Record details

	Benito Penna
	Heavyweight Male Italy, Cremona, Lombardia Born: 17 March 1940, Castelverde, Cremona, Lombardia, Italy Died: 13 December 2022, Bonemerse, Cremona, Lombardia, Italy Weight: 204 lbs

as an amateur:

1961 Bologna, Italian Championships heavyweight 2nd place
1961 Fort Dix, New Jersey, World Military Championships heavyweight silver medal
1961 Belgrade, Yugoslavia, European Championships heavyweight silver medal
1962 Modena, Italian Championships heavyweight 2nd place

Amateur Results


1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 2	Francesco De Piccoli (ITA)	Venezia, Italy	LPTS

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Roma, Italy, Italian Olympic Qualifier, +81 kg
- July 4	Giorgio Masteghin (ITA)	Roma, Italy	LPTS
- July 5	Francesco De Piccoli (ITA)	Roma, Italy	LPTS

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Bologna, Italy, Italian Championships heavyweight 2nd place
- Mar. 4	Dante Canè (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	LPTS
Fort Dix, New Jersey, CISM Championships silver medal, +81 kg
- May 12	Johnson (USA)	Fort Dix, New Jersey	LPTS
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, European Championships silver medal, +81 kg
+ June 4	Vasile Mariutan (OMA)	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WTKO 2
+ June 6	Josef Nemec (SVK)	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WPTS
+ June 8	Guenther Siegmund	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WTKO 2
- June 10	Andrey Abramov (RUS)	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	LPTS

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Modena, Italy, Italian Championships heavyweight 2nd place
- Mar. 24	Dante Canè (ITA)	Modena, Italy	LPTS

Professional record


1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 30	Horst Herold	Cremona, Italy	TKO 1
+ May 31	Gianfranco Tommasini	Brescia, Italy	W 6
+ Oct. 7	Joseph Syoz	Cremona, Italy	W 6
+ Dec. 8	Joseph Fantino	Cremona, Italy	KO 1
+ Dec. 26	Rene Goubelle	Cremona, Italy	W 8

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Celio Turrini	Roma, Italy	KO 5
+ Jan. 30	Werner Wiegand	Piacenza, Italy	TKO 3
+ Apr. 8	Gerd Englbrecht	Bologna, Italy	KO 2
+ Apr. 19	Rene Goubelle	Piacenza, Italy	KO 2
+ May 5	Erwin Hack	Brescia, Italy	TKO 2
+ May 25	Mariano Echevarria	Cremona, Italy	W 8
+ July 26	Jean Huiban	Cremona, Italy	TKO 2
+ Nov. 8	Federico Friso	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Dec. 26	Jose Gonzalez	Cremona, Italy	KO 3

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 24	Piero Tomasoni	Milano, Italy	L 10
(For Italian Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
+ Mar. 27	Phil Dubisson	Milano, Italy	TKO 4
- May 6	Freddie Mack	Milano, Italy	L 10
+ July 20	Piero Tomasoni	Cremona, Italy	cTKO 8
+ Oct. 11	Joseph Syoz	Cremona, Italy	cTKO 5
+ Dec. 26	Clifford Gray	Cremona, Italy	TKO 7 (Rtd)

1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 22	Santo Amonti	Roma, Italy	TKO by 8-Rtd
(For Italian Heavyweight Title)
= June 14	Eduardo Corletti	Piacenza, Italy	Draw 10
+ Dec. 26	Wim Snoek	Cremona, Italy	TKO 7

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 20	Dante Canè	Milano, Italy	KO by 7
+ June 5	Celio Turrini	Cremona, Italy	W 8
= June 19	Jose Angel Manzur	Boario, Italy	Draw 8
- Oct. 13	Jose Angel Manzur	Lucca, Italy	L 8
= Nov. 19	Horst Benedens	Charlottenburg, Germany	Draw 8

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 24	Johnny Prescott	Wolverhampton, Great Britain	L 8
- Mar. 7	Billy Gray	Wolverhampton, Great Britain	TKO by 5 (Rtd)
- June 1	Hans Jorgen Jacobsen	Copenhagen, Denmark	TKO by 3 (Rtd)
= Nov. 3	Vittorio Verrengia	Latina, Italy	Draw 8
- Dec. 2	Eduardo Corletti	Roma, Italy	cTKO by 7

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 17	Peter Weiland	Charlottenburg, Germany	KO by 1
- Aug. 17	Vittorio Verrengia	Cisterna, Italy	TKO by 5 (Rtd)


1969 Inactive

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 7	Manfred Ackers	Cremona, Italy	KO 6
+ Dec. 26	Ferenc Kristofcsak	Cremona, Italy	TKO 2

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 1	Franco Giannini	Cremona, Italy	W 8
- Mar. 17	Giorgio Bambini	Bologna, Italy	L 8
+ June 1	Natale Soldà	Cremona, Italy	TKO 4
+ Dec. 26	Ray Adonis	Cremona, Italy	TKO 4

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 28	Armando Zanini	Travagliato, Italy	TKO by 6
- Oct. 6	Adriano Rosati	Reggio Emilia, Italy	L 8


1973 Inactive

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 12	Pasquale Rizzardo	Cremona, Italy	KO 3
+ July 19	Gino Martinis	Cremona, Italy	WDQ 5
+ Sept. 14	Franco Giannini	Castelverde, Italy	cTKO 4
+ Oct. 19	Amedeo Laureti	Quinzano, Italy	W 6
+ Oct. 31	Pietro Zanola	Milano, Italy	TKO 5
+ Nov. 15	Amedeo Laureti	Milano, Italy	W 8

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 28	Bjorn Rudi	Bologna, Italy	cTKO by 5
+ Apr. 24	Armando Zanini	Brescia, Italy	W 8
+ June 20	Ferruccio Mazzardi	Cremona, Italy	TKO 3
- Sept. 26	Mario Baruzzi	Milano, Italy	TKO by 4 (Rtd)
+ Dec. 5	Armando Zanini	Bologna, Italy	W 10
- Dec. 26	Dante Canè	Bologna, Italy	L 12
(For Italian Heavyweight Title)

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 5	Alfio Righetti	Torino, Italy	TKO by 7 (Rtd)
+ Mar. 18	Marcello Betti	Milano, Italy	W 6
- Apr. 23	Alfredo Evangelista	Madrid, Spain	TKO by 2 (Rtd)