Arturo Paoletti

{{short description|Italian boxer}} '''Arturo Paoletti''' (born 10 August 1918, date of death unknown) was an Italian boxer. He was born in Mira, Veneto.

He won thrice the Italian championships at Ferrara 1937, Terni 1941, and Viareggio 1942,<ref>[http://www.locchiodelbue.it/book/Il%20poker%20del%20pugile-La%20vera%20storia%20di%20Gino%20Bondavalli.pdf Il poker del pugile]</ref> and won the gold medal in the Bantamweight class at the 1942 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Breslau.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1942.html|title = Unofficial European Championships - Breslau, Germany - January 20-25 1942}}</ref> Between 1936 and 1942 he was on the Italian national team 13 times, scoring +10 –2 =1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/DualsLeague/duals_index.html|title=Duals_index}}</ref>

As a professional boxer, he was an Italian champion in the bantamweight class in 1945–1946. The '''Arturo Paoletti Memorial''' is a boxing tournament played in his honour in Verona.<ref>[http://www.bokser.org/content/2009/07/13/183630/index.jsp Kontrowersje: Wojenne Mistrzostwa Europy – Breslau 1942]</ref>

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