Aldo Traversaro (born 26 July 1948) is a retired Italian professional boxer who was active between 1970 and 1979.
Career
On 26 November 1977 he won the vacant European light heavyweight title (
EBU
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) against
Bunny Johnson
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, and defended it in 1978 against
Rudy Koopmans,
Francois Fiol and
Avenamar Peralta. The same year he fought the
WBA world title, but lost to
Mike Rossman
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.
On 7 March 1979 Traversaro lost the EBU title to Rudy Koopmans and retired from boxing.
References
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1948 births
Living people
Italian male boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
People from Chiavari