Carmelo Bossi was an Italian

Italian people

The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 boxer

Boxing

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 who held the European welterweight

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...

 and world junior middleweight titles. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his final overall record was 40 wins (10 KOs), 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Amateur career

• Represented Italy at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games
  Olympic Games
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  . Won a Silver Medal at light middleweight. Results were:
  • Defeated Brian Van Niekerk (Rhodesia) points
  • Defeated Pedro Votta (Uruguay) points
  • Defeated Souleymane Diallo (France) points
  • Defeated William Fisher
    William Fisher (boxer)
    William "Willie" Fisher is a former Scottish boxer.-Amateur career:Fisher represented Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. He won a Bronze Medal at light middleweight.-Pro career:...
    
     (Great Britain) points
  • Lost to Wilbert McClure
    Wilbert McClure
    - Personal :McClure earned degrees in literature and philosophy in 1961 from the University of Toledo and a doctorate in psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1973. He later became a Massachusetts State Boxing Commissioner.- Amateur career :...
    
     (United States) points

Pro career

Bossi captured the junior middleweight crown from American Freddie Little

Freddie Little

Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little (born 1936-04-25 in Picayune, MS, is a former American boxer at light middleweight.- Professional career :Little turned pro in 1957 and challenged for the World, WBC, and WBA light middleweight title against Ki-Soo Kim, but lost by split decision in...

 on a unanimous 15 round decision on July 9, 1970. In his last fight, he lost his crown and was defeated on a controversial split decision awarded to Japanese challenger 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 :...

in Japan.

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