nicolino locche

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Nicolino Locche

By the end of 1961

Nicolino {Age; 22 years, 3 months}, was 22-1-6 with {4 KO's}, and was the Argentinian
Lightweight Champion.

Nicolino was World-Rated as the #10 Lightweight.
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Included were bouts with other Argentinian World-Rated fighters;

Vicente 'La Furia' Milan Derado
* November 6, 1959 ...... {L Dec 10} ........ Nicolino Locche - 7-0-1 {2 KO's} - vs. - Vicente Milan Derado - 25-6-7 {14 KO's}
* January 22, 1960 ........ {Draw 10} ........ Nicolino Locche - 8-1-2 {3 KO's} - vs. - Vicente Milan Derado - 27-6-8 {15 KO's}
* January 20, 1961 ........ {W Dec 10} ...... Nicolino Locche - 12-1-5 {3 KO's} - vs. - Vicente Milan Derado - 33-8-13 {18 KO's}
* December 16, 1961 ..... {W Dec 10} ...... Nicolino Locche - 21-1-6- {4 KO's} - vs. - Vicente Milan Derado - 41-11-13 {22 KO's}

Vicente 'La Furia' Milan Derado {from; Buenos Aires} was the '1st' fighter to defeat Nicolino Locche.

On November 6, 1959, Vicente {Age; 23 years, 7 months} travelled to Mendoza, Argentina to take on the highly-touted
20 year-old hometown Gaucho in Nicolino Locche.

Vicente {much more experienced} gave Nicolino a thorough 'thrashing' and won a clear-cut 10-Round Decision.

By late-1960, Derardo had moved up the #10 World-Ranked Junior-Lightweight. Vicente fell out of the Top 10 World
Rankings in 1961, but returned to the #9 World-Ranking at Junior-Lightweight in 1962.

Vicente and Nicolino had their famous 'Rubber-Match' {4th-Bout} on December 16, 1961. It was a 'war', but Nicolino turned
it on in > Rounds 7, 8 and 9 to pull away, and win a hard-fought 10-Round Decision in a very rough bout.

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Jaime 'Un Grande de Verdad' Gine
* February 26, 1960 ...... {W Dec 10} ....... Nicolino Locche - 8-1-3 {3 KO's} - vs. - Jaime Gine - 69-0-7 {25 KO's}
* June 11, 1960 ............ {Draw 10} ........ Nicolino Locche - 10-1-3 {3 KO's} - vs. - Jaime Gine - 70-2-7 {25 KO's}
* November 14, 1961 .... {W Dec 12} ...... Nicolino Locche - 19-1-6 {4 KO's} - vs. - Jaime Gine - 78-3-10 {25 KO's}

Jaime Gine was the #10 World-Rated Lightweight in February 1960, and was 'unbeaten' with an incredible record
of 69-0-7 in '76-Bouts'' over 6-Years.

Jaime who was from {Cordoba}, was a 'fine' and elegant boxer, with smooth as silk moves.

Included, was winning the Argentinian Lightweight Championship on May 4, 1957.

Also, were '2' bouts with the great Cuba Lightweight - Orlando Zulueta, which ended;
* July 18, 1959 .......... {Draw 10}
* October 17, 1959 .... {W Dec 10}

Highly-touted but unheralded 20 year-old Nicolino Locche scored an incredible 'upset' 10-Round Decision in a
'non-title' bout on February 26, 1960, when he defeated the 6-Year Professional - Jaime Gine {Age; 26 years, 10 months}

Nicolino also scored a win {W Dec 12} over Jaime Gine on November 14, 1961 to capture the Argentinian
Lightweight Championship, a Title that Jaime held for 4 years, 6 months.

Jaime dropped to the #12 World-Ranked Lightweight at the end of 1960, and to #13 at the end of 1961.

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Manuel 'Sixto' Alvarez
* September 17, 1960 ... {Draw 10} .......... Nicolino Locche - 11-1-4 {3 KO's} - vs. - Manuel Alvarez - 56-7-14 {13 KO's}

Manuel 'Sixto' Alvarez, was a smart fighting and experienced counter-puncher from Temperly, Buenos Aires.

Prior to this bout, Manuel Alvarez {Age; 23 years, 10 months} was the #17 World-Rated Lightweight, and the
#2 South American Lightweight. Manuel was a 6 1/2 year Professional, was regarded as 'too tough' for Nicolino
at this time.

Manuel, was also coming into this bout 'unbeaten' in his prior '34-Bouts' dating back to April 7, 1957 {3 years, 5 months}.

A young 21 year-old Nicolino Locche held the World-Rated - Manuel Alvarez to a 10-Round Draw at the famous
Estadio Luna Park.

Manuel 'Sixto' Alvarez moved up to 140 lbs. soon thereafter, and was the #20 World-Ranked Light-Welterweight
in 1961.

Alvarez eventually moved up to the #7 World-Ranked Light-Welterweight in 1962.