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Carmelo Bossi

BORN   October 15 1939; Milan, Italy
HEIGHT 5-7
WEIGHT 145-153 3/4 lbs

Bossi was a boxer type who compiled a career record of 40-8-3 with 10 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World, the WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World, the EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe and the Welterweight Championship of Italy

Carmelo defeated such men as Freddie Little, Guy Vercoutter, Jean Josselin, Fred Galiana, Lennox Beckles, Johnny Cooke, Angel Robinson Garcia, Domenico Tiberia, Alfredo Parmeggiani, Luciano Piazza, Andres Navarro Moreno and Giuliano Nervino

***  AMATEUR  BOUTS  *** 

1960
       Brian Van Niekerk           Rome, Italy                     W  3 
       Pedro Votta                 Rome, Italy                     W  3 
       Souleymane Diallo           Rome, Italy                     W  3 
       William Fisher              Rome, Italy                     W  3 
       Wilbert McClure             Rome, Italy                     L  3
          -The previous 5 bouts were part of the Olympic Games 
          Middleweight Competition; Bossi won the Silver Medal


***  PROFESSIONAL  BOUTS  *** 

1961
Mar  4 Isidoro Princi              Milan, Italy                   WF  3
Mar 18 Henri Marchandeau           Milan, Italy                    W  6
Mar 31 Dante Madella               Ancona, Italy                   W  6
May 21 Germano Cavalieri           Trevise, Italy                  W  6

1962
May  4 Marcello Verziera           Rome, Italy                     W  6
Jul 27 Carlo Sala                  Rome, Italy                    KO  5

1963
Apr 19 Bruno Pomaro                Pavia, Italy                   KO  4
May 24 Michel Francois             Milan, Italy                    W  6
Sep 13 Johnny Angel                Rome, Italy                    LK  5
Nov  4 Vicente Tomas Moktar        Ferrara, Italy                  W  8
Nov 22 Mirko Rossi                 Milan, Italy                   KO  6
Dec  5 Jaconias Amorin             Milan, Italy                    W  8
Dec 26 Alberto Alsinet             Milan, Italy                   KO  2

1964
Feb  7 Vicente Ferrando            Milan, Italy                    W  8
Feb 28 Sani Armstrong              Milan, Italy                    W  8
Apr 30 Julio Rocha                 Milan, Italy                    W  8
Nov  4 Vicente Tomas Moktar        Ferrara, Italy                  W  8
Nov 12 Giuliano Nervino            Milan, Italy                    W  8
Nov 26 Fred Galiana                Barcelona, Spain               TK 10

1965
Feb  4 Andres Navarro Moreno       Barcelona, Spain                W  8
Feb 26 Luciano Piazza              Milan, Italy                    W  8
Jun 18 Alfredo Parmeggiani         Milan, Italy                    W 10
Oct  5 Domenico Tiberia            Naples, Italy                   W 12
          -Welterweight Championship of Italy

1966
Mar 11 Mario Landolfi              Rome, Italy                    KO  8
Apr 21 Angel Robinson Garcia       Barcelona, Spain                D 10
Aug 18 James Shelton               San Remo, Italy                 W  8
Sep 14 Eduardo Batista             Arezzo, Italy                  KO  5
Nov 24 Teddy Meho                  Barcelona, Spain                D  8

1967
Jan  8 Domenico Tiberia            Aprilia, Italy                  W 12
          -Welterweight Championship of Italy
Feb 24 Assane Fakyh                Turin, Italy                    W  8
May 17 Jean Josselin               San Remo, Italy                 W 15
          -EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe
Jul 14 Angel Robinson Garcia       Rome, Italy                    TK  5
Aug 16 Johnny Cooke                San Remo, Italy                TK 12
          -EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe
Oct  7 Willie Ludick              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica L 15
Nov 25 Willie Ludick              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica L 15

1968
Jan 27 Lennox Beckles              Milan, Italy                    W 10
May  3 Jean Josselin               Rome, Italy                     W 15
          -EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe
May 26 Abderamane Faradji          Milan, Italy                    W  8
Aug 14 Edwin "Fighting" Mack       Lignano-Sabbiadoro, Italy      LK 10
          -EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe

1969
Apr  3 Klaus Klein                 Milan, Italy                    W  8
May  9 Ferdinand Ahumibe           Milan, Italy                    W  8
Jun 20 Edwin "Fighting" Mack       Milan, Italy                    W 10
Jul 11 John Tiger                  Milan, Italy                    W  8
Oct 31 Freddie Little              Rome, Italy                    TL  3

1970
Mar  6 Guy Vercoutter              Milan, Italy                    W 10
Apr  9 Johann Orsolics             Vienna, Austria                 L 15
          -EBU Welterweight Championship of Europe
Jul  9 Freddie Little              Monza, Italy                    W 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Oct 14 Aldo Battistutta            Udine, Italy                   KO  5
Nov 14 Pierre Fourie              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica L 10

1971
Apr 29 Jose Hernandez              Madrid, Spain                   D 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Oct 31 Koichi Wajima               Tokyo, Japan                    L 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World

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