Alessandro Mazzinghi

Alessandro "Sandro" Mazzinghi (3 October 1938 – 22 August 2020) was an Italian professional boxer who held the world light middleweight championship twice.

Biography

In 1961 Mazzinghi won the Military World Championships. The same year he turned professional, following his elder brother Guido. He eventually became a European and World Champion, and had 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. On 7 September 1963 he won the world light middleweight title, defeating the American Ralph Dupas by a ninth-round technical knockout in Milan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In December of the same year, a rematch took place in Sydney, Australia, and Mazzinghi won again by knockout.

He remained world champion until 1965, a year after a terrible accident. The boxer remained in critical condition for some days, with a skull fracture that would condition his career in the following years. Mazzinghi came back in the ring to defend his title in Genoa, Italy, against Tony Montano (knockout in the 12th round) and in Rome, against Fortunato Manca (winning by decision in 15 rounds).

On 18 June 1965 Mazzinghi faced Nino Benvenuti and lost by knockout in the sixth round, losing his world title. In their rematch, Mazzinghi barely escaped an early round knockout when he was floored – unable to rise in time he was saved by the bell. He rebounded from that close call to give Benvenuti a hard fight, but Benvenuti won by decision.

Mazzinghi started again and gained the Superwelter European crown in Rome, Italy, on 17 June 1966 defeating Yoland Leveque; he defended his title four times.

On 26 May 1968, Mazzinghi beat Korean Ki-Soo Kim in "San Siro" Stadium, Milan, Italy, regaining the world light middleweight crown.

On 25 October he fought against American Freddie Little, but was disqualified by the referee for an illegal blow; this decision was revoked and the result of the match was changed to a "no contest".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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1970 he left boxing for seven years, and would make a comeback from 1977 to 1978. He retired in 1978.

