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Nino Benvenuti Record

82-7-1
Total Fights90
Wins82
Losses7
Draws1
No-Contests0
Title Wins8
Title Defenses5
Title-Fight KOs3
KO Wins35
KO Losses3
Nino Benvenuti Record & Stats
Nino Benvenuti's Record
Nino Benvenuti's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Nino Benvenuti's boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      90May 8, 197133Carlos MonzónLoss *TKO3
      89Mar 17, 197132José ChirinoLossMD
      88Nov 7, 197032Carlos MonzónLoss *TKO12
      87Sep 12, 197032Doyle BairdWinTKO10
      86May 23, 197032Tom BetheaWin *KO8
      85Mar 13, 197031Tom BetheaLossTKO8
      84Nov 22, 196931Luis Manuel RodríguezWin *KO11
      83Oct 4, 196931Fraser ScottWin *DQ
      82May 26, 196931Dick TigerLossUD
      81Dec 14, 196830Don FullmerWin *UD
      80Oct 14, 196830Doyle BairdDrawPTS
      79Sep 17, 196830Art HernandezWinUD
      78Jul 5, 196830Jimmy RamosWinRTD4
      77Jun 7, 196830Yoshiaki AkasakaWinKO2
      76Mar 4, 196829Emile GriffithWin *UD
      75Jan 19, 196829Charley AustinWinPTS
      74Sep 29, 196729Emile GriffithLoss *MD
      73Apr 17, 196728Emile GriffithWin *UD
      72Mar 3, 196728Milo CalhounWinPTS
      71Jan 19, 196728Manfred GrausWinKO2
      70Dec 23, 196628Renato MoraesWinKO9
      69Dec 2, 196628Ferd HernandezWinPTS
      68Oct 21, 196628Pascal Di BenedettoWinRTD11
      67Sep 23, 196628Harry ScottWinPTS
      66Jun 25, 196628Kim Ki-SooLoss *SD
      65May 14, 196628Jupp ElzeWinTKO14
      64Mar 11, 196627Clarence JamesWinPTS
      63Feb 4, 196627Don FullmerWinPTS
      62Dec 17, 196527Sandro MazzinghiWin *UD
      61Nov 15, 196527James SheltonWinPTS
      60Nov 5, 196527Johnny TorresWinDQ
      59Oct 15, 196527Luis FolledoWinKO6
      58Aug 16, 196527Daniel LeullierWinTKO7
      57Jun 18, 196527Sandro MazzinghiWin *KO6
      56Apr 30, 196527Milo CalhounWinPTS
      55Apr 2, 196526Rip RandallWinPTS
      54Mar 19, 196526Dick KnightWinKO6
      53Feb 27, 196526Mick LeahyWinPTS
      52Feb 12, 196526Tommaso TruppiWinRTD5
      51Jan 22, 196526Art HernandezWinTKO3
      50Dec 19, 196426Juan Carlos DuránWinPTS
      49Nov 27, 196426Aristeo ChavarinWinKO4
      48Oct 9, 196426Abrao De SouzaWinDQ
      47Sep 18, 196426Denny MoyerWinPTS
      46Jul 30, 196426Fabio BettiniWinPTS
      45May 28, 196426Jimmy BeechamWinTKO2
      44Apr 10, 196425Sugar Boy NandoWinPTS
      43Mar 18, 196425Michel DioufWinPTS
      42Feb 28, 196425Memo AyonWinKO5
      41Dec 13, 196325Ted WrightWinPTS
      40Nov 15, 196325Luis GutierrezWinTKO7
      39Nov 7, 196325Jackie CailleauWinPTS
      38Oct 18, 196325Gaspar OrtegaWinPTS
      37Sep 27, 196325Víctor ZalazarWinTKO2
      36Sep 16, 196325Wilhelm NiederauWinTKO6
      35Aug 31, 196325Francesco FioriWinTKO3
      34Jun 7, 196325Tony MontanoWinPTS
      33May 23, 196325Jimmy BeechamWinPTS
      32Apr 24, 196324Jean RuelletWinPTS
      31Apr 5, 196324Georges EstatoffWinKO6
      30Mar 1, 196324Tommaso TruppiWinKO11
      29Dec 26, 196224Giampaolo MelisWinKO2
      28Nov 30, 196224Isaac LogartWinPTS
      27Oct 18, 196224Daniel LeullierWinPTS
      26Sep 28, 196224Diego InfantesWinPTS
      25Aug 30, 196224Giuseppe GentilettiWinKO2
      24Aug 2, 196224Mahmout le NoirWinPTS
      23Jul 12, 196224Gino RossiWinPTS
      22Jun 22, 196224Heinz FreytagWinPTS
      21Jun 2, 196224Jean RuelletWinPTS
      20May 1, 196224Hector ConstanceWinPTS
      19Apr 13, 196223Jim HegerleWinKO4
      18Mar 17, 196223Gianni LommiWinKO5
      17Mar 8, 196223Manfred HaasWinPTS
      16Feb 19, 196223José RiquelmeWinPTS
      15Jan 19, 196223George AldridgeWinKO6
      14Dec 20, 196123Giuseppe CatalanoWinPTS
      13Nov 9, 196123Jesse JonesWinDQ
      12Nov 1, 196123Angelo BrisciWinKO1
      11Oct 2, 196123Retmia MahrezWinTKO3
      10Jun 17, 196123Marc DesforneauxWinPTS
      9Jun 7, 196123Henri CabelducWinPTS
      8May 16, 196123Michel FrancoisWinKO4
      7May 3, 196123Daniel BrunetWinDQ
      6Apr 21, 196122Pierre MondinoWinPTS
      5Apr 7, 196122Nic MaricWinPTS
      4Mar 14, 196122Sahib MosriWinKO3
      3Feb 27, 196122Ben Ali AllalaWinKO1
      2Feb 10, 196122Nicola SammartinoWinKO3
      1Jan 20, 196122Ben Ali AllalaWinPTS

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Mar 4, 1968+Emile GriffithMiddleweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      Apr 17, 1967+Emile GriffithMiddleweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      Jun 18, 1965+Sandro MazzinghiSuper-welterweightWBA, WBCKO
      + Became undisputed world champion

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      May 23, 1970Tom BetheaMiddleweightWBA, WBC, The RingKO
      Nov 22, 1969Luis Manuel RodríguezMiddleweightWBA, WBC, The RingKO
      Oct 4, 1969Fraser ScottMiddleweightWBA, WBC, The RingDQ
      Dec 14, 1968Don FullmerMiddleweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      Dec 17, 1965Sandro MazzinghiSuper-welterweightWBA, WBCUD

      Title Losses

      Nino Benvenuti lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of eight titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Nov 7, 1970Carlos MonzónMiddleweightWBA, WBC, The RingTKO
      Sep 29, 1967Emile GriffithMiddleweightWBA, WBC, The RingMD
      Jun 25, 1966Kim Ki-SooSuper-welterweightWBA, WBCSD

      Highlights

      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.

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