — at middleweight (2x) and super-welterweight, and has won eight world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Benvenuti's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Benvenuti had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was for the middleweight undisputed championship title against Argentinian boxer Carlos Monzón on May 8, 1971. Benvenuti lost the fight via 3rd round TKO. It's been 52 years, 11 months, and 19 days since this fight.
Benvenuti had a total of 12 world-title fights, which includes winning eight world titles and five successful title defenses. He won eight of these fights and lost four.
Nino Benvenuti fought for world titles in four fights and won three of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won eight belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 4, 1968+ | Emile Griffith | Middleweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Apr 17, 1967+ | Emile Griffith | Middleweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Jun 18, 1965+ | Sandro Mazzinghi | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | KO |
Nino Benvenuti had eight world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-welterweight (x2) and middleweight (x6). He won five of them and lost three times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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May 23, 1970 | Tom Bethea | Middleweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | KO |
Nov 22, 1969 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | Middleweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | KO |
Oct 4, 1969 | Fraser Scott | Middleweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | DQ |
Dec 14, 1968 | Don Fullmer | Middleweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Dec 17, 1965 | Sandro Mazzinghi | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | UD |
Nino Benvenuti lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of eight titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Nov 7, 1970 | Carlos Monzón | Middleweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Sep 29, 1967 | Emile Griffith | Middleweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | MD |
Jun 25, 1966 | Kim Ki-Soo | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | SD |
Benvenuti fought a total of 90 times during his professional career, which includes 12 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
June 18, 1965: Benvenuti becomes the undisputed super-welterweight world champion in his first world-title fight by beating Sandro Mazzinghi via 6th round KO. He now holds the WBA and WBC super-welterweight world-champion belts.
April 17, 1967: Benvenuti becomes the undisputed middleweight world champion by defeating Emile Griffith via 15 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight world-champion belts.
March 4, 1968: Benvenuti becomes the undisputed middleweight world champion by defeating Emile Griffith via 15 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight world-champion belts.
May 23, 1970: Benvenuti successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles against Tom Bethea, winning the fight via 8th round KO.
Benvenuti knocked out 35 of his 90 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 38.9%. Of his total 82 wins, 35 of them were via KO (42.7%).
Benvenuti's first world-title win were the WBA and WBC belts at super-welterweight. He defeated Sandro Mazzinghi via 6 round KO to win the titles.
Benvenuti won eight world titles at two weight classes.
Benvenuti had a total of eight title defense fights. He was successful five times and lost three times.