Bruno Arcari (born 1 January 1942) is a retired Italian

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boxer who fought from 1964 to 1978.

Biography

He came to the 1964 Olympics as a national champion and a bronze medalist of the 1963 European Championships, but was injured in the opening bout and had to withdraw. After that he turned professional, and again lost his first match by injury. He had only one loss further in his career, also by injury, and won 70 bouts, 38 of them by knockout. Arcari held the European title in 1968 by beating Austrian boxer Johann Orsolics, via a twelfth round stoppage, he would go onto defend the title four times. On 31 January 1970 captured the WBC world title after defeating Filipino boxer

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via a unanimous decision victory. Acari would reign as champion for four years & defended his title 9 times including against Brazilian boxer

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& Spanish boxer Antonio Ortiz. He relinquished it 1973 to move up to the

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class, but did not fight for a major title until his retirement in 1978. He later managed top professional fighters in Italy.

Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of

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(CONI),

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, the

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of the

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got inaugurated, along ''Viale delle Olimpiadi'', the

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, consisting of 100 tiles that alphabetically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsperson, the sport in which they distinguished himself and the logo of the Italian Olympic Committee. One of the tiles is dedicated to Bruno Arcari.

Professional boxing record

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arcari, Bruno 1942 births Living people Italian male boxers Sportspeople from the Province of Frosinone Southpaw boxers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games Olympic boxers for Italy Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics European Boxing Union champions World Boxing Council champions World light-welterweight boxing champions 20th-century Italian sportsmen

Biography

Awards

Professional boxing record

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