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Don Fullmer vs Nino Benvenuti

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

Don Fullmer and Nino Benvenuti met 2 times (1966, 1968). Nino Benvenuti won in 1968 by decision; Nino Benvenuti won in 1966 by decision.

Side by side

Don FullmerNino Benvenuti
70″ (177.8 cm)Reach
68″ (172.7 cm)Height69.7″ (177 cm)
+2.95%Reach advantage
54–20Record82–7
26%Finish rate43%
14Longest unbeaten run64
75Recorded 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.

OpponentDon FullmerNino Benvenuti
Dick Tiger L L
Emile Griffith L W
Emile Griffith L L
Sandro Mazzinghi L W

Careers side by side

Don Fullmer

1960 1970 win vs Johnny Hudson (1957)win vs Joe Mortenson (1957)win vs Roscoe Shamblin (1958)win vs Willie Fuller (1958)win vs Dick Bankhead (1958)win vs Curtis Barker (1958)win vs Andy Maes (1958)win vs Chico Cirini (1958)win vs Elmer Carter (1958)win vs Cornell Olds (1958)win vs Frank Fellsen (1958)win vs Billy O'Neill (1958)win vs Amond Cadoll (1958)win vs Doug Garrett (1959)loss vs Phil Moyer (1959)loss vs Eddie Andrews (1959)loss vs Orlando DePietro (1959)win vs Cornell Olds (1959)win vs Buck Bellamy (1960)draw vs Gustav Scholz (1960)win vs Stefan Redl (1960)win vs JC Johnson (1960)win vs Billy Blair (1960)win vs James Shorty (1960)win vs Virgil Akins (1960)loss vs Ted Wright (1961)win vs Rocky Fumerelle (1961)loss vs Joey Archer (1961)loss vs Emile Griffith (1962)win vs Juan Carlos Rivero (1962)loss vs Terry Downes (1962)win vs Joe DeNucci (1962)loss vs Souleymane Diallo (1963)loss vs José Torres (1963)win vs Bobby Horn (1963)loss vs Sandro Mazzinghi (1963)win vs Eddie Andrews (1963)win vs Jimmy Ellis (1964)loss vs Dick Tiger (1964)win vs Ron Thompson (1964)draw vs Fred Roots (1964)win vs Joey Archer (1965)win vs Emile Griffith (1965)win vs Gene Bryant (1965)draw vs Andy Kendall (1965)win vs Ferd Hernandez (1965)win vs Bobo Olson (1966)win vs Tony Montano (1966)win vs Stan Harrington (1966)loss vs Jose Gonzalez (1966)loss vs Nino Benvenuti (1966)win vs Ted Wright (1967)win vs Luis Garduno (1967)win vs Joe Hopkins (1967)loss vs Nino Benvenuti (1968)win vs Polo Corona (1968)win vs Gene Bryant (1968)win vs Billy Marsh (1968)win vs Carl Moore (1968)loss vs Doyle Baird (1969)win vs Juarez de Lima (1969)draw vs Billy Douglas (1970)draw vs Tom Bogs (1970)win vs Billy Wagner (1971)win vs Dave Thach (1971)loss vs Eugene Hart (1971)loss vs Bobby Cassidy (1971)loss vs Tom Bogs (1971)loss vs Richie Kates (1972)win vs Andy Kendall (1972)win vs Billy Freeman (1972)win vs Lino Rendon (1972)win vs Amado Vasquez (1972)loss vs Pierre Fourie (1972)
winlossdraw / NC1957–1972

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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