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Age	Location	Notes
69	Template:Yes2Win	Template:Nowrap	Jean Claude Warusfel	PTS	10	Mar 4, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
68	Template:Yes2Win	63–3 Template:Small	Gianni Mingardi	PTS	8	Dec 26, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	62–3 Template:Small	David Adkins	PTS	10	Nov 3, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	61–3 Template:Small	Willie Warren	KO	8 (10)	Oct 31, 1970	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
65	Template:Yes2Win	60–3 Template:Small	Eddie Pace	SD	10	Sep 10, 1970	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	59–3 Template:Small	Harold Richardson	KO	5 (10)	Jul 2, 1970	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
63	Template:Yes2Win	58–3 Template:Small	Harry Scott	PTS	10	Apr 18, 1970	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	57–3 Template:Small	Cipriano Hernandez	KO	2 (10)	Dec 17, 1969	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
61	NC	56–3 Template:Small	Wilfredo Hurst	NC	8 (10)	Mar 28, 1969	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
60	Template:Abbr	56–3 Template:Small	Freddie Little	NC	8 (15)	Oct 25, 1968	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
59	Template:Yes2Win	56–3	Levi Campbell	PTS	10	Sep 14, 1968	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
58	Template:Yes2Win	55–3	Kim Ki-soo	SD	15	May 26, 1968	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
57	Template:Yes2Win	54–3	Bobby Cassidy	TKO	2 (10)	Apr 5, 1968	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
56	Template:Yes2Win	53–3	Art Hernandez	RTD	4 (8)	Feb 9, 1968	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	52–3	Jo Gonzales	KO	4 (15)	Dec 1, 1967	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	51–3	Wally Swift	TKO	6 (15)	Sep 9, 1967	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	50–3	Gomeo Brennan	PTS	10	Jul 14, 1967	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	49–3	Henry Aldrich	PTS	10	Apr 7, 1967	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	48–3	Jean Baptiste Rolland	TKO	10 (15)	Feb 3, 1967	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	47–3	Bo Hogberg	TKO	14 (15)	Nov 11, 1966	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	46–3	Tony Noriega	PTS	10	Oct 14, 1966	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	45–3	Yoland Levèque	KO	12 (15)	Jun 17, 1966	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	44–3	Herman Dixon	TKO	2 (10)	May 6, 1966	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	43–3	Sugar Cliff	TKO	4 (10)	Apr 1, 1966	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	42–3	James Shelton	RTD	5 (10)	Feb 11, 1966	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
44	Template:No2Loss	41–3	Nino Benvenuti	UD	15	Dec 17, 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	41–2	Oscar Miranda	TKO	5 (10)	Oct 15, 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
42	Template:No2Loss	40–2	Nino Benvenuti	KO	6 (15)	Jun 18, 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	40–1	Mel Ferguson	KO	3 (10)	Apr 30, 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	39–1	Isaac Logart	PTS	10	Apr 2, 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	38–1	Isaac Logart	TKO	5 (10)	Jan 23, 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	37–1	Fortunato Manca	PTS	15	Dec 11, 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	36–1	Gaspar Ortega	TKO	7 (10)	Nov 6, 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	35–1	Tony Montano	TKO	12 (15)	Oct 3, 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	34–1	Cecil Mott	KO	5 (12)	Aug 14, 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	33–1	Charley Austin	DQ	7 (10)	Jun 26, 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	32–1	Charley Austin	TKO	9 (10)	Apr 24, 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	31–1	Hilario Morales	TKO	3 (10)	Apr 12, 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	30–1	Ralph Dupas	TKO	13 (15)	Dec 2, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	29–1	Ralph Dupas	TKO	9 (15)	Sep 7, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	28–1	Mohamed Sahib	TKO	8 (10)	Jul 13, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	27–1	Wilf Greaves	KO	5 (10)	Jun 7, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	26–1	Don Fullmer	TKO	8 (10)	May 5, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	25–1	Tony Montano	UD	10	Apr 5, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	24–1	Rocky Randell	TKO	1 (10)	Mar 8, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	23–1	Joseph NGan	KO	4 (8)	Mar 1, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	22–1	Hippolyte Annex	RTD	9 (10)	Jan 28, 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	21–1	Francesco Fiori	PTS	8	Dec 14, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	20–1	Fabio Bettini	PTS	8	Nov 9, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	19–1	Charles Attali	TKO	1 (10)	Oct 15, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	18–1	Daniel Leullier	PTS	8	Sep 24, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	17–1	Fabio Bettini	PTS	8	Aug 19, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
17	Template:No2Loss	16–1	Giampaolo Melis	PTS	8	Jul 27, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	16–0	Charley Kassem	KO	1 (10)	Jul 18, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	15–0	Paolo Cottino	KO	3 (10)	Jun 30, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	14–0	Jackie Cailleau	PTS	8	Jun 20, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	13–0	Claude Canu	TKO	4 (8)	Jun 6, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	12–0	Teddy Schall	KO	4 (8)	Apr 2, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	11–0	Mohamed Seba	TKO	5 (8)	Mar 23, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	10–0	Gerhard Moll	TKO	5 (8)	Feb 23, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	9–0	Nic Maric	PTS	6	Feb 16, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Ahmed ben Hamida	TKO	3 (6)	Feb 5, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Claudio Buniva	PTS	6	Jan 19, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Guglielmo Paulon	TKO	3 (8)	Jan 4, 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Francesco Pondrelli	TKO	2 (8)	Dec 26, 1961	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Germano Cavalieri	KO	2 (8)	Dec 15, 1961	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Renato Ravasi	TKO	3 (8)	Nov 9, 1961	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Mario Della Corte	PTS	6	Oct 20, 1961	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Severino Gagliardi	KO	2 (6)	Sep 15, 1961	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small

Titles in boxing

Major world titles

• WBA light middleweight champion (154 lbs) (2×)
• WBC light middleweight champion (154 lbs) (2×)

Regional/International titles

• European light middleweight champion (154 lbs)

Undisputed titles

• Undisputed light middleweight champion (2×)

See also

• Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
• List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

External links

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• Alessandro Mazzinghi - CBZ Profile