The former world boxing champion, the German Graciano Rocchigiani, who won the belts in two different weights, died this Tuesday in a traffic accident in Italy, when he was 54 years old.
The Brandenburg police confirmed the death of Rocchigiani to the SID agency, a subsidiary of AFP.
The German boxer won the International Boxing Federation super middleweight title in 1988, as well as the World Boxing Council light heavyweight title in 1988.
Rocchigiani took the victory in 41 of his 48 professional fights, 19 of them by KO AFP