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Light Middleweight–Middleweight · Television Era (1960–1989)

Nino Benvenuti

82
Wins
7
Losses
1
Draws
35
KOs
43%
KO %
Born
1938
Died
—
Nationality
Italy
Career
1961–1971

Elegant Italian who won a famous trilogy with Emile Griffith.

Titles & Honours

Career Timeline

1961–1971
  1. Milestone

    Olympic Gold (1960)

    Year from profile honours.

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  2. Milestone

    First recorded professional bout

    vs Ben Ali Allala · W PTS

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  3. Milestone

    25th recorded win

    vs Giuseppe Gentiletti · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.

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  4. Milestone

    50th recorded win

    vs Juan Carlos Durán · PTS. Newspaper decisions excluded.

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  5. Signature fight

    vs Emile Griffith

    W UD · Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York , U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.

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  6. Milestone

    Latest recorded bout

    vs Carlos Monzón · L TKO. Not necessarily the retirement date.

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Title wins · dates not yet documented

Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.

Photo Archive

No freely licensed photographs of Nino Benvenuti are available in this archive.

Fight-by-Fight Record

DateResultOpponentMethodRoundVenue
1961-01-20WBen Ali AllalaPTS6Trieste , Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Italy
1961-02-10WNicola SammartinoKO3Palazzetto dello Sport , Rome , Lazio , Italy
1961-02-27WBen Ali AllalaKO1Naples , Campania , Italy
1961-03-14WSahib MosriKO3Bologna , Emilia-Romagna , Italy
1961-04-07WNic MaricPTS6PalaLido, Milan , Lombardy , Italy
1961-04-21WPierre MondinoPTS6Florence , Tuscany , Italy
1961-05-03WDaniel BrunetDQ3Naples, Campania, Italy
1961-05-16WMichel FrancoisKO4Turin , Piedmont , Italy
1961-06-07WHenri CabelducPTS6Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1961-06-17WMarc DesforneauxPTS6Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
1961-10-02WRetmia MahrezTKO3Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1961-11-01WAngelo BrisciKO1Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
1961-11-09WJesse JonesDQ6Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1961-12-20WGiuseppe CatalanoPTS8Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1962-01-19WGeorge AldridgeKO6Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1962-02-19WJosé RiquelmePTS8Palazzetto dello Sport, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1962-03-08WManfred HaasPTS8Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1962-03-17WGianni LommiKO5Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1962-04-13WJim HegerleKO4Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1962-05-01WHector ConstancePTS10Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
1962-06-02WJean RuelletPTS8Stadio Amsicora , Cagliari , Sardinia , Italy
1962-06-22WHeinz FreytagPTS8Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1962-07-12WGino RossiPTS10Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
1962-08-02WMahmout le NoirPTS8Lignano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1962-08-30WGiuseppe GentilettiKO2Senigallia , Marche , Italy
1962-09-28WDiego InfantesPTS8Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1962-10-18WDaniel LeullierPTS10Padua , Veneto , Italy
1962-11-30WIsaac LogartPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1962-12-26WGiampaolo MelisKO2Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1963-03-01WTommaso TruppiKO11Rome, Lazio, Italy
1963-04-05WGeorges EstatoffKO6Palazzo dello Sport, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1963-04-24WJean RuelletPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Alessandria , Piedmont, Italy
1963-05-23WJimmy BeechamPTS10Stadio Flaminio , Rome, Lazio, Italy
1963-06-07WTony MontanoPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1963-08-31WFrancesco FioriTKO3Priverno , Lazio, Italy
1963-09-16WWilhelm NiederauTKO6Prato , Tuscany, Italy
1963-09-27WVíctor ZalazarTKO2Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1963-10-18WGaspar OrtegaPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1963-11-07WJackie CailleauPTS10Prato, Tuscany, Italy
1963-11-15WLuis GutierrezTKO7Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1963-12-13WTed WrightPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1964-02-28WMemo AyonKO5Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1964-03-18WMichel DioufPTS10Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1964-04-10WSugar Boy NandoPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1964-05-28WJimmy BeechamTKO2Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1964-07-30WFabio BettiniPTS12Sanremo , Liguria , Italy
1964-09-18WDenny MoyerPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1964-10-09WAbrao De SouzaDQ7Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1964-11-27WAristeo ChavarinKO4Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1964-12-19WJuan Carlos DuránPTS10Palazzo dello Sport , Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1965-01-22WArt HernandezTKO3Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1965-02-12WTommaso TruppiRTD5Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1965-02-27WMick LeahyPTS10Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1965-03-19WDick KnightKO6Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1965-04-02WRip RandallPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1965-04-30WMilo CalhounPTS10Genoa , Liguria, Italy
1965-06-18WSandro MazzinghiKO6San Siro , Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1965-08-16WDaniel LeullierTKO7Senigallia, Marche, Italy
1965-10-15WLuis FolledoKO6Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1965-11-05WJohnny TorresDQ7Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1965-11-15WJames SheltonPTS10Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1965-12-17WSandro MazzinghiUD15Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1966-02-04WDon FullmerUD12Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1966-03-11WClarence JamesPTS10Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1966-05-14WJupp ElzeTKO14Deutschlandhalle , West Berlin , West Germany
1966-06-25LKim Ki-SooSD15Jangchung Gymnasium , Seoul , South Korea
1966-09-23WHarry ScottPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1966-10-21WPascal Di BenedettoRTD11Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1966-12-02WFerd HernandezPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1966-12-23WRenato MoraesKO9Rome, Lazio, Italy
1967-01-19WManfred GrausKO2Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1967-03-03WMilo CalhounPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1967-04-17WEmile GriffithUD15Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York , U.S.
1967-09-29LEmile GriffithMD15Shea Stadium , New York City, New York, U.S.
1968-01-19WCharley AustinPTS10Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1968-03-04WEmile GriffithUD15Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York, U.S.
1968-06-07WYoshiaki AkasakaKO2Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1968-07-05WJimmy RamosRTD4Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1968-09-17WArt HernandezUD10Maple Leaf Gardens , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
1968-10-14DDoyle BairdPTS10Rubber Bowl , Akron, Ohio , U.S.
1968-12-14WDon FullmerUD15Teatro Ariston , Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
1969-05-26LDick TigerUD10Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1969-10-04WFraser ScottDQ7Stadio San Paolo , Naples, Campania, Italy
1969-11-22WLuis Manuel RodríguezKO11Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1970-03-13LTom BetheaTKO8Olympic Velodrome , Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
1970-05-23WTom BetheaKO8Sports Stadium Arena, Umag , Yugoslavia
1970-09-12WDoyle BairdTKO10Stadio della Vittoria , Bari , Apulia , Italy
1970-11-07LCarlos MonzónTKO12Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1971-03-17LJosé ChirinoMD10Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1971-05-08LCarlos MonzónTKO3Stade Louis II , Fontvieille, Monte Carlo , Monaco

Showing 90 of 90 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.

Record notes

Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.

Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).

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