Nino Benvenuti

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  1. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    An Italian made tribute to Nino Benvenuti..
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3skwbW4Bvg0&feature=related[/ame]
     
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  2. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :good

    Nino deserves more threads.....

    Actually, I think I´ll watch some Nino right now......
     
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  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    People forget just how charismatic he was..with Ali away, he provided some glamor to the sport...and he was a damned good fighter too.:good
     
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  4. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nino had that sneaky left hook that could knock your head off
     
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  5. jowcol

    jowcol Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A young Cassius Clay at the Olympics in Rome in 1960 told Nino:
    "You're the best white fighter in the world!"
     
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  6. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I recall reading that..Nino was in fact voted the best of the '60 Olympics..over Clay.
     
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  7. Danmann

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    If he had kept up with his training over the years he would have lasted longer, He was known to live a playboy type lifestyle, as they called it back then. Party's, women, missed training, it cut his career short.
     
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  8. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Quite underrated but his resumes prevents him from beeing perceived as an atg.
     
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  9. SugarShane_24

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    I can't believe that the guy never wore a mouthpiece not until the latter half of his pro career.
     
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  10. jowcol

    jowcol Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is surely another thread but someone posted a what-if fantasy matchup in another site a few years ago: prime MW Benvenuti vs. prime MW Hearns? IMO that would be a humdinger!
     
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  11. Hoshi

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    Got one his fights against Monzon. Black and white. Still not got around to it yet.
     
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  12. split_decision

    split_decision Electronic information tampers with your soul Full Member

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    Letter of the week in BOXING NEWS this week mentioned Benvenuti, reminded me of him so i dug out my copy of his victories over Emile Griffith on DVD. What a fighter, 1 of the greatest of all time (if it wasnt for Monzon he may have been remembered in even higher regard)

    PS i never realised Emile Griffith is Bisexual. Thats what i get for googling, sometimes you find out things you dont wanna know
     
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  13. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah, too much information..but it dosen't matter at all to me,,Griff is one of the all time greats anyway.
     
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  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Nino carried boxing for a while during Ali's exile years.
     
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  15. Senor Pepe'

    Senor Pepe' Boxing Junkie banned

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    Nino, was the 'Darling of the Mediterranean'

    And, had a 'super' following in New York.

    Great boxer with fast hands, and suprising power when he needed it.

    Sometimes, a bit to 'upright', typical for European boxers.

    'BUON GIORGNO'

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