Symbol of Italian sport, the Istrian Nino Benvenuti was 87 years old
To make today’s kids understand who was Nino Benvenuti, disappeared at 87, just remember that at Rome Olympics In addition to winning the gold medal in the Welter, 1960 he was also assigned the prestigious Val Barker Cup for the technically better boxer. Welcome to the ranking of that cup preceded Cassius Clay. With his style and sympathy welcome that was born in Isola di Istria in 1938, he had conquered the public in the sixties and seventies. To the sound of victories: Benvenuti had climbed all the steps of the great boxing: European champion between 1965 and 1967 and world champion between 1967 and 1967 always among the average weights. Epici his meetings with Emile Griffith as well as the one that cost him the title against Carlos Monzon. Benvenuti had become passionate about boxing in the gym of the house since the father had also been a boxer. After the gold of Rome 1960 his career blossomed and found the first great rival in Sandro Mazzinghi That welcome beats twice in 1965 in the matches valid for the world title of superwelters. Then Iol triple comparison with Griffith (two wins to one) and the two challenges with Carlos Monzon in which a merit that was no longer very young was defeated first in Rome and then in Montecarlo. Nino’s career ended right with the meeting with Monzon on May 8, 1971. Welcome was married to Giuliano Fonzari from whom he had five children and then since 1998 with Nadia Bertorello from whom he had a daughter. The world of boxing was shocked by the Morfte of Benvenuti and all the great ex boxers, from Olive to Damianithey underlined how Nino has always been considered the greatest boxer in the history of Italian boxing of all time
