Died the legendary boxer, originally from Izola

At the age of 87, he died Nino Benvenutiwhich is considered one of the most successful boxers of all time in neighboring Italy, Italian media reported. At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, he won gold in the Velter category, and between 1967 and 1970 he was the World Center World Champion. The absolute champion was also in the superb alore category.

He was born in 1938 in Izola. As one of the Italians who moved to Italy after the end of World War II and the passage of Zone B under Yugoslavia, he was a supporter of right -wing politics, for some time active in the Movimento Social Italiano – Destra Nazionale.

His matches were accompanied by millions

He died in Rome after a long illness. In Italy, they remember mainly his boxing duels with the American Emilo Griffith and the Argentinean Carlos Monzon. As the Trieste states Coastal dailysome of these radio waves were followed by 16 to 18 million radio listeners on radio waves during the night.

His growing up was also bound to Trieste. In order to be able to train at the Trieste Boxing School, he drove to the gym by bicycle, the portal said Faces of Slovenian landscapes. In the post -war period after the formation of Zone B, the Benvenuti family moved to Trieste, where the father already had a fish market.

In 1957 he won the title of Italian Champion in the Supervelter category and European in the middle category in Prague; In 1959 he managed to repeat his success in Lucerne. In the meantime, he re -conquered laurels on the Italian parquet – in 1958, 1959 and 1960. It was precisely this last year that he won the title of Olympic champion in the Velter category in Rome. He left the amateur boxing and, with 108 victories and one dubious defeat, went into a professional career. In the medium -difficult category, he became European champion in October 1965.

Since 1996 at the International Boxing Hall of the Fame

He was the World Champion in the Supervels from 18 June 1965 to 25. June 1966 for WBA and WBC. In the medium -heavy category, he was the world champion from 17, 1967 to 29. June 1967 for WBA and WBC. He won the title again on March 4, 1968 and kept it until 7 November 1970. In 1968 he was appointed boxer of the year and ended his professional career three years later. Of a total of 90 career matches, he recorded 82 victories (35 wins with a knockout), seven defeats and one draw.

He also starred in some films. In 1964 he entered politics, as a right -handed party in the party of Movimento Social Italiano – Destra Nazionale, but soon retreated from it. In 1996, he also entered the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

In 2001 he published a book Il Mondo and Pugno (The world in the fist). In 2020 she was published in collaboration with Mauro Grimaldi book Nino Benvenuti, Il Mio Esoda Dall’isistria (Nino Benvenuti, My Exodus from Istria). Before that, he wrote a book in collaboration with the same author L’isola che non c’è: il mio esodo dall’isistria (Izola, which is not; my exodus from Istria).