Bruno Arcari (born 1 January 1942) is a retired Italian

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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. 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, and on 31 January 1970 captured the WBC world title after defeating

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. He relinquished it 1973 to move up to the

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class, but did not fight for a major title until his retirement in 1978. He later managed top professional fighters in Italy.

Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of

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(CONI),

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, was inaugurated in the

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of the

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, along ''Viale delle Olimpiadi'', the Walk of Fame of Italian sport, consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of the tiles is dedicated to Bruno Arcari.

Professional boxing record

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Bruno Arcari
profile at BoxRec {{DEFAULTSORT:Arcari, Bruno Living people 1942 births Light-welterweight boxers World boxing champions Italian male boxers Olympic boxers of Italy Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games

Biography

Awards

Professional boxing record

See also

References

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