BOXING great Nino Benvenuti has died at the age of 87.
The Italian legend won the gold medal in the welterweight category at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Italian boxing legend Nino Benvenuti has died at the age of 87 Benvenuti became world champion in two classes, light middleweight and middleweightAnd, after turning professional, became world champion in two classes, light middleweight and middleweight.
Benvenuti had a record of 82 wins, including 35 knockouts, seven losses and one draw in his 90 professional boxing bouts and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.
His three world title fights against Emile Griffith in 1967 and 1968 were epic battles.
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