Carlos Monzon is widely considered one of the greatest middleweights of all time! Carlos Monzon USED CORTI RED & BLACK TRAINING GLOVES for WBC Middleweight TITLE FIGHT vs Bernie Briscoe fight at Luna Park Stadium, November 11, 1972! Museum Piece!
He is considered one of the Best Middleweight Boxers of All Times and regarded by experts list as one of the top five fighters of all times!
This stunning & Iconic Corti Glovews were used by Monzon during training sessiones before this title fight! SEE Pics!
Provenance: Collection of Boxing Famous Journalist with Letter!
Carlos Roque Monzón (7 August 1942 – 8 January 1995), nicknamed Escopeta (Shotgun), was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for seven years. He successfully defended his title 14 times against 11 different fighters. As of December 2024, he is ranked by BoxRec as the third greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound. Known for his speed, punching power and relentless work rate, Monzon ended his career with a record of 87-3-9-1 with 59 knockouts; all of his losses were early in his career and were avenged. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990, he was chosen by The Ring magazine in 2002 as the 11th greatest fighter of the last 80 years and voted him as the best middleweight title holder of the last 50 years in 2011. As of January 2018, Monzón holds the 2nd longest unified championship reign in middleweight history at 9 consecutive defenses.
Gloves details: Corti trademark. See pictures for all details!