Cosimo Pinto (born 14 March 1943) is a retired Italian

light heavyweight Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruise ...

boxer who won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics. Contrary to most of his teammates he remained an amateur and later won a bronze medal at the 1967 European championships.

1964 Olympic record

Below are the results of Cosimo Pinto, an Italian light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Rudie Lubbers (Netherlands) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated Jurgen Schlegel (Unified Team of Germany) by decision, 4-1 * Semifinal: defeated Alexander Nicolov (Bulgaria) referee stopped contest * Final: defeated Aleksei Kiselyov (Soviet Union) by decision, 3-2 (won gold medal)

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