Giacomo Bozzano

Giacomo " Mino " Bozzano ( born April 12, 1933, Sestri Levante, † November 21, 2008 ) was an Italian boxer.

Amateur

Bozzano 1955 took part in the European Championships in West Berlin, where he had to drop out due to an injury in the quarterfinals. In 1956, he launched yet in the heavyweight division at the 16th Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he was able to win a bronze medal. He defeated it in the second round Ilkka Koski from Finland ( bronze medalist of the Olympic Games 1952) and in the quarterfinals Nitzschke Ulli from Germany ( European champion in 1953 and European vice-champion in 1955 ), before he was defeated from the Soviet Union until the semi-finals Lev Mukhin.

Furthermore, in countries fighting him was partly a victory against Tomislav Krizmanić ( bronze medalist of the European Championship 1953) and a points win against three -time German vice-champion Fritz Lahr.

Professional

On 2 March 1957, he earned his first professional fight. He won 25 consecutive fights, including 13 early. He defeated the French master Maurice Mols, Emile Vidal and Robert Duquesne, the Spanish champion José González, the Commonwealth champion Joe Bygraves, the Belgian amateur European champion from 1951 Marcel LImage, the Olympian from 1948 Uber Bacilieri, European Champion Franco Cavicchi and the U.S. American former world champion Joey Maxim.

On November 5, 1959, he finally suffered the first defeat of his professional career when he was knocked out in a final eliminator EM by the German Hans calfskin. He suffered another knockout loss in December 1960 against the German Gerhard Zech. His last boxing match, he denied on October 13, 1962 against his compatriot Santo Amonti he by TKO lost in the third round.