Middleweight · Italy
Nino Benvenuti 82-7-1 35 KO · 1961–1971
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Nino Benvenuti was a middleweight boxer from Italy, born Apr 26, 1938. Record 82-7-1 with 35 knockouts over 1961–1971. World titles: WBA middleweight (1968–1970), WBC middleweight (1968–1970), WBA middleweight (1967), WBA super welterweight (1965–1966) and 1 more. Nino Benvenuti last fought Carlos Monzón on May 8, 1971 and lost by TKO in round 3 of 15.
Also: Нино Бенвенути · Ніно Бенвенуті · נינו בנבנוטי +9 more نينو بنفينوتى · نينو بنفينوتي · نینو بنونوتی · โจวันนี เบนเวนูตี · ニノ・ベンベヌチ · 尼诺·本韦努蒂 · 니노 벤베누티 · Giovanni Benvenuti · Бенвенути, Нино
Born Apr 26, 1938
Died May 20, 2025
Country 🇮🇹 Italy
Stance Orthodox
Height 180 cm
Nickname Nino
Debut Jan 20, 1961
Career 1961–1971
Rounds boxed 707
KO share 43%
Born in Isola d'Istria, Italy
Titles WBA, WBC super welterweight · 1965–1966; WBA, WBC middleweight · 1967–1970
Boxerbook rating 1916 ± 288 · inactive since May 1971Why here › Confirmed bouts 14 of 90
Career record Record
82-7-1, 35 KOs · 1961–1971
Last result L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles TKO 3/15 · Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, 🇲🇨
The record 90 bouts, 1961–1971, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 90, Wikipedia (es) · 3
L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles TKO 3/15 · Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, 🇲🇨
Benvenuti 82-6-1 · Monzón 71-3-9
L
José Chirino
MD 10/10 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 82-5-1 · Chirino —
L
Lost WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles TKO 12/15 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 82-4-1 · Monzón 67-3-9
W
TKO 10/10 · Stadio della Vittoria, Bari, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 81-4-1 · Baird —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles KO 8/15 · Sports Stadium Arena, Umag
Benvenuti 80-4-1 · Bethea —
L
TKO 8/10 · Olympic Velodrome, Melbourne, 🇦🇺
Benvenuti 80-3-1 · Bethea —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles KO 11/15 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 79-3-1 · Rodríguez 96-7-0
W
Fraser Scott
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles DQ 7/15 · Stadio San Paolo, Naples, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 78-3-1 · Scott —
L
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Benvenuti 78-2-1 · Tiger 58-18-3
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 77-2-1 · Fullmer 47-13-3
D
PTS 10/10 · Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Benvenuti 77-2-0 · Baird —
W
Art Hernandez
UD 10/10 · Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Benvenuti 76-2-0 · Hernandez —
W
Jimmy Ramos
RTD 4/10 · Turin, Piedmont, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 75-2-0 · Ramos —
W
KO 2/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 74-2-0 · Akasaka —
W
Won WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Benvenuti 73-2-0 · Griffith 54-8-0
W
Charley Austin
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 72-2-0 · Austin —
L
Lost WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles MD 15/15 · Shea Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Benvenuti 72-1-0 · Griffith 52-8-0
W
Won WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Benvenuti 71-1-0 · Griffith 52-7-0
W
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 70-1-0 · Calhoun —
W
KO 2/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 69-1-0 · Graus —
Show all 90 bouts W
Renato Moraes
KO 9/10 · Rome, Lazio, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 68-1-0 · Moraes —
W
Ferd Hernandez
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 67-1-0 · Hernandez —
W
Pascal Di Benedetto
Retained European middleweight title RTD 11/15 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 66-1-0 · Benedetto —
W
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 65-1-0 · Scott —
L
Lost WBA and WBC junior middleweight titles SD 15/15 · Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul, 🇰🇷
Benvenuti 65-0-0 · Ki-soo 22-0-2
W
Retained European middleweight title TKO 14/15 · Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, 🇩🇪
Benvenuti 64-0-0 · Elze —
W
Clarence James
PTS 10/10 · Turin, Piedmont, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 63-0-0 · James —
W
UD 12/12 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 62-0-0 · Fullmer 37-11-3
W
Retained WBA and WBC junior middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 61-0-0 · Mazzinghi 41-2-0
W
James Shelton
PTS 10/10 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 60-0-0 · Shelton —
W
Johnny Torres
DQ 7/10 · Turin, Piedmont, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 59-0-0 · Torres —
W
Won vacant European middleweight title KO 6/15 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 58-0-0 · Folledo —
W
Daniel Leullier
TKO 7/10 · Senigallia, Marche, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 57-0-0 · Leullier —
W
Won WBA and WBC junior middleweight titles KO 6/15 · San Siro, Milan, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 56-0-0 · Mazzinghi 40-1-0
W
PTS 10/10 · Genoa, Liguria, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 55-0-0 · Calhoun —
W
Rip Randall
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 54-0-0 · Randall —
W
Dick Knight
KO 6/10 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 53-0-0 · Knight —
W
PTS 10/10 · Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 52-0-0 · Leahy —
W
Tommaso Truppi
Retained Italian middleweight title RTD 5/12 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 51-0-0 · Truppi —
W
Art Hernandez
TKO 3/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 50-0-0 · Hernandez —
W
PTS 10/10 · Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 49-0-0 · Duran —
W
Aristeo Chavarin
KO 4/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 48-0-0 · Chavarin —
