Career
By late 1965 he had built up a record of 41 wins from 49 fights, two of his five losses coming at the hands of Maurice Cullen. In November 1965 he challenged for Cullen"s British lightweight title, losing on points at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. In July 1966 he beat Philosophy Lundgren to take the BBBofC Central Area lightweight title.
In April 1967 he got a second shot at Cullen"s British title, but again lost on points.
In February 1968 he faced Des Rea for the newly-created British junior welterweight title, again losing on points. Andreetti had three further fights, losing the last two to Borge Krogh and Pedro Carrasco, before retiring from boxing.
The British junior welterweight title was subsequently dropped by the BBBofC before being resurrected in 1973 as the light welterweight title. Andreetti relocated to Florida and went on to work as a boxing trainer, working with Nigel Benn among others
He returned to Britain in 2008 to help run the Boca Club in Loughton along with Jim McDonnell.
