- Alessandro Mazzinghi
Alessandro Mazzinghi, known as Sandro (born in
Pontedera ,Italy ,October 3 ,1938 ) is an Italian former professional boxer.Biography
Sandro entered the world of professional boxing in 1961, in the superwelter division. As European and World Champion, he has a record of 64-3-0-2 (42 KOs). Of these matches, five were valid for the European title and 8 for the World title.
In 1961 Mazzinghi seized the Crown of Military World Champion, welter division, in the
United States .On
September 7 ,1963 he became World Champion, Junior Middleweight division, defeating the AmericanRalph Dupas by a ninth round TKO, in a match played inMilan, Italy . In December of the same year, a rematch took place inSydney, Australia , and Mazzinghi won again by knock out.He remained World Champion until 1965, a year in which he suffered a terrible accident. The boxer remained in critical conditions for some days, with a skull fracture that would condition his career in the following years.
Mazzinghi came back on the ring to defend his title in
Genoa, Italy , againstTony Montano (K.o. on 12th round) and inRome , againstFortunato Manca (winning by decision in 15 rounds).On
June 18 1965 Mazzinghi facedNino Benvenuti and lost by K.O. in the 6th round. In their rematch, Mazzinghi barely escaped an early round knockout when he was floored, and apparently unable to rise in time, was saved by the bell in the second round. He rebounded from that close call to give Benvenuti a hard fight, but Benvenuti won the decision.Mazzinghi started again and gained the Superwelter European crown in
Rome, Italy , onJune 17 ,1966 defeatingYoland Leveque ; he defended his title four times.On
May 26 ,1968 Mazzinghi faced the KoreanKi Soo Kim , in "San Siro" Stadium,Milan, Italy , and won, becoming the new Superwelter World Champion.On
October 25 he fought against AmericanFreddie Little , but was disqualified by the referee for an illegal blow; this decision was revoked and the result of the match was changed to a "no contest". A few days later, the Italian Boxing Federation took away the title from Mazzinghi, after the WBA wouldn't.In 1970 he left boxing for six years, and would make a comeback from 1976 to 1979. He retired in 1979.
Matches
W.C. = World Championship
E.C. = European ChampionshipSee also
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List of WBC world champions
*List of undisputed boxing champions References
External links
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* [http://www.sandromazzinghi.com Official website]
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