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Bruno Arcari

BORN   January 1 1942; Atina, Frosinone, Italy (Some sources report Latina, Latium, Italy)
HEIGHT 5-5
WEIGHT 137 3/4-143 1/2 lbs
MANAGER Rocco Agostino

Arcari was a left-handed fighter who could box and punch ! He lost his first bout - by a "technical" knockout (injury) - and then won 70 of his next 72 contests (one ended in a draw); In all, he won 70 of 73 bouts and scored 38 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World, the EBU Light Welterweight Championship of Europe and the Light Welterweight Championship of Italy

Bruno defeated such men as Joe Brown, Antonio Ortiz, Joao Henrique, Joergen Hansen, Robert Gallois, Everaldo Costa Azevedo, Al Romano, Domingo Barrera Corpas, Rene Roque, Bunny Grant, Juan Albornoz, Willy Quatuor, Angel Robinson Garcia and Efrem Donati

1964
Dec 11 Franco Colella              Rome, Italy                     LT  5

1965
Feb 19 Onorio Piras                Rome, Italy                     KO  3
Apr  3 Salvatore Colella           Genoa, Italy                    TK  3
Apr 23 Nedo Stampi                 Rome, Italy                     WF  3
Aug 29 Antonio Fernandez de Jesu   Camerino, Italy                  W  8
Oct 15 Efrem Donati                Rome, Italy                     TK  7
Dec  3 Ivan Whiter                 Rome, Italy                     TK  4
Dec 23 Julio Gonzales Morales      La Spezia, Italy                KO  4

1966
Jan 19 Franco Caruso               Genoa, Italy                     W 10
Mar 11 Joe Brown                   Turin, Italy                     W 10
          -Some sources report "Rome, Italy"
Apr 29 Romano Bianchi              Rome, Italy                      W  8
Aug 10 Massimo Consolati           Senigallia, Italy               LT 10
          -Light Welterweight Championship of Italy
Oct  4 Quintino Soarez             Genoa, Italy                     W 10
Oct 21 Luigi Braccini              Rome, Italy                     TK  6
Dec  7 Massimo Consolati           Genoa, Italy                    WF  7
          -Light Welterweight Championship of Italy

1967
Feb 22 Efrem Donati                Genoa, Italy                     W 12
          -Light Welterweight Championship of Italy
Apr 28 Angel Robinson Garcia       Genoa, Italy                     W 10
Jun  3 Al Rocca                    Genoa, Italy                     W 10
Jul  5 Romano Bianchi              Genoa, Italy                    TK  1
          -Light Welterweight Championship of Italy
Sep  6 Pietro Vargellini           Acqui, Italy                    TK  4
          -Light Welterweight Championship of Italy
Nov 11 John White                  Genoa, Italy                    TK  4
Dec  5 Lex Hunter                  Milan, Italy                     W  8

1968
Mar  4 Pablo Lopez                 New York, NY                     W  4
Apr  6 Mickey Laud                 Genoa, Italy                    TK  6
May  7 Johann Orsolics             Vienna, Austria                 TK 12
          -EBU Light Welterweight Championship of Europe
Jun 19 Fernand Simard              Chiavari, Italy                 TK  5
Aug 21 Des Rea                     San Remo, Italy                 TK  6
          -EBU Light Welterweight Championship of Europe
Oct  5 Dave Wyatt                  Genoa, Italy                    TK  7
Nov 22 Joe Tetteh                  La Spezia, Italy                 W 10
Dec 15 Leon Zadourian              San Remo, Italy                 TK  4

1969
Jan 24 Willy Quatuor               Rome, Italy                     KO  7
          -EBU Light Welterweight Championship of Europe
Mar 13 Adrian Davis                Rome, Italy                     WF   4
Jun 11 Bill Whittenburg            San Remo, Italy                 TK  6
Jul  5 Floyd Bevens                Lecco, Italy                    KO  2
Aug 13 Juan Albornoz               San Remo, Italy                 KO  6
          -EBU Light Welterweight Championship of Europe
Oct  4 Roger Evans                 Naples, Italy                   KO  6
Dec  1 Jose Luis Torcida           Bologna, Italy                  KO  5
          -EBU Light Welterweight Championship of Europe
Dec 19 Kid Rainbow                 Turin, Italy                    TK  2

1970
Jan 31 Pedro Adigue Jr             Rome, Italy                      W 15
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Apr 10 Bunny Grant                 Rome, Italy                      W 10
Jun  5 Joao dos Santos             Marseille, France                W 10
Jul 10 Rene Roque                  Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy       WF  6
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 28 Carlos Almeida              Bologna, Italy                  TK  3
Oct 30 Raymundo Dias               Genoa, Italy                    KO  3
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 26 Joao dos Santos             Rome, Italy                      W 10

1971
Mar  6 Joao Henrique               Rome, Italy                      W 15
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
May 19 Leonardo Dessė              Ancona, Italy                   TK  5
Jun 26 Enrique Jana                Palermo, Italy                  TK  9
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Jul 29 Ruben Arocha                Genoa, Italy                     W 10
Oct  9 Domingo Barrera Corpas      Genoa, Italy                    KO 10
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 17 David Hamm                  Turin, Italy                    TK  5

1972
Feb  4 Percy Pugh                  Turin, Italy                    KO  5
Mar 24 Al Romano                   Turin, Italy                    KO  4
Apr 28 Jose Peterson               Bologna, Italy                  WF  4
Jun 10 Joao Henrique               Genoa, Italy                    KO 12
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug  8 Joao dos Santos             Fermo, Italy                     W 10
Oct 13 Chris Fernandez             Rome, Italy                     TK  8
Dec  2 Everaldo Costa Azevedo      Turin, Italy                     W 15
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World

1973
Mar  9 Chris Fernandez             Rome, Italy                      W 10
Jun  2 Robert Gallois              Monte Carlo, Monaco              W 10
Nov  1 Joergen Hansen              Copenhagen, Denmark             KO  5
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World

1974
Feb 16 Antonio Ortiz               Turin, Italy                    WF  8
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
May  3 Doc McClendon               Rome, Italy                      W 10
Aug 14 Raul Celestino Venerdini    Cefalu, Italy                   TK  6
Nov  8 Papo Villa                  Milan, Italy                     W 10
Dec 13 Lawrence Hafey              Milan, Italy                     W 10

1975
Feb 28 Harold Weston               Rome, Italy                      W 10
May 10 Gaetan Hart                 Genoa, Italy                    KO  1
Dec 12 David Love                  Turin, Italy                    KO  5

1976
Apr  3 Rocky Mattioli              Milan, Italy                     D 10

1977
Oct 22 Justice Ortiz               Turin, Italy                     W 10
Dec 22 Nelson Gomes                Gallipoli, Italy                TK  7

1978
Jul  7 Jesse Lara                  Genoa, Italy                    TK  5

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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