Duilio Loi (April 19, 1929 – January 20, 2008) was an Italian boxer who held the Italian and European lightweight and welterweight titles, as well as the world junior welterweight championship. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, LightWeight is a developer of Video games with Samurai themes such as the Bushido Blade series and the Kengo Welterweight is a Weight class division in combat sports Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in Boxing, but other combat sports like Kickboxing Professional boxing The light welterweight class (also called junior welterweight or super lightweight) is a weight division in professional boxing Loi fought from 1948 to 1962, and retired with a record of 115 wins (26 KOs), 3 losses and 8 draws. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was born in Trieste. Trieste (Trieste Slovene and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to
Loi fought many outstanding fighters in his career, including lightweight great Carlos Ortiz and Eddie Perkins. Carlos Ortiz (born September 9, 1936) is a Puerto Rican who was a three time world Boxing Eddie Perkins (born March 3, 1937, in Clarksdale MS) was an American Light welterweight boxer Although all their fights were close, Loi won two out of three bouts from Ortiz.
Loi was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall His daughter accepted the award on his behalf, because Loi was suffering from Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's disease ( AD) also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of Dementia.
Loi died in January 2008 at the age of 78 at Padre Pio Hospital in Treviso, Italy. Pio of Pietrelcina ( 25 May, 1887 – 23 September 1968) was a Capuchin Priest from Italy who is venerated as Treviso (Venetian Trevizo, French Trévise, Latin Tarvisium) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
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| Preceded by Carlos Ortiz |
WBA Light Welterweight Champion 10 May 1961– 14 Sep 1962 |
Succeeded by Eddie Perkins |
| Preceded by Eddie Perkins |
WBA Light Welterweight Champion 15 Dec 1962– 1962 Retired |
Succeeded by Roberto Cruz |
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| NAME | Loi, Duilio |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Italian boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trieste, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 2008 |
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