Mario Boni stayed 9 years with the Tuscany based club, forming a famous duo with Andrea Niccolai that saw them nicknamed "i gemelli".
12 Facts About Mario Boni
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Mario Boni denied the doping charges despite the B-sample coming back positive, he claimed to have unwittingly used an American drug to cure a fever.
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Mario Boni later moved to the United States, joining United States Basketball League side Memphis Fire on 4 June 1994.
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Mario Boni stayed with the Fire for only a week, leaving on 11 June 1994.
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Mario Boni later described that period as difficult, citing lack of motivation and modest playing conditions.
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Mario Boni had a decisive contribution to the team's 1997 Korac Cup victory over Turkish side Tofas, scoring 20 points in the second leg of the final.
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Mario Boni stayed another year with Rome before joining Spanish Liga ACB side Cantabria Lobos in 1999.
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Mario Boni stayed in Serie A, joining Sicc Cucine Jesi in 2004, where he reunited with Subotic.
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Mario Boni returned to Montecatini in 2005, in the second division, there he was reunited with Niccolai on the court, playing a final season together.
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Mario Boni moved on to Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo of the Serie B1 in 2006, but could not achieve another promotion in the two years he spent there.
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Mario Boni returned to Piacentina, of the fourth division Serie C Dilettanti.
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Mario Boni is referred to by the nicknames Super Mario or "Mitraglia", the latter for his deadly shooting.