Salvatore Burruni

I have, i've just been too sluggish to respond.

you summed him up pretty well though.Definitely an excellent fighter when he was on his game, with at least as many tools as his more high profile countryman Benvenuti.

However having not read much about him, i wonder about his general mentality and dedication.He seems to have lost his edge soon after winning the title in a terrific performance against Pone.

Routinely defeated by other top contenders in non-title fights(takayama, Accavallo and Chionoi)and refused to defend his title against Horacio after losing to him.then again all those fights were in the opponent's backyard so it might be worth looking into them to see if they were controversial.Certainly any decision loss in Thailand shouldn't just be taken at face value.

 

Interested in this guy.

How would he fare against Ohba?

 

What film is there available of him?

 

His fights with Kingpetch, Choinoi, Gattelari and the second McGowan fight are out there. I think only the Kingpetch fight is complete though...

I wish his fight with Accavallo was available. Salvatore didn't lose too wide on the cards there and fights in Argentina are known to be a little biased so who knows how he performed there...

It should be noted his fights with Choinoi and Accavallo were above weight contests though, so that might have something to do with his performances there.

He looked a tad faded to me by the time of the McGowan rematch.

 

Like Loi, Burruni probably stayed in Italy too long.It must have been tough to break onto the Flyweight scene from there.

and G, Kingpetch looked fine to me.Maybe a bit slower on his feet, but no more faded than say..Laguna against Buchanan.still a formidable opponent.His timing, balance etc were all still there.

i had a quick look on info for his non-title losses, but i could only find ones where you need to pay/subscribe to read the article.

 

What I find weird is that he only started fighting outside of Italy after he won the title in Italy.

You'd think as a guy that has fought at home his whole career that he would have tried to milk the title on home turf for as long as he could, but instead, just when he didn't need to fight outside of home, that's exactly what he went and did.

 

The second Burruni v McGowan exists in full 15 round version. Burruni is on his way down, and the littte scotsman fights a fantastic fight.

Woller

 

My dad was supposed to fight Burruni for the Italian's european title in early 1969 but me dad was offered the Rose fight, an offer he couldn't refuse.