Nino Benvenuti (Nino) is a 86-year-old retired Italian professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 8 world-title wins. In a career spanning 10 years, 3 months, and 18 days, Benvenuti amassed a record of 82-7-1, which includes 35 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1992.
Nino Benvenuti was born in Isola d'Istria, Kingdom of Italy on April 26, 1938. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on January 20, 1961 against Ben Ali Allala. Benvenuti defeated Allala via 6 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Benvenuti became a world champion fight at the age of 27 after 56 professional fights. He challenged Sandro Mazzinghi for the WBA and WBC super-welterweight titles and stopped the champion in the 6th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed super-welterweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.
He then went on to successfully win the middleweight (WBA, WBC, The Ring) titles also to become a two-division world champion — and undisputed at both the divisions.
Benvenuti's last fight was a 3rd-round TKO loss to Carlos Monzón at age 33, on May 8, 1971, in which he was fighting for the undisputed middleweight world championship.
Some of Nino Benvenuti's best fights have been against Emile Griffith (HOFer) and Denny Moyer. For a complete list of Benvenuti's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Nino Benvenuti".
Benvenuti has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Nino Benvenuti Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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90 | May 08, 1971 | 33 | Carlos Monzón 28 71-3-9 | loss | TKO 3 |
89 | Mar 17, 1971 | 32 | José Chirino | loss | MD 10 |
88 | Nov 07, 1970 | 32 | Carlos Monzón 28 67-3-9 | loss | TKO 12 |
87 | Sep 12, 1970 | 32 | Doyle Baird | win | TKO 10 |
86 | May 23, 1970 | 32 | Tom Bethea | win | KO 8 |
85 | Mar 13, 1970 | 31 | Tom Bethea | loss | TKO 8 |
84 | Nov 22, 1969 | 31 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | win | KO 11 |
83 | Oct 04, 1969 | 31 | Fraser Scott | win | DQ 7 |
82 | May 26, 1969 | 31 | Dick Tiger 39 58-18-3 | loss | UD 10 |
81 | Dec 14, 1968 | 30 | Don Fullmer | win | UD 15 |
80 | Oct 14, 1968 | 30 | Doyle Baird | draw | PTS 10 |
79 | Sep 17, 1968 | 30 | Art Hernandez | win | UD 10 |
78 | Jul 05, 1968 | 30 | Jimmy Ramos | win | RTD 4 |
77 | Jun 07, 1968 | 30 | Yoshiaki Akasaka | win | KO 2 |
76 | Mar 04, 1968 | 29 | Emile Griffith 30 54-8 | win | UD 15 |
75 | Jan 19, 1968 | 29 | Charley Austin | win | PTS 10 |
74 | Sep 29, 1967 | 29 | Emile Griffith 29 52-8 | loss | MD 15 |
73 | Apr 17, 1967 | 28 | Emile Griffith 29 52-7 | win | UD 15 |
72 | Mar 03, 1967 | 28 | Milo Calhoun | win | PTS 10 |
71 | Jan 19, 1967 | 28 | Manfred Graus | win | KO 2 |
70 | Dec 23, 1966 | 28 | Renato Moraes | win | KO 9 |
69 | Dec 02, 1966 | 28 | Ferd Hernandez | win | PTS 10 |
68 | Oct 21, 1966 | 28 | Pascal Di Benedetto | win | RTD 11 |
67 | Sep 23, 1966 | 28 | Harry Scott | win | PTS 10 |
66 | Jun 25, 1966 | 28 | Kim Ki-Soo | loss | SD 15 |
65 | May 14, 1966 | 28 | Jupp Elze | win | TKO 14 |
64 | Mar 11, 1966 | 27 | Clarence James | win | PTS 10 |
63 | Feb 04, 1966 | 27 | Don Fullmer | win | PTS 12 |
62 | Dec 17, 1965 | 27 | Sandro Mazzinghi | win | UD 15 |
61 | Nov 15, 1965 | 27 | James Shelton | win | PTS 10 |
