Silvano Bertini (born 27 March 1940 in Signa

Signa

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Italy

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Italy

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Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

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Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

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Amateur

Bertini won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, losing to gold medalist Marian Kasprzyk

Marian Kasprzyk

Marian Kasprzyk is a former Polish welterweight boxer.-Amateur:Kasprzyk won the Welterweight gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and the Bronze Medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics as a Light Welterweight.-Olympic results:1964*Defeated Misael Vilugron 3-2*Defeated Sikiru Alimi 5-0*Defeated...

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Pro career

Bertini turned pro in 1965 and was undefeated in his first 28 fights before losing to Jean Josselin in 1969. He retired in 1973 after failing to come out for the bell in the 12th round against Koichi Wajima

Koichi Wajima

Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...

for the WBC and WBA light middleweight titles.