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SANDRO MAZZINGHI, 1938-2020

SANDRO MAZZINGHI, one of the greatest fighters Italy has ever produced, sadly passed away last month (August 22). The man from Pontedera in Tuscany twice reigned as the undisputed world super-welterweight champion in the 1960s. He was 81 years old and had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

Following in the footsteps of his elder brother, 1952 Olympian Guido Mazzinghi, Sandro

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