Full name
Bruno Arcari

Date of birth
January 1, 1942

Debut
On December 11, 1964, in Rome, he knocked out Franco Colella in two rounds.

Won The World Title
On October 9, 1971, in Genoa, Italy, when he defeated the Spanish Domingo Barrera Corpas by an effective knockout in ten rounds to become the owner of the World Boxing Council's super lightweight title.

Lost His Title
He did not lose it, he renounced it after successfully defending it for the fourth time on February 16, 1974, in Torino, against Antonio Ortiz, whom he beat by disqualification in ten rounds, to go to welterweight

Withdrawal
On July 7, 1978, in Genoa, he knocked out Jesse Lara in five rounds.

The Data
The night of his coronation as world champion was somewhat strange, because his rival, the Spanish Domingo Barrera Corpas, fell in the tenth round, without a blow, because Bruno Arcari was very far from him. The Spaniard was rubbing his knee, but the English referee Teddy Waltham decreed an effective knockout, despite the fact that the fighter claimed that he had been hit with a coin thrown from the stands. When Domingo Barrera came down from the ring, the referee bent down and picked up the coin, according to the AP agency, that same night