Boxing-Italian Olympic champion Benvenuti dies aged 87


ROME (Reuters) - Italian boxer Giovanni 'Nino' Benvenuti, who won Olympic gold in Rome in 1960, died on Tuesday at the age of 87, the Italian Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a statement.

Turning professional after the Olympics, Benvenuti was also a world champion in two different weight divisions in the 1960s.

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