nicolino locche

[Bill Paxtom]

1961

Nicolino Locche



September 29, 1961

Mendoza Association of Boxing ~ Mendoza, Argentina

~ The Night The Untouchable Went Down ~

According to Leonardo Paludi {President of the Mendoza Association of Boxing}

Nicolino Locche ~ 17-1-6 {4 KO's} ~ 134 lbs. ~ 5' 6" ~ {Age; 22 years, 0 months}
vs.
Ubaldino Escobar ~ 22-1-4 {17 KO's} ~ 136 lbs. ~ 5' 7" ~ {Age; 20 years, 6 months}
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~ The Bout ~

The first '3-Rounds' were action packed, as the visiting Ubaldo Escobar from Buenos Aires went
'toe-to-toe' with Nicolino in a torrid 'slam-bang' affair.

Nicolino was faster, but Ubaldo was hitting harder.

Then it happened >

In Round 4, both met at Center-Ring, and Nicolino was doing his best 'defensive moves' by bobbing and
ducking, as well as enticing Ubaldo to come in with a lead punch.

Ubaldo missed with several right-hand leads as Nicolino ducked and bent low. Then as Nicolino came up,
Ubaldo came in with a tremendous left-hook, that landed 'flush' on Nicolino's chin.

At the {0:55 Mark}, Nicolino 'crashed' into the canvas, and was 'out'.

Ubaldo stood over Nicolino, looking down at the fallen star. He wasted a good 3-Seconds, before he
was directed to a Neutral-Corner by the Referee.

When the Referee got back to Nicolino, nearly 6-Seconds had past, and the Referee picked up the
count at '2'. Nicolino started to move and rolled over on his side.

Just at that moment, Ubaldo Escobar foolishly started bouncing around in the Neutral-Corner, and
then walked out to Center-Ring where Nicolino was still laying.

As the Referee reached the count of '6', he stopped the count, and walked Ubaldo back to the
'Neutral Corner'.

Another 3-Seconds were wasted.

When the Referee got back to Nicolino, he picked up the count at '6'. Nicolino pulled himself up
at the '8-Count', and was now standing, but was 'groggy'.

The Referee waived for the bout to resume, and Ubaldo came charging in. But despite having a
nearly 'out-on-his-feet' Nicolino in fornt of him, Ubaldo failed to land a solid follow up punch, as
Nicolino used every trick he had to survive Round 4.

By the time Round 5 started, Nicolino was back to using his slippery-skills to box his way clear, and
get the cob-webs out of his head.

Picking up in Round 6, Nicolino boxed, jabbed and countered his way over the last 5-Rounds to winning
a 10-Round Decision.

After the bout, there were cries that Nicolino was down at least a full 10-Seconds.

The Ubaldo Escobar Camp cried 'foul' and wanted the bout changed to a 'Knockout Win' for their fighter,
or change the verdict to 'No Contest'.

The Mendoza Association of Boxing verified that Nicolino Locche won the Decision, and that the error
was on the part of Ubaldo Escobar for failing to move to a 'Neutral Corner', and remain there until the
Referee signaled for him to move out.

The Mendoza Association of Boxing set up an immediate rematch for 12-Days later.