RIP Nino Benvenuti

RIP Nino.

 

Riposa in pace

 

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Rest in peace, Nino. Thanks for the good memories.

 

RIP one of the best fighters of his era.

 

RIP.

 

A sad day indeed, farewell campeon.

 

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One of the greatest.

Very good looking too. I can easily see him as a teen idol had he been an actor. On the cover of Tiger Beat and 16. Easily. He and Monzon, as actors, would have been the Coreys of the 1960s.

RIP champ.

 

RIP Nino - Italy’s finest!

 

As a 9-year-old boxing fan, I thought that Sports Illustrated cover from 1967 where the top part of the page was him connecting with a right hand on Emile Griffith and the bottom part of the page was him dining on pasta with a couple of wine bottles in front of him was one of the most supremely cool things I’d ever seen.

 

What a terrible last 2 months for boxing…

 

I'm dreaming about all the hot Italian actresses he rolled around with back in the day. Bellissimo!

 

Nino was a very loyal friend.

He stayed friends with Emile Griffith long after their fighting days, flying Emile to Italy to have him become godfather of Nino’s son and later coming to America to help the struggling Griffith out financially.

He also stayed friends with Carlos Monzon and supported Carlos when Monzon was arrested (and convicted) of murder, even visiting him in prison in Argentina.

Class act.

RIP champ.

 

Didn't know he was still with us. RIP!

 

Slight correction : Benvenuti went 65-0 as an amateur before losing to Ki-Soo Kim in 1966. He finished 119-1 as an amateur.

RIP champ.