Bruno Arcari (boxer)

Bruno Arcari (born 1 January 1942) is a retired Italian light welterweight boxer who fought from 1964 to 1978.

Biography

He came to the 1964 Olympics as a national champion and a bronze medalist of the 1963 European Championships, but was injured in the opening bout and had to withdraw. After that, he turned professional and again lost his first match by injury. He had only one loss further in his career, also by injury, and won 70 bouts, 38 of them by knockout. Arcari held the European title in 1968 by beating Austrian boxer Johann Orsolics via a twelfth-round stoppage. He would go on to defend the title four times. On 31 January 1970 captured the WBC world title after defeating Filipino boxer Pedro Adigue via a unanimous decision victory. Acari would reign as champion for four years & defended his title 9 times including against Brazilian boxer Everaldo Costa Azevedo & Spanish boxer Antonio Ortiz. He relinquished it 1973 to move up to the welterweight class, but did not fight for a major title until his retirement in 1978. He later managed top professional fighters in Italy.

Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malagò, the Olympic Park of the Foro Italico in Rome got inaugurated, along Viale delle Olimpiadi, the Walk of Fame of Italian sport, consisting of 100 tiles that alphabetically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile is the name of the sportsperson, the sport in which they distinguished themselves and the logo of the Italian Olympic Committee. One of the tiles is dedicated to Bruno Arcari.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes73WinJesse LaraTKO5 (10)7 Jul 197872Win69–2–1Nelson GomesTKO7 (10)22 Dec 197771Win68–2–1Justice OrtizPTS1022 Oct 197770Draw67–2–1Rocky MattioliMD103 Apr 197669Win67–2David LoveKO5 (10)12 Dec 197568Win66–2Gaétan HartKO1 (10)10 May 197567Win65–2Harold WestonPTS1028 Feb 197566Win64–2Lawrence HafeyPTS1013 Dec 197465Win63–2Papo VillaPTS108 Nov 197464Win62–2Raul Celestino VenerdiniTKO6 (8)14 Aug 197463Win61–2Doc McClendonPTS103 May 197462Win60–2Antonio OrtizDQ8 (15)16 Feb 197461Win59–2Jørgen HansenKO5 (15)1 Nov 197360Win58–2Robert GalloisPTS102 Jun 197359Win57–2Chris FernandezUD109 Mar 197358Win56–2Everaldo Costa AzevedoUD152 Dec 197257Win55–2Chris FernandezTKO8 (10)13 Oct 197256Win54–2Joao dos SantosPTS108 Aug 197255Win53–2Joao HenriqueKO12 (15), 10 Jun 197254Win52–2Jose PetersonDQ4 (10)28 Apr 197253Win51–2Al RomanoKO4 (10)24 Mar 197252Win50–2Percy PughKO5 (10)4 Feb 197251Win49–2David HamTKO5 (10), 17 Dec 197150Win48–2Domingo BarreraKO10 (15)9 Oct 197149Win47–2Ruben ArochaPTS1029 Jul 197148Win46–2Enrique JanaTKO9 (15), 26 Jun 197147Win45–2Leonardo Dessi'TKO4 (10)19 May 197146Win44–2Joao HenriqueUD156 Mar 197145Win43–2Joao dos SantosPTS1026 Dec 197044Win42–2Raimundo DiasKO3 (15), 30 Oct 197043Win41–2Carlos AlmeidaTKO3 (10), 28 Sep 197042Win40–2Rene RoqueDQ6 (15), 10 Jul 197041Win39–2Joao dos SantosPTS105 Jun 197040Win38–2Bunny GrantUD1010 Apr 197039Win37–2Pedro Adigue Jr.PTS1531 Jan 197038Win36–2Kid RainbowTKO2 (10)19 Dec 196937Win35–2Jose Luis TorcidaKO5 (15)1 Dec 196936Win34–2Roger EvansKO6 (10)4 Oct 196935Win33–2Juan AlbornozKO6 (15)13 Aug 196934Win32–2Floyd BevensKO2 (10)5 Jul 196933Win31–2Bill WhittenburgTKO6 (10)11 Jun 196932Win30–2Adrian DavisDQ4 (10)13 Mar 196931Win29–2Willi QuatuorKO7 (15), 2:4224 Jan 196930Win28–2Leon ZadourianTKO4 (10)14 Dec 196829Win27–2Joe TettehPTS1022 Nov 196828Win26–2Dave WyattTKO7 (10)5 Oct 196827Win25–2Des ReaTKO6 (15)21 Aug 196826Win24–2Fernand SimardTKO5 (10)19 Jun 196825Win23–2Johann OrsolicsTKO12 (15)7 May 196824Win22–2Mickey LaudTKO6 (10)6 Apr 196823Win21–2Pablo LopezPTS44 Mar 196822Win20–2Lex HunterPTS85 Dec 196721Win19–2John WhiteTKO4 (?)11 Nov 196720Win18–2Pietro VargelliniTKO4 (12)6 Sep 196719Win17–2Romano BianchiRTD1 (12)5 Jul 196718Win16–2Al RoccaPTS103 Jun 196717Win15–2Angel Robinson GarciaPTS1028 Apr 196716Win14–2Efrem DonatiPTS1222 Feb 196715Win13–2Massimo ConsolatiDQ7 (12)7 Dec 196614Win12–2Luigi BracciniTKO6 (8)21 Oct 196613Win11–2Quintino SoaresPTS104 Oct 196612Loss10–2Massimo ConsolatiTKO10 (12)10 Aug 196611Win10–1Romano BianchiPTS829 Apr 196610Win9–1Joe BrownPTS1011 Mar 19669Win8–1Francesco CarusoPTS1019 Jan 19668Win7–1Julian GonzalezKO4 (8)23 Dec 19657Win6–1Ivan WhiterTKO4 (8)3 Dec 19656Win5–1Efrem DonatiTKO7 (8)15 Oct 19655Win4–1Antonio Fernandes de JesusPTS829 Aug 19654Win3–1Nedo StampiDQ3 (6)23 Apr 19653Win2–1Salvatore ColellaTKO3 (6)3 Apr 19652Win1–1Onorio PirasKO3 (6)19 Feb 19651Loss0–1Franco ColellaTKO5 (6)11 Dec 1964

See also List of world light-welterweight boxing champions

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