Ex-Italian two-weight world champion Nino Benvenuti has died at 87, as many tributes have been coming in. Benvenuti’s talent was undeniable. He achieved a 119-1 amateur record, going down as one ...

BOXING great Nino Benvenuti has died at the age of 87. Benvenuti, widely considered as Italy 's greatest ever fighter, became world champion in two weight classes and won three world titles.

Griffith won a rematch later that year, but Benvenuti reclaimed the title in 1968 in their third meeting. The Italian lost the title in 1970 when Argentine Carlos Monzon defeated him in Rome.

Nino Benvenuti, an Italian boxer who won the welterweight title at the 1960 Rome Olympics and was named the outstanding fighter of those Games over Cassius Clay, died Tuesday in Rome. He was 87.