Nino Benvenuti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nino Benvenuti

Italian boxer

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1938

Place of Birth: Izola, Izola Municipality, Slovenia

Profession: actor, film actor, boxer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti (born 26 April 1938) is a retired Italian boxer and actor.
As an amateur welterweight boxer he won the Italian title in 1956–60, the European title in 1957 and 1959, and an Olympic gold medal in 1960, receiving the Val Barker trophy for boxing style.
In 1961, having an amateur record of 120-0, he turned professional and won world titles in the light-middleweight division and twice in the middleweight division.
Near the end of his boxing career he appeared in Sundance and the Kid (1969) and then in Mark Shoots First (1975).Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.
In 1968, Benvenuti was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine.
In 2011, The Ring magazine ranked him as seventh on their list of the "10 best middleweight title holders of the last 50 years."