Who is the greatest Italian boxer of all time?

Olympic golds, world-title belts and a 1930s heavyweight giant all compete for one spot. Mixing ring eras this far apart is half the fun.

1. 1
   Nino Benvenuti

   1960 Olympic champion and undisputed middleweight king famed for his trilogy with Emile Griffith.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Duilio Loi

   World light welterweight champion who lost only three of 126 professional fights.
   840pts
3. 3
   Irma Testa

   First Italian woman to win an Olympic boxing medal and 2022 world champion.
   800pts
4. 4
   Bruno Arcari

   Southpaw WBC light welterweight champion who retired undefeated as titleholder after nine defences.
   800pts
5. 5
   Vito Antuofermo

   Puglia-born undisputed middleweight champion of 1979 who fought Hagler to a draw.
   600pts
6. 6
   Cosimo Pinto

   Light heavyweight gold medallist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
   600pts
7. 7
   Tiberio Mitri

   European middleweight champion who challenged Jake LaMotta for the world title in 1950.
   466pts
8. 8
   Franco De Piccoli

   Venetian heavyweight who won Olympic gold at the 1960 Rome Games.
   466pts
9. 9
   Salvatore Burruni

   Sardinian flyweight who became undisputed world champion in 1965.
   0pts
10. 10
    Primo Carnera

    Giant from Friuli who became Italy's first world heavyweight champion in 1933.
    0pts
11. 11
    Mario D'Agata

    Deaf Tuscan who won the world bantamweight title in 1956.
    0pts
12. 12
    Clemente Russo

    Two-time amateur world champion and two-time Olympic heavyweight silver medallist.
    0pts

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