On came the aimless violence, the rage and terror.

Montreal is The Fight City. So here is Carlos Monzon, up off the stool. A monstrous punch. Feels like somebody just punched me out.”. Monzon the Champion.

You see it, it kind of sickens you. See also: Nino Benvenuti vs. Carlos Monzon (1st meeting) Very early, Benvenuti realizes he can’t hurt him.

Monzon, thunder from Argentina.

The young Giovanni, just a happy little boy, running around with a buddy.

November 7, 1970, Palazzo Dello Sport in Rome. Home crowd behind Nino, and nobody, least of all Benvenuti, expecting the assault about to be unleashed by the challenger. A dark, ugly night, rolling over and over, out of his mind. Carlos the Argentine Spider, silk ropes around the ring, and Nino is trapped, wriggling in circles. 75″ / 191cm: residence : Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy: birth place: Izola, Slovenia Pro Boxing Career 90 bouts.

And the overhand right that made them say goodnight. He was nobody. The sun beats down on the waterfront in Sante Fe, Argentina, lighting up the face of a statue known as the “Constanera.” A fighter, raising his hands to the sky, proudly displaying the world middleweight championship belt.

Carlos Monzón took the The Ring, WBA & WBC middleweight titles that night.

Then you watch it again. After his retirement, the dark clouds descended.

There is nowhere to run. His friend says, “Hey Nino! This is Carlos the boxer, Monzon the champion. Benvenuti was knocked down once in the 2nd and again in the 3rd.

Nino Benvenuti vs. Carlos Monzon (1st meeting) From BoxRec. The Romans didn’t know Carlos Monzon.

Monzon who threw one off a balcony, killed her. – George Foreman. Nino. “Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”

Suddenly he falls down, crumpled like a rag doll.

Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. Monzon just takes it to him, walking him down. He gets up, wobbly, grabs the ropes for support, but the ring is already full of people.

Jump to:navigation, search. He fires the big one off and lands it clean.

Giovanni Benvenuti: alias: Nino: born: 1938-04-26: nationality: Italy: debut: 1961-01-20 division: middle stance: orthodox: height: 5′ 11″ / 180cm: reach. That was the right hand of Carlos Monzon, echoing, rattling back through time. — David Como. And he starts coming on, fearless, biting, snapping.

Monzon whose women had to wear sunglasses in public. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other.

Monzon the Beast, Monzon who ended up in prison. But before all that, above all that, there was Monzon the boxer. Home crowd behind Nino, and nobody, least of all Benvenuti, expecting the assault about to be unleashed by the challenger.

In the twelfth, Benvenuti’s bouncing, backing up, trying to get free. Took some title in South America, but would be no match for the World Champ, for their Champ.

It’s nasty, it’s back-alley, it’s pure and constant pressure. He retained them all right up to his retirement seven years later, defending a total of 14 times, a record.