Carmelo Bossi (15 October 1939 – 23 March 2014) was an Italian boxer who was the undisputed super welterweight champion of the world. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his overall record was 40 wins (10 KOs), 8 defeats and 3 draws. Career Bossi won a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics. In early 1961 he turned professional and fought through 1971. In 1965 Bossi won the national and in 1967 the European welterweight title. After defending the European title twice he lost it on 14 August 1968 to Fighting Mack. In 1967 he twice fought Willie Ludick for the world welterweight title (South African Version), but lost on both occasions. In July 1970 he took the Lineal, WBC and WBA super welterweight titles by defeating Freddie Little, but lost them to Koichi Wajima in October 1971 in his last bout. Professional boxing record See also List of world light-middleweight boxing champions References External links Carmelo Bossi - CBZ Profile 1939 births 2014 deaths Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Italy Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic silver medalists for Italy Boxers from Milan Italian male boxers European Boxing Union champions World Boxing Association champions World Boxing Council champions Welterweight boxers Light-middleweight boxers World light-middleweight boxing champions