Carmelo Bossi

Carmelo Bossi

File:Carmelo Bossi 1960.jpg Carmelo Bossi at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	15 October 1939 Milano, Italy
Died	23 March 2014 (aged 74) Milano, Italy
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Representing Italy Olympic Games 1960 Rome Light middleweight European Amateur Championships 1959 Lucerne -67 kg

Carmelo Bossi (15 October 1939 – 23 March 2014) was an Italian boxer who held the European welterweight and world junior middleweight titles. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his overall record was 40 wins (10 KOs), 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Career

Bossi won a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics. In early 1961 he turned professional and fought through 1971. In 1965 Bossi won the national and in 1967 the European welterweight title. After defending the European title twice he lost it on 14 August 1968 to Fighting Mack. In 1967 he twice fought Willie Ludick for the world welterweight title, but lost on both occasions. In July 1970 he took the WBC and WBA super welterweight titles by winning Freddie Little, but lost them to Koichi Wajima in October 1971 in his last bout.

See also

• List of WBC world champions
• List of undisputed boxing champions

References

Preceded by Freddie Little	WBA Light Middleweight Champion 9 Jul 1970 – 31 Oct 1971	Succeeded by Koichi Wajima
Preceded by Freddie Little	WBC Light Middleweight Champion 9 Jul 1970 – 31 Oct 1971	Succeeded by Koichi Wajima