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Carmelo Bossi

Carmelo Bossi at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	15 October 1939 Milan, Italy
Died	23 March 2014 (aged 74) Milan, Italy
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1960 Rome Light middleweight European Amateur Championships 1959 Lucerne -67 kg

Carmelo Bossi (15 October 1939 – 23 March 2014) was an Italian boxer who held the European welterweight and world junior middleweight titles. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his overall record was 40 wins (10 KOs), 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Career

Bossi won a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics. In early 1961 he turned professional and fought through 1971. In 1965 Bossi won the national and in 1967 the European welterweight title. After defending the European title twice he lost it on 14 August 1968 to Fighting Mack. In 1967 he twice fought Willie Ludick for the world welterweight title, but lost on both occasions. In July 1970 he took the WBC and WBA super welterweight titles by winning Freddie Little, but lost them to Koichi Wajima in October 1971 in his last bout.

See also

• List of WBC world champions
• List of undisputed boxing champions

References

1. "Boxe, morto ex campione Carmelo Bossi - Rai News". Rainews.it. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
2. ^ Carmelo Bossi. sports-reference.com
3. Boxing record for Carmelo Bossi from BoxRec (registration required)

• 1939 births
• 2014 deaths
• Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Italian boxers
• Light-middleweight boxers
• Olympic boxers of Italy
• Olympic silver medalists for Italy
• Welterweight boxers
• World boxing champions
• Olympic medalists in boxing
• Sportspeople from Milan
• Male boxers
• Italian sportsmen