BOXER

Nino Benvenuti

1938 - 2025

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Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti (26 April 1938 – 20 May 2025) was an Italian professional boxer and actor. He held world titles in two weight classes, having held the undisputed super-welterweight championship from June 1965 to June 1966 and the undisputed middleweight championship twice, from April to September 1967, and from March 1968 to November 1970. As an amateur welterweight boxer he won the Italian title in 1956–60, the European title in 1957 and 1959, and an Olympic gold medal in 1960, receiving the Val Barker trophy for boxing style. In 1961, having an amateur record of 120-0, he turned professional and won world titles in the light-middleweight division and twice in the middleweight division. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nino Benvenuti is the 20th most popular boxer (up from 26th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Nino Benvenuti ranks 20 out of 496. Before him are Teófilo Stevenson, Carlos Monzón, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, László Papp, Wladimir Klitschko, and Jake LaMotta. After him are Jack Dempsey, Evander Holyfield, Primo Carnera, Ingemar Johansson, Floyd Patterson, and Larry Holmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Nino Benvenuti ranks 110. Before him are Juliet Anderson, Ben E. King, Ann Jones, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Ed Lauter, and Roland Topor. After him are Phil Knight, Ian Stewart, Milan Galić, Goh Kun, Jack Jones, and Radivoj Korać. Among people deceased in 2025, Nino Benvenuti ranks 69. Before him are James Foley, Stanley Fischer, Friðrik Ólafsson, Hossein Salami, Zurab Tsereteli, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. After him are Souleymane Cissé, Vlastimil Hort, Greg Bell, Eugen Doga, Lea Massari, and Kit Bond.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Nino Benvenuti ranks 27 out of 340. Before him are Nataša Pirc Musar (1968), Danilo Türk (1952), Janez Janša (1958), Aleksander Čeferin (1967), Franc Rode (1934), and Antonio Abetti (1846). After him are Jacobus Gallus (1550), Branko Oblak (1947), Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361), Anton Ažbe (1862), Thomas Luckmann (1927), and Anton Janša (1734).

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Among BOXERS In Slovenia

Among boxers born in Slovenia, Nino Benvenuti ranks 1. 

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