Nicolino Locche
Nicolino Locche 
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| Birth Name | Nicolino Locche |
| Weight class | Light welterweight |
| nationality | Argentinian |
| birthday | September 2, 1939 |
| place of birth | Tunuyan |
| Date of death | September 7, 2005 |
| Place of death | Mendoza |
| style | Left delivery |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 136 |
| Victories | 117 |
| Knockout victories | 14th |
| Defeats | 4th |
| draw | 14th |
| No value | 1 |
Nicolino Locche (born September 2, 1939 in Tunuyán , Argentina, † September 7, 2005 ) called, El Intocable was an Argentine boxer .
amateur
Locche decided in 1958 to become a professional boxer after an extremely successful amateur career in which he lost only five of 122 fights.
professional
In 1961 he was the first Argentine lightweight champion and 1963 South American champion with consistent "stick and move" counter boxes - but without having the right "punch" .
He beat Joe Brown , Ismael Laguna and boxed with Carlos Ortiz . Locche celebrated the greatest success of his career on December 12, 1968, when he was in Tokyo with a technical knockout after the tenth round over Paul Fuji world champion in the light welterweight version of the WBA . Locche was then named Argentina's Sportsman of the Year 1968.
He was able to defend his title a total of five times, including (in Argentina) against Antonio Cervantes .
It was not until March 10, 1972 that he had to admit defeat to the Panamanian boxer Alfonso Frazier after 15 rounds in Panama .
After a challenge in a title fight in which Locche was defeated in nine rounds on March 17, 1973 by the new world champion Antonio Cervantes , who knocked Frazier out twice (Locche's only premature defeat), he announced his departure from the ring.
In 1975 he made a brief comeback. In August 1976 he finally fought the last fight of his career.
Locche died of heart failure on September 7, 2005 in a hospital in the province of Mendoza .
The Ring Magazine leads him among the boxers as the sixth best Argentines of all time. In 2003 Locche was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Nicolino Locche in the BoxRec database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olimpias de oro www.cpd.com.ar. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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| SURNAME | Locche, Nicolino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | argentinian boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunuyán , Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 2005 |