Giulio Saraudi Giulio Saraudi Giulio Saraudi (3 July 1938 – 20 April 2005) was an Italian boxer, and an Olympic bronze medalist. Giulio Saraudi was born to Carlo Saraudi, a light heavyweight boxer who finished fourth at the 1924 Olympics. Giulio's younger brother Vittorio was also an elite light heavyweight boxer. Giulio Saraudi won the light heavyweight bronze medal at the 1960 Olympic Games, behind Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski. Saraudi did not fight Clay, he lost to Pietrzykowski in a semifinal. At the European championships Saraudi won a gold medal in 1961 and a bronze in
Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins. Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight The men's light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 9 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court