Alessandro "Sandro" Lopopolo (18 December 1939 – 26 April 2014) was an Italian 1959 amateur featherweight and 1960 amateur lightweight boxing champion, and also world boxing champion in the light welterweight division afterwards, when he turned professional, between 1961 and 1973.

[1] At the Olympics, after four easy wins in the early rounds, Lopopolo defeated the Argentine Abel Laudino by split decision in the semifinals.

[1][2] Lopopolo won the Lineal, WBA and WBC light welterweight titles from Carlos Morocho Hernández on 29 April 1966, after outpointing his opponent.

[3] He lost the crown to Paul Takeshi Fuji on 30 April 1967 by technical knockout in the 2nd round.

[4][5][6] Lopopolo died in 2014, at age 74, in his hometown, Milan, due to a complication from a respiratory infection.