Carlos Monzon (Argentina) vs Nino Benvenuti (Italy) 1 | KNOCKOUT BOXING Fight Highlights

💥 ESCOPETA Monzón Vs NINO Benvenuti 💥
Relive the night a legend was born as Carlos "Escopeta" Monzón (67-3-9, 39 KOs) stuns the boxing world by dethroning reigning champion Nino Benvenuti (82-4-1, 35 KOs) in a dominant middleweight title clash in Rome.

📅 Date: November 7, 1970
🌍 Location: Palazzetto dello Sport (PalaEur), Rome, Lazio, Italy
🔍 Referee: Rudolf Drost
👨‍⚖️ Judges: Georges Gondre, Aime Leschot
🏆 WBA & WBC Middleweight Titles (5th defense by Benvenuti)

🥊 CARLOS "ESCOPETA" MONZÓN, the powerful Argentine with a 60-fight unbeaten streak, arrives in Italy as a dangerous underdog, ready to seize greatness.

🥊 NINO BENVENUTI, the elegant Italian champion and Olympic gold medalist, enters his 5th title defense, backed by the home crowd and years of elite experience.

🔥 Watch Monzón’s breakout performance, where he floors Benvenuti with a crushing right hook in Round 12, earning a TKO at 1:57 and instantly becoming the undisputed middleweight king.
Monzón controlled the pace, dropped Benvenuti in Rounds 7 and 11, and sealed the fight with a calculated finish that echoed across the boxing world.

📌 Gate: $160,000 | Purse: Benvenuti $100,000, Monzón $15,000
Televised across Europe and Argentina—this was Ring Magazine’s 1970 Fight of the Year.
Benvenuti’s first KO loss in Italy—ushering in the Monzón era of middleweight dominance.

A thunderous upset and the start of one of the most legendary championship reigns in boxing history!