Luigi Minchillo

{{Short description|Italian boxer (1955–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

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| name = Luigi Minchillo

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Boxing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|3|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = San Paolo di Civitate, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|9|25|1955|3|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Pesaro, Italy

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{{MedalSport | Men's boxing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold|1975 Algiers| Welterweight}}

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Luigi Minchillo (17 March 1955 – 25 September 2023) was an Italian professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1988. He twice challenged for a light middleweight world title in 1984, losing to Thomas Hearns by 12-rounds unanimous decision for Hearns' WBC's version of the title, and to Mike McCallum by a thirteenth-round knockout later in the year, for McCallum's WBA's version of it.. As an amateur, he competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/luigi-minchillo-1.html |title=Luigi Minchillo Olympic Results |accessdate=22 December 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216075942/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/luigi-minchillo-1.html |archivedate=16 December 2012 |url-status=dead }} Minchillo died from a heart attack on 25 September 2023, at the age of 68.{{cite news |title=Morto a 69 anni Luigi Minchillo, il guerriero del ring |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/pesaro/cronaca/morto-pugile-luigi-minchillo-9c166e00 |access-date=25 September 2023 |publisher=il Resto del Carlino |date=25 September 2023}}