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.<ref name="SportsRef">Template:Cite Sports-Reference</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> & Spanish boxer Antonio Ortiz.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
73	Template:Yes2Win	Template:Nowrap	Jesse Lara	TKO	5 (10)	7 Jul 1978	Template:Small
72	Template:Yes2Win	69–2–1	Nelson Gomes	TKO	7 (10)	22 Dec 1977	Template:Small
71	Template:Yes2Win	68–2–1	Justice Ortiz	PTS	10	22 Oct 1977	Template:Small
70	Template:DrawDraw	67–2–1	Rocky Mattioli	MD	10	3 Apr 1976	Template:Small
69	Template:Yes2Win	67–2	David Love	KO	5 (10)	12 Dec 1975	Template:Small
68	Template:Yes2Win	66–2	Gaétan Hart	KO	1 (10)	10 May 1975	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	65–2	Harold Weston	PTS	10	28 Feb 1975	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	64–2	Lawrence Hafey	PTS	10	13 Dec 1974	Template:Small
65	Template:Yes2Win	63–2	Papo Villa	PTS	10	8 Nov 1974	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	62–2	Raul Celestino Venerdini	TKO	6 (8)	14 Aug 1974	Template:Small
63	Template:Yes2Win	61–2	Doc McClendon	PTS	10	3 May 1974	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	60–2	Antonio Ortiz	DQ	8 (15)	16 Feb 1974	Template:Small	Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	59–2	Jørgen Hansen	KO	5 (15)	1 Nov 1973	Template:Small	Template:Small
60	Template:Yes2Win	58–2	Robert Gallois	PTS	10	2 Jun 1973	Template:Small
59	Template:Yes2Win	57–2	Chris Fernandez	UD	10	9 Mar 1973	Template:Small
58	Template:Yes2Win	56–2	Everaldo Costa Azevedo	UD	15	2 Dec 1972	Template:Small	Template:Small
57	Template:Yes2Win	55–2	Chris Fernandez	TKO	8 (10)	13 Oct 1972	Template:Small
56	Template:Yes2Win	54–2	Joao dos Santos	PTS	10	8 Aug 1972	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	53–2	Joao Henrique	KO	12 (15), Template:Small	10 Jun 1972	Template:Small	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	52–2	Jose Peterson	DQ	4 (10)	28 Apr 1972	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	51–2	Al Romano	KO	4 (10)	24 Mar 1972	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	50–2	Percy Pugh	KO	5 (10)	4 Feb 1972	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	49–2	David Ham	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	17 Dec 1971	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	48–2	Domingo Barrera	KO	10 (15)	9 Oct 1971	Template:Small	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	47–2	Ruben Arocha	PTS	10	29 Jul 1971	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	46–2	Enrique Jana	TKO	9 (15), Template:Small	26 Jun 1971	Template:Small	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	45–2	Leonardo Dessi'	TKO	4 (10)	19 May 1971	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	44–2	Joao Henrique	UD	15	6 Mar 1971	Template:Small	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	43–2	Joao dos Santos	PTS	10	26 Dec 1970	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	42–2	Raimundo Dias	KO	3 (15), Template:Small	30 Oct 1970	Template:Small	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	41–2	Carlos Almeida	TKO	3 (10), Template:Small	28 Sep 1970	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	40–2	Rene Roque	DQ	6 (15), Template:Small	10 Jul 1970	Template:Small	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	39–2	Joao dos Santos	PTS	10	5 Jun 1970	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	38–2	Bunny Grant	UD	10	10 Apr 1970	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	37–2	Pedro Adigue Jr.	PTS	15	31 Jan 1970	Template:Small	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	36–2	Kid Rainbow	TKO	2 (10)	19 Dec 1969	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	35–2	Jose Luis Torcida	KO	5 (15)	1 Dec 1969	Template:Small	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	34–2	Roger Evans	KO	6 (10)	4 Oct 1969	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	33–2	Juan Albornoz	KO	6 (15)	13 Aug 1969	Template:Small	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	32–2	Floyd Bevens	KO	2 (10)	5 Jul 1969	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	31–2	Bill Whittenburg	TKO	6 (10)	11 Jun 1969	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	30–2	Adrian Davis	DQ	4 (10)	13 Mar 1969	Template:Small	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	29–2	Willi Quatuor	KO	7 (15), 2:42	24 Jan 1969	Template:Small	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	28–2	Leon Zadourian	TKO	4 (10)	14 Dec 1968	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	27–2	Joe Tetteh	PTS	10	22 Nov 1968	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	26–2	Dave Wyatt	TKO	7 (10)	5 Oct 1968	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	25–2	Des Rea	TKO	6 (15)	21 Aug 1968	Template:Small	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	24–2	Fernand Simard	TKO	5 (10)	19 Jun 1968	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	23–2	Johann Orsolics	TKO	12 (15)	7 May 1968	Template:Small	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	22–2	Mickey Laud	TKO	6 (10)	6 Apr 1968	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	21–2	Pablo Lopez	PTS	4	4 Mar 1968	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	20–2	Lex Hunter	PTS	8	5 Dec 1967	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	19–2	John White	TKO	4 (?)	11 Nov 1967	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	18–2	Pietro Vargellini	TKO	4 (12)	6 Sep 1967	Template:Small	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	17–2	Romano Bianchi	RTD	1 (12)	5 Jul 1967	Template:Small	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	16–2	Al Rocca	PTS	10	3 Jun 1967	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	15–2	Angel Robinson Garcia	PTS	10	28 Apr 1967	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	14–2	Efrem Donati	PTS	12	22 Feb 1967	Template:Small	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	13–2	Massimo Consolati	DQ	7 (12)	7 Dec 1966	Template:Small	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	12–2	Luigi Braccini	TKO	6 (8)	21 Oct 1966	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	11–2	Quintino Soares	PTS	10	4 Oct 1966	Template:Small
12	Template:No2Loss	10–2	Massimo Consolati	TKO	10 (12)	10 Aug 1966	Template:Small	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	10–1	Romano Bianchi	PTS	8	29 Apr 1966	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	9–1	Joe Brown	PTS	10	11 Mar 1966	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	8–1	Francesco Caruso	PTS	10	19 Jan 1966	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	7–1	Julian Gonzalez	KO	4 (8)	23 Dec 1965	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	6–1	Ivan Whiter	TKO	4 (8)	3 Dec 1965	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	5–1	Efrem Donati	TKO	7 (8)	15 Oct 1965	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	4–1	Antonio Fernandes de Jesus	PTS	8	29 Aug 1965	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	3–1	Nedo Stampi	DQ	3 (6)	23 Apr 1965	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	2–1	Salvatore Colella	TKO	3 (6)	3 Apr 1965	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	1–1	Onorio Piras	KO	3 (6)	19 Feb 1965	Template:Small
1	Template:No2Loss	0–1	Franco Colella	TKO	5 (6)	11 Dec 1964	Template:Small

See also

• List of world light-welterweight boxing champions

External links

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