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Dick Tiger vs Nino Benvenuti

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Dick Tiger and Nino Benvenuti met once (1969). Dick Tiger won in 1969 by decision.

Side by side

Dick TigerNino Benvenuti
71″ (180.3 cm)Reach
67.7″ (172 cm)Height69.7″ (177 cm)
+4.83%Reach advantage
60–19Record82–7
45%Finish rate43%
11Longest unbeaten run64
76Recorded bouts88
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 4. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentDick TigerNino Benvenuti
Don Fullmer W W
Emile Griffith L W
Emile Griffith L L
Don Fullmer W W

Careers side by side

Dick Tiger

1960 1970 loss vs Tommy West (1952)win vs Easy Dynamite (1952)win vs Koko Kid (1952)win vs Simon Eme (1952)loss vs Tommy West (1953)win vs Simon Eme (1953)win vs Blackie Power (1953)win vs Lion Ring (1953)win vs Peter Okptra (1954)win vs Super Human Power (1954)win vs Mighty Joe (1954)win vs Robert Nwanne (1954)loss vs Tommy West (1954)loss vs Alan Dean (1955)win vs Bolaji Johnson (1955)win vs John Ama (1955)win vs Raheem Fagbemi (1955)win vs Koko Kid (1955)win vs Alan Dean (1956)win vs Jimmy Lynas (1956)win vs Wally Scott (1956)win vs Dennis Rowley (1956)loss vs George Roe (1956)loss vs Gerry McNally (1956)win vs Paddy Delargy (1957)draw vs Pat McAteer (1957)win vs Jean Claude Poisson (1957)win vs Phil Edwards (1957)win vs Alan Dean (1957)loss vs Willie Armstrong (1957)win vs Marius Dori (1957)win vs Terry Downes (1957)win vs Johnny Read (1957)win vs Yolande Pompey (1958)loss vs Ellsworth Webb (1958)win vs Billy Ellaway (1958)win vs Pat McAteer (1958)win vs Johnny Read (1958)win vs Jimmy Lynas (1958)win vs Jean Ruellet (1958)win vs Holly Mims (1959)loss vs Joey Giardello (1959)win vs Gene Armstrong (1959)loss vs Rory Calhoun (1959)win vs Randy Sandy (1959)win vs Wilf Greaves (1960)win vs Víctor Zalazar (1960)win vs Gene Armstrong (1960)win vs William Pickett (1961)win vs Hank Casey (1961)win vs Ellsworth Webb (1961)win vs Gene Armstrong (1961)win vs Gene Fullmer (1962)win vs Henry Hank (1962)win vs Florentino Fernández (1962)loss vs Joey Giardello (1963)win vs Gene Fullmer (1963)loss vs Joey Archer (1964)win vs Don Fullmer (1964)win vs Jose Monon Gonzalez (1964)win vs Joey Giardello (1965)win vs Rubin Carter (1965)win vs Juan Carlos Rivero (1965)win vs José Torres (1966)loss vs Emile Griffith (1966)win vs Peter Mueller (1966)win vs Roger Rouse (1967)win vs José Torres (1967)win vs Abraham Tomica (1967)win vs Frank DePaula (1968)loss vs Bob Foster (1968)win vs Andy Kendall (1969)win vs Nino Benvenuti (1969)loss vs Emile Griffith (1970)
winlossdraw / NC1952–1970

Nino Benvenuti

1970 win vs Giuseppe Catalano (1961)win vs Jesse Jones (1961)win vs Angelo Brisci (1961)win vs Retmia Mahrez (1961)win vs Marc Desforneaux (1961)win vs Henri Cabelduc (1961)win vs Michel Francois (1961)win vs Daniel Brunet (1961)win vs Pierre Mondino (1961)win vs Nic Maric (1961)win vs Sahib Mosri (1961)win vs Ben Ali Allala (1961)win vs Nicola Sammartino (1961)win vs Giampaolo Melis (1962)win vs Isaac Logart (1962)win vs Daniel Leullier (1962)win vs Diego Infantes (1962)win vs Giuseppe Gentiletti (1962)win vs Mahmout le Noir (1962)win vs Gino Rossi (1962)win vs Heinz Freytag (1962)win vs Jean Ruellet (1962)win vs Hector Constance (1962)win vs Jim Hegerle (1962)win vs Gianni Lommi (1962)win vs Manfred Haas (1962)win vs José Riquelme (1962)win vs George Aldridge (1962)win vs Ted Wright (1963)win vs Luis Gutierrez (1963)win vs Jackie Cailleau (1963)win vs Gaspar Ortega (1963)win vs Víctor Zalazar (1963)win vs Wilhelm Niederau (1963)win vs Francesco Fiori (1963)win vs Tony Montano (1963)win vs Jimmy Beecham (1963)win vs Jean Ruellet (1963)win vs Georges Estatoff (1963)win vs Tommaso Truppi (1963)win vs Juan Carlos Durán (1964)win vs Aristeo Chavarin (1964)win vs Abrao De Souza (1964)win vs Denny Moyer (1964)win vs Fabio Bettini (1964)win vs Jimmy Beecham (1964)win vs Sugar Boy Nando (1964)win vs Michel Diouf (1964)win vs Memo Ayon (1964)win vs Sandro Mazzinghi (1965)win vs James Shelton (1965)win vs Johnny Torres (1965)win vs Luis Folledo (1965)win vs Daniel Leullier (1965)win vs Milo Calhoun (1965)win vs Rip Randall (1965)win vs Dick Knight (1965)win vs Mick Leahy (1965)win vs Tommaso Truppi (1965)win vs Art Hernandez (1965)win vs Renato Moraes (1966)win vs Ferd Hernandez (1966)win vs Pascal Di Benedetto (1966)win vs Harry Scott (1966)loss vs Kim Ki-Soo (1966)win vs Jupp Elze (1966)win vs Clarence James (1966)win vs Don Fullmer (1966)loss vs Emile Griffith (1967)win vs Milo Calhoun (1967)win vs Manfred Graus (1967)win vs Don Fullmer (1968)draw vs Doyle Baird (1968)win vs Art Hernandez (1968)win vs Jimmy Ramos (1968)win vs Yoshiaki Akasaka (1968)win vs Emile Griffith (1968)win vs Charley Austin (1968)win vs Luis Manuel Rodríguez (1969)win vs Fraser Scott (1969)loss vs Dick Tiger (1969)loss vs Carlos Monzón (1970)win vs Doyle Baird (1970)win vs Tom Bethea (1970)loss vs Carlos Monzón (1971)loss vs José Chirino (1971)
winlossdraw / NC1961–1971

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