Francesco Musso
Italian boxer (born 1937)
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Nickname | Franco | |||||||||||
Born | 22 August 1937 (1937-08-22) (age 86) Port St Louis, France | |||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
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Francesco Musso (born 22 August 1937) is a retired featherweight boxer, who won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. The same year he turned professional and retired in 1966, with a record of 24 wins and 4 losses. He never fought for a major title, and never fought outside of Europe.
References
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- Boxing record for Francesco Musso from BoxRec (registration required)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Francesco Musso". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
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1904: 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg) · 1908: 116–126 lb (52.6–57.2 kg) · 1920–1928: 118–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg) · 1932–1936: 119–126 lb (54.0–57.2 kg) · 1948: 54–58 kg · 1952–2008: 54–57kg · 2020–2024: 53–57 kg · 2024–: 52–57 kg
- 1904:
Oliver Kirk (USA)
- 1908:
Richard Gunn (GBR)
- 1912: not held
- 1920:
Paul Fritsch (FRA)
- 1924:
Jackie Fields (USA)
- 1928:
Bep van Klaveren (NED)
- 1932:
Carmelo Robledo (ARG)
- 1936:
Oscar Casanovas (ARG)
- 1948:
Ernesto Formenti (ITA)
- 1952:
Ján Zachara (TCH)
- 1956:
Vladimir Safronov (URS)
- 1960:
Francesco Musso (ITA)
- 1964:
Stanislav Stepashkin (URS)
- 1968:
Antonio Roldán (MEX)
- 1972:
Boris Kuznetsov (URS)
- 1976:
Ángel Herrera (CUB)
- 1980:
Rudi Fink (GDR)
- 1984:
Meldrick Taylor (USA)
- 1988:
Giovanni Parisi (ITA)
- 1992:
Andreas Tews (GER)
- 1996:
Somluck Kamsing (THA)
- 2000:
Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ)
- 2004:
Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS)
- 2008:
Vasiliy Lomachenko (UKR)
- 2012–2016: not held
- 2020:
Albert Batyrgaziev (ROC)
- 2024:
Abdumalik Khalokov (UZB)
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