W
Abrao De Souza
DQ 7/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 47-0-0 · Souza —
W
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 46-0-0 · Moyer 36-15-1
W
Retained Italian middleweight title PTS 12/12 · Sanremo, Liguria, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 45-0-0 · Bettini —
W
Jimmy Beecham
TKO 2/10 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 44-0-0 · Beecham —
W
Sugar Boy Nando
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 43-0-0 · Nando —
W
Michel Diouf
PTS 10/10 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 42-0-0 · Diouf —
W
Memo Ayon
KO 5/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 41-0-0 · Ayon —
W
Ted Wright
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 40-0-0 · Wright —
W
TKO 7/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 39-0-0 · Gutiérrez —
W
Jackie Cailleau
PTS 10/10 · Prato, Tuscany, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 38-0-0 · Cailleau —
W
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 37-0-0 · Ortega 106-27-4
W
TKO 2/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 36-0-0 · Zalazar —
W
Wilhelm Niederau
TKO 6/10 · Prato, Tuscany, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 35-0-0 · Niederau —
W
Francesco Fiori
Retained Italian middleweight title TKO 3/12 · Priverno, Lazio, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 34-0-0 · Fiori —
W
Tony Montano
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 33-0-0 · Montano —
W
Jimmy Beecham
PTS 10/10 · Stadio Flaminio, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 32-0-0 · Beecham —
W
Jean Ruellet
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Alessandria, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 31-0-0 · Ruellet —
W
Georges Estatoff
KO 6/10 · Palazzo dello Sport, Turin, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 30-0-0 · Estatoff —
W
Tommaso Truppi
Won vacant Italian middleweight title KO 11/12 · Rome, Lazio, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 29-0-0 · Truppi —
W
Giampaolo Melis
KO 2/10 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 28-0-0 · Melis —
W
Isaac Logart
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 27-0-0 · Logart —
W
Daniel Leullier
PTS 10/10 · Padua, Veneto, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 26-0-0 · Leullier —
W
Diego Infantes
PTS 8/8 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 25-0-0 · Infantes —
W
Giuseppe Gentiletti
KO 2/10 · Senigallia, Marche, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 24-0-0 · Gentiletti —
W
Mahmout le Noir
PTS 8/8 · Lignano, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 23-0-0 · Noir —
W
PTS 10/10 · Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 22-0-0 · Rossi —
W
Heinz Freytag
PTS 8/8 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 21-0-0 · Freytag —
W
Jean Ruellet
PTS 8/8 · Stadio Amsicora, Cagliari, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 20-0-0 · Ruellet —
W
Hector Constance
PTS 10/10 · Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 19-0-0 · Constance —
W
KO 4/11 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 18-0-0 · Hegerle —
W
KO 5/10 · Milan, Lombardy, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 17-0-0 · Lommi —
W
Manfred Haas
PTS 8/8 · Turin, Piedmont, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 16-0-0 · Haas —
W
José Riquelme
PTS 8/8 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Bologna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 15-0-0 · Riquelme —
W
KO 6/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 14-0-0 · Aldridge —
W
Giuseppe Catalano
PTS 8/8 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 13-0-0 · Catalano —
W
Jesse Jones
DQ 6/8 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 12-0-0 · Jones —
W
Angelo Brisci
KO 1/8 · Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 11-0-0 · Brisci —
W
Retmia Mahrez
TKO 3/8 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 10-0-0 · Mahrez —
W
Marc Desforneaux
PTS 6/6 · Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 9-0-0 · Desforneaux —
W
Henri Cabelduc
PTS 6/6 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 8-0-0 · Cabelduc —
W
Michel Francois
KO 4/8 · Turin, Piedmont, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 7-0-0 · Francois —
W
Daniel Brunet
DQ 3/8 · Naples, Campania, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 6-0-0 · Brunet —
W
Pierre Mondino
PTS 6/6 · Florence, Tuscany, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 5-0-0 · Mondino —
W
Nic Maric
PTS 6/6 · PalaLido, Milan, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 4-0-0 · Maric —
W
Sahib Mosri
KO 3/6 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 3-0-0 · Mosri —
W
Ben Ali Allala
KO 1/6 · Naples, Campania, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 2-0-0 · Allala —
W
Nicola Sammartino
KO 3/6 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 1-0-0 · Sammartino —
W
Ben Ali Allala
PTS 6/6 · Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 🇮🇹
Benvenuti 0-0-0 · Allala —
Amateur career Amateur record 120–0 (Wikipedia )
5 amateur bouts at major tournaments, from the tournament articles on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Not part of the professional record.
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Nino Benvenuti's record? Nino Benvenuti's professional record is 82-7-1 with 35 knockouts.
Who did Nino Benvenuti fight last? Nino Benvenuti last fought Carlos Monzón on May 8, 1971 and lost by TKO in round 3 of 15.
Which world titles has Nino Benvenuti held? Nino Benvenuti has held 5 world title reigns: WBA middleweight (1968–1970), WBC middleweight (1968–1970), WBA middleweight (1967), WBA super welterweight (1965–1966) and 1 more. Sources Boxerbook ID 7225 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/7225 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
