Sport & Note

Gino Buonvino

Male

Heavyweight, Italy, Lucca, Toscana
Born: 4 October 1922, Bari, Puglia, Italy
Died: 19 September 1986, Bronx, New York, USA
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83

as an amateur:
1942 Viareggio, Italian Championships light-heavyweight 2nd place

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1942
Viareggio, Italy, Italian Championships 2nd place, 79.400 kg
- Aug. 28	Enrico Bertola	Viareggio, Italy	LPTS 3

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1944
= Mar. 7	Luigi Spaiardi	Lucca, Italy	Draw 6
+ Apr. 7	Andrea Frarè	Firenze, Italy	TKO 4 (Rtd)
+ May 7	Alessandro Facheris	Firenze, Italy	KO 8
- July 15	Enrico Bertola	Lucca, Italy	L 8
1945
- Mar. 25	Bobby Berry	Lucca, Italy	L 6
- Apr. 22	Giulio De Paolis	Lucca, Italy	L 6
- June 29	Henry Jones	Livorno, Italy	L 8
= July 30	Enus Milloni	Firenze, Italy	Draw 6
- Aug. 6	Henry Jones	Lucca, Italy	L 8
= Aug. 15	Willie Huff	Viareggio, Italy	Draw 6
= Sept. 1	Enus Milloni	Prato, Italy	Draw 6
= Sept. 29	Mario Lenzi	Livorno, Italy	Draw 6
- Oct. 5	Ron Allen	Livorno, Italy	L 8
+ Dec. 2	Luigi Musina	Firenze, Italy	W 8
1946
* Feb. 21	Leone Zappelli	Viareggio, Italy	NC 6
+ Mar. 29	Gerolamo Giusto	Mantova, Italy	W 10
= Apr. 15	Duilio Spagnolo	Milano, Italy	Draw 10
- July 27	Enrico Bertola	Roma, Italy	L 8
1947
+ Jan. 9	Francesco Anderlucci	Roma, Italy	W 8
- Feb. 13	Fausto Rossi	Roma, Italy	L 8
+ Feb. 27	Mentore Mazzali	Lucca, Italy	W 12
(Won vacant Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Mar. 27	Fausto Rossi	Lucca, Italy	W 10
+ May 21	Jimmy Lake	Jamaica,Queens, USA	W 8
+ June 11	George Bensik	Jamaica,Queens, USA	TKO 3
+ June 25	Steve Ketchell	Jamaica,Queens, USA	W 8
+ July 25	Willie Brown	New York, USA	W 6
= Aug. 18	Herbie Katz	Brooklyn, USA	Draw 10
+ Oct. 27	Jimmy Carollo	New York, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 19	Henry Jones	Jamaica,Queens, USA	W 8
+ Nov. 29	Leo Stoll	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
1948
+ Jan. 2	Jimmy Carollo	New York, USA	W 10
+ Jan. 10	Gene Gossney	New York , USA	W 10
+ Jan. 30	Jackie Cranford	New York, USA	W 10
- Mar. 19	Lee Savold	New York, USA	KO by 1
+ Apr. 12	Cliff Koerkle	Newburgh, USA	W 8
+ June 1	Tony Gangemi	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 6
+ June 29	Jim Neville	Long Island City, USA	W 10
+ July 30	Ben Rusk	Newburg, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 11	Eddie Cameron	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
1949
- Feb. 25	Roland LaStarza	New York, USA	TKO by 6
+ Dec. 12	William Brown	Newburg, USA	W 8
1950
+ Jan. 23	Art Henri	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
+ Apr. 18	Dolph Quijano	Cleveland, USA	KO 2
- May 25	Nick Barone	Wilkes Barre, USA	TKO by 3
- July 10	Rocky Marciano	Boston, USA	TKO by 10
1951
+ Feb. 28	Hans Kupsch	Milano, Italy	W 10
- Mar. 20	Emile Bentz	Lucca, Italy	L 10
= Apr. 14	Giorgio Milan	Milano, Italy	Draw 12
(For Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ July 12	George Kaplan	New York, USA	W 8
- Oct. 19	Joe Baksi	New York, USA	KO by 1
1952
- Apr. 21	Rocky Marciano	Providence, USA	KO by 2

Summary

Total bouts: 51, Won: 27 (5 inside the limit), Lost: 15 (6 inside the limit), Draw: 8, NC: 1