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    Great Fighter has left the Arena



    Un altro campione in cielo! Riposa in pace Nino Benvenuti!17477681187162947087470403138855.jpg​
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    17477691370702668632978351224763.jpg​Another champion from my formative years in Boxing. Nino was a true gentleman and a tremendously nice guy.

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      Originally posted by Willow The Wisp View Post
      17477691370702668632978351224763.jpg​Another champion from my formative years in Boxing. Nino was a true gentleman and a tremendously nice guy.
      Underated.
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        #4
        RIP champ! Glad he lived a long time...
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          #5
          Highly underrated and a lovely bloke into the bargain.

          Sleep well champ.
          Last edited by Anomalocaris; 05-20-2025, 04:40 PM.
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            #6
            - - Nino an excellent combination that made women swoon before beating up well trained men. Played a mean game of soccer as well.

            87 some good years...R.I.P...
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              Nino Benvenuti

              Went 64-0 as a Jr. MW before being jobbed of his title in South Korea.

              Went 2-1 with in an Emile Griffith trilogy.

              Traded KDs with Griffith; two-for-two. (The boys fought.)

              Benvenuti-Griffith I was Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year 1967.

              Kept the game alive during the Ali punishment years with exciting Saturday matinees.

              Created a generation of Italian-American boxing fans, (included).

              During his MW Champion years (3) he fought eight different Ring Magazine top ten fighters.

              Lost his title to a fighter who today is on every historian's top five MWs list.

              P.S. Had Monzon (fight 1) on the ropes in the 10th round. The only time I ever saw Monzon at bay; maybe even scared.
              Last edited by Willie Pep 229; Yesterday, 05:30 PM.

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                #8
                The world has lost a great boxer.

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