nicolino locche

[andy20066]

I have official press photos. 5 of the size of this photo and 1 small one all from about 1963

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[Bill Paxtom]

Nicolino Locche

Started off as a 130 lb. Junior-Lightweight in December 1958, at {Age; 19}.

By June 9, 1961 > he was already World-Rated as the #16 Lightweight after
defeating {W Dec 12} Guillermo Cano for the Argentinian 'Mendoza Region' Lightweight
Championship.

Nicolino {Age; 20 years, 9 months} had moved his record to 16-1-6 with only {4 KO's},
but was already called a World-Class defensive specialist.

Nicolino had already fought World-Class Argentinians;
* {Draw 10} ...... Jaime Gine
* {Draw 10} ...... Manuel Alvarez
* {W Dec 10} .... Vicente Milan Delgado
* {Draw 10} ...... Vicente Milan Delgado
* {L Dec 10} ..... Vicente Milan Delgado

From the start of his career {December 12, 1958 thru November 11, 1964} nearly 6-Years, Nicolino had
gone an incredible 52-1-11 in '64-Bouts'.

Nicolino's only loss was a {L Dec 10} to Vicente Milan Delgado on November 6, 1959 in only his
9th Professional bout.

[IamInuit]

I have official press photos. 5 of the size of this photo and 1 small one all from about 1963

img20150308_21065366.jpg

When you say official press photos do you mean on kodak paper or a newspaper? I took a closer look at that jpeg and it appears to be a picture of an actual picture which looks to have a small rip? Again condition is huge and it depends who the supporting characters are.

The nice thing about old school photo's is they cant be manipulated w/o a trail.

My advice to you would be to go get a couple of estimates from an honest sport memorabilia place. Now keep in mind that it would be best to narrow the field. Don't take them to Billy and Bobby's card and hobby shop. Plenty of boxing fans have never heard of this man so the neighbourhood corner shop probably has no idea either. Also for that very reason your market is a little thin. He was simply brushed aside in his day by Ali, Monzon etc etc. See but that also makes his stuff more rare and those who collect it more willing.

A priority should be finding a collector specializing in boxing stuff. That should be your starting point.
Guys like me do it for selfish reasons and dont buy to sell or have any idea on the market or the value.
Just dont get played.

Hope that helped a little. Good luck

[SugarBoxing]

I checked the years he fought, how come he never fought Duran ?

[andy20066]

I have official press photos. 5 of the size of this photo and 1 small one all from about 1963

img20150308_21065366.jpg

When you say official press photos do you mean on kodak paper or a newspaper? I took a closer look at that jpeg and it appears to be a picture of an actual picture which looks to have a small rip? Again condition is huge and it depends who the supporting characters are.

The nice thing about old school photo's is they cant be manipulated w/o a trail.

My advice to you would be to go get a couple of estimates from an honest sport memorabilia place. Now keep in mind that it would be best to narrow the field. Don't take them to Billy and Bobby's card and hobby shop. Plenty of boxing fans have never heard of this man so the neighbourhood corner shop probably has no idea either. Also for that very reason your market is a little thin. He was simply brushed aside in his day by Ali, Monzon etc etc. See but that also makes his stuff more rare and those who collect it more willing.

A priority should be finding a collector specializing in boxing stuff. That should be your starting point.
Guys like me do it for selfish reasons and dont buy to sell or have any idea on the market or the value.
Just dont get played.

Hope that helped a little. Good luck

here is a picture of the back of the photo

[Bill Paxtom]

Nicolino Locche

~ 1st Big Win ~

February 26, 1960

General San Martin Estadio ~ Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina

* Capacity .......{ 9000 }
* Attendance .. { 9000 } 'Sell Out'

Nicolino Locche ~ 8-1-3 {3 KO's} ~ {Age 20 years, 5 months}
vs.
Jaime Gine ~ 69-0-7 {25 KO's} ~ {Age; 26 years, 10 months}

Jaime Gine was the Argentinian Lightweight Champion, and World-Rated at #10. Jaime was based
out of Cordoba, and was willing to take on the young and 'rough-fighting' 20 year-old Nicolino Locche
in his own backyard.

Jaime, a 6-Year Professional was undefeated in '76-Bouts', an incredible run since turning Professional
in March 1954, including winning the Argentinian Lightweight Championship on May 4, 1957.

If anybody questioned Jaime Gine's talent, he held World-Rated Cuban - Orlando Zulueta to a 10-Round
Draw on {July 18, 1959}, and scored a {W Dec 10} over Orland Zulueta in a rematch on {October 17, 1959}.

Jaime Gin



Nicolino, despite only having '12' Professional bouts under his belt, was already be proclaimed as a future
Title Challenger.
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Fighting behind a hometown crowd of 9000 screaming Mendozan's, Nicolino Locche was relentless over the
early going, by pressing forward and pounding the 'undefeated' and talented Jaime Gine backwards throughout
the first 2-Rounds.

But the 'slick-boxing' Gine was able to make a charge in Rounds 3, 4, 5 and 6, by scoring with aggressive lead
right-hands, and left-right combinations, while using his fine boxing skills with smooth movement and sharp
counters.

Round 7 was fought on 'neutral-ground', as both fighters were resting and gearing-up for their late-Rounds
charge.

But by the middle of Round 8, Jaime's arms were sore from the constant pounding by the muscularly-built
20 year-old Nicolino.

Then, Nicolino made a strong charge at the end of Round 8, and pinned Jaime on the ropes with a 'two-fisted'
attack, that had the 26 year-old covering up with both hands in front of his face.

With the crowd of 9000 cheering {'Nico, Nico, Nico' } > Locche boxed beautifully over the last 2-Rounds to
secure a narrow 10-Round Decision and 'upset' win over the #10 World-Ranked and Argentinian Lightweight
Champion - Jaime Gine.

'KO Mundial' scored the bout for Nicolino Locche {196-195}, or 5-4-1 in Rounds