60 | Nov 05, 1965 | 27 | Johnny Torres | win | DQ 7 |
59 | Oct 15, 1965 | 27 | Luis Folledo | win | KO 6 |
58 | Aug 16, 1965 | 27 | Daniel Leullier | win | TKO 7 |
57 | Jun 18, 1965 | 27 | Sandro Mazzinghi | win | KO 6 |
56 | Apr 30, 1965 | 27 | Milo Calhoun | win | PTS 10 |
55 | Apr 02, 1965 | 26 | Rip Randall | win | PTS 10 |
54 | Mar 19, 1965 | 26 | Dick Knight | win | KO 6 |
53 | Feb 27, 1965 | 26 | Mick Leahy | win | PTS 10 |
52 | Feb 12, 1965 | 26 | Tommaso Truppi | win | RTD 5 |
51 | Jan 22, 1965 | 26 | Art Hernandez | win | TKO 3 |
50 | Dec 19, 1964 | 26 | Juan Carlos Durán | win | PTS 10 |
49 | Nov 27, 1964 | 26 | Aristeo Chavarin | win | KO 4 |
48 | Oct 09, 1964 | 26 | Abrao De Souza | win | DQ 7 |
47 | Sep 18, 1964 | 26 | Denny Moyer 25 36-15-1 | win | PTS 10 |
46 | Jul 30, 1964 | 26 | Fabio Bettini | win | PTS 12 |
45 | May 28, 1964 | 26 | Jimmy Beecham | win | TKO 2 |
44 | Apr 10, 1964 | 25 | Sugar Boy Nando | win | PTS 10 |
43 | Mar 18, 1964 | 25 | Michel Diouf | win | PTS 10 |
42 | Feb 28, 1964 | 25 | Memo Ayon | win | KO 5 |
41 | Dec 13, 1963 | 25 | Ted Wright | win | PTS 10 |
40 | Nov 15, 1963 | 25 | Luis Gutierrez | win | TKO 7 |
39 | Nov 07, 1963 | 25 | Jackie Cailleau | win | PTS 10 |
38 | Oct 18, 1963 | 25 | Gaspar Ortega | win | PTS 10 |
37 | Sep 27, 1963 | 25 | Víctor Zalazar | win | TKO 2 |
36 | Sep 16, 1963 | 25 | Wilhelm Niederau | win | TKO 6 |
35 | Aug 31, 1963 | 25 | Francesco Fiori | win | TKO 3 |
34 | Jun 07, 1963 | 25 | Tony Montano | win | PTS 10 |
33 | May 23, 1963 | 25 | Jimmy Beecham | win | PTS 10 |
32 | Apr 24, 1963 | 24 | Jean Ruellet | win | PTS 10 |
31 | Apr 05, 1963 | 24 | Georges Estatoff | win | KO 6 |
30 | Mar 01, 1963 | 24 | Tommaso Truppi | win | KO 11 |
29 | Dec 26, 1962 | 24 | Giampaolo Melis | win | KO 2 |
28 | Nov 30, 1962 | 24 | Isaac Logart | win | PTS 10 |
27 | Oct 18, 1962 | 24 | Daniel Leullier | win | PTS 10 |
26 | Sep 28, 1962 | 24 | Diego Infantes | win | PTS 8 |
25 | Aug 30, 1962 | 24 | Giuseppe Gentiletti | win | KO 2 |
24 | Aug 02, 1962 | 24 | Mahmout le Noir | win | PTS 8 |
23 | Jul 12, 1962 | 24 | Gino Rossi | win | PTS 10 |
22 | Jun 22, 1962 | 24 | Heinz Freytag | win | PTS 8 |
21 | Jun 02, 1962 | 24 | Jean Ruellet | win | PTS 8 |
20 | May 01, 1962 | 24 | Hector Constance | win | PTS 10 |
19 | Apr 13, 1962 | 23 | Jim Hegerle | win | KO 4 |
18 | Mar 17, 1962 | 23 | Gianni Lommi | win | KO 5 |
17 | Mar 08, 1962 | 23 | Manfred Haas | win | PTS 8 |
16 | Feb 19, 1962 | 23 | José Riquelme | win | PTS 8 |
15 | Jan 19, 1962 | 23 | George Aldridge | win | KO 6 |
14 | Dec 20, 1961 | 23 | Giuseppe Catalano | win | PTS 8 |
13 | Nov 09, 1961 | 23 | Jesse Jones | win | DQ 6 |
12 | Nov 01, 1961 | 23 | Angelo Brisci | win | KO 1 |
11 | Oct 02, 1961 | 23 | Retmia Mahrez | win | TKO 3 |
10 | Jun 17, 1961 | 23 | Marc Desforneaux | win | PTS 6 |
9 | Jun 07, 1961 | 23 | Henri Cabelduc | win | PTS 6 |
8 | May 16, 1961 | 23 | Michel Francois | win | KO 4 |
7 | May 03, 1961 | 23 | Daniel Brunet | win | DQ 3 |
6 | Apr 21, 1961 | 22 | Pierre Mondino | win | PTS 6 |
5 | Apr 07, 1961 | 22 | Nic Maric | win | PTS 6 |
4 | Mar 14, 1961 | 22 | Sahib Mosri | win | KO 3 |
3 | Feb 27, 1961 | 22 | Ben Ali Allala | win | KO 1 |
2 | Feb 10, 1961 | 22 | Nicola Sammartino | win | KO 3 |
1 | Jan 20, 1961 | 22 | Ben Ali Allala | win | PTS 6 |