Nicolino Locche '1963'

[Bill Paxtom]

June 8, 1963

Mendoza Association of Boxing ~ Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina

Nicolino Locche - 37-1-7 {8 KO's} ~ 134 lbs.
vs.
Eulogio 'El Siki' Caballero - 35-12-11 {21 KO's} ~ 136 lbs.

A rematch of their previous bout 1-Year earlier on {June 5, 1962}

Nicolino is fighting again, just 15-Days after his bout with tough and 'unbeaten'
Welterweight - Gregorio Cinta.

Nicolino and the 28 year-old southpaw Uruguayan veteran 'box-and-counter' each
other of the first 5-Rounds, which are fought 'fairly even'.

But Nicolino turns it on Round 6, and has Eulugio on the canvas from a left-hook to the liver
and right-hand to the face.

Nicolino then out-boxes Eulugio over the last 4-Rounds, and cruises to a solid but still
competitive 10-Round Decision.

Reports were that Nicolino won by a score of { 199-194 }, or 5-1-4 in Rounds.

23 1/2 year-old Nicolino cements his position as the #1 Ranked South American Lightweight,
and will challenge for that Title at the end of the month {3-Weeks}.

Eulogio 'El Siki' Caballero

[Bill Paxtom]

June 5, 1963


[I][/~ Lightweight Rankings ~I]

**** Carlos Ortiz
#1 .. Carlos Hernandez
#2 .. Dave Charnley
#3 .. Bunny Grant
#4 .. Alfredo Urbina
#5 .. Joe Brown
#6 .. Paul Armstead
#7 .. Doug Valiant
#8 .. Tenia Kusaka
#9 .. Arthur Persley
#10 . Sebastio Nascimiento
#11 . Nicolino Locche

[Bill Paxtom]

June 29, 1963

Estadio Luna Park ~ Buenos Aries, Argentina

'South American Lightweight Championship'

{#10} Sebastiao Nascimento - 25-3-6 {10 KO's} ~ 134 1/2 lbs. ~ 5' 8 1/2" ~ {Age; 26 years, 1 month}
vs.
{#11} Nicolino Locche - 38-1-7 {8 KO's} ~ 134 1/4 lbs. ~ 5' 6" ~ {Age; 23 years, 9 months}

Sebastiao Nascimento is tall-and-lanky aggressive southpaw from Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Sebastiao is an experienced 6-Year Professional, who won the Brazilian Lightweight Championship
back in January 1960.

Sebastiao captured the South American Lightweight Title when he defeated {W Dec 15} Argentinian
Jaime Gine on September 11, 1962.

The lanky Brazilian has defended the Title 'once', and this will be his 2nd-Defense. Also, Sebastiao
has '3' wins over talented Argentinian - Jaime Gine.

Sebastiao will be defending his title on Nicolino's home territory, and in front of { 9500 } Argentinian
supporters.

~ Sebastiao Nascimento ~

[Bill Paxtom]

June 29, 1963

~ Nicolino Locche Captures South American Lightweight Championship ~

~ Argentinian Hero Decisions Brazilian - Sebastiao Nascimento Over 15-Rounds ~

The stockily-built and muscular Argentinian used a tight-shell defense, while bending-low to
avoid the hard-rushes from the southpaw Sebastiao Nascimento.

During the early Rounds >
Nicolino Locche stayed at Center-Ring for most of the first 6-Rounds, and used hard left-hook
counters to the mid-section and liver area of the tall Brazilian to keep him at bay.

Whenever Sebastiao attacked with his typical '4-Punch' combinations, Locche would put both
hands up on each side of his face, and bend-low while blocking the punches. Then, as soon
as the Brazilian finished punching, Nicolino would counter with hard left-hooks.

But, in Round 7 >
Sebastiao was able to back Nicolino into the Ropes, where he hammered away with '4-Punch'
combinations. During one flurry, Sebastiao caught Nicolino with a vicious left-uppercut to the chin,
buckling Nicolino's legs.

But Nicolino quickly recovered.

During the late-Middle Rounds {8, 9, 10 and 11} Nicolino was at his best, as he scored with stiff
left-jabs and straight right-hands into the head of the Brazilian, forcing the defending Champion
to back out on the perimeter and circle away.

By Round 12, the Argentinian was in complete command of the bout, and was comfortably ahead
in Points.

Up to this point, Sebastiao had only landed a 'single' measly hard punch on the elusive Challenger,
and that was back in Round 7.

In Rounds 14 and 15, Locche simply backed into the Ropes, and let Sebastiao punch away,
as Nicolino used his tight-shell defense to block or avoid nearly every punch the Brazilian
could fire.

Reports had Nicolino Locche winning by a score of { 297-292 } or 8-3-4 in Rounds.

[Bill Paxtom]

! NICOLINO !

Nicolino lands a solid right-hand to the jaw of Brazilian - Sebastiao Nascimento
during Round 9.

Nicolino swept Rounds 8, 9, 10 and 11 to pull away from the 'defending' South
American Lightweight Champion.



Nicolino Locche {with back to Ropes} celebrates at the end of 15-Rounds with
Sebastiao Nascimento.

[Bill Paxtom]

July 27, 1963

~ Argentinian - Nicolino Locche To Battle Former Lightweight Champion - Joe 'Old Bones' Brown ~

Nicolino 'El Intocable' Locche is set to face Joe Brown on August 10th, at Alberto J. Armando Stadium.

An attendance figure of 30,000+ is expected to see the popular 23 year-old Argentinian battle the
37 year-old former Lightweight Champion.

{#9} Nicolino Locche ~ 40-1-7 {8 KO's} ~ 5' 6" ~ Reach; 67' ~ 134 3/4 lbs. ~ {Age; 23 years, 11 months}
vs.
{#5} Joe Brown ~ 99-26-12 {45 KO's} ~ 5' 7 1/2" ~ Reach; 68" ~ 134 3/4 lbs. ~ {Age; 37 years, 2 months}

The Argentinian Fight Promoters {Tito Lecture} had to guarantee the former Champion a Fight Purse
of { $22,000 } to venture down to Buenos Aires to face the 'rising' Argentinian Hero.

Manager - Lou Viscusi >
"Joe Brown is on the comeback trail, but my fighter is still the man to beat. If you want to get
to the Champion you'll have to get by Joe first, and that's not an easy thing to do."

[Bill Paxtom]

Saturday ~ August 10, 1963

~ Nicolino Locche 'Out-Slicks' Former Champion Joe Brown In 10 ~



Rising Lightweight, Argentinian Nicolino Locche put on a fantastic show and out-slicked former
World Lightweight Champion Joe 'Old Bones' Brown over 10 Rounds.

In front of nearly 35,000 Latin fans at the Alberto J. Armando Stadium, and with the fans cheering
"Nico, Nico" > Nicolino Locche was impressive in winning a one-sided bout over Joe Brown.

The power-pack Argentinian used an assortment of left-jabs, left-hooks underneath and right-hand
crosses to dominate nearly every session in this highly-anticipated Lightweight bout.

Locche used heavy-pressure on the 37 year-old American, and kept slamming in with fast sharp-punches
on the fading veteran. Though the 23 1/2 year-old Argentinan is not a big-puncher, he rocked Brown
several times, and badly staggered the former Champion in Round 6 with a big-swinging right-hook
to the chin.

Locche easily handled the durable veteran during in-close exchanges, and surprisingly out-boxed
Brown from the outside.

In fairness, the former Champion entered the Ring with a damaged right-hand from his previous
bout {June 22, 1963} with Alfredo Urbina in Mexico. But 'Old Bones' only looked like a Shadow
of Himself, and was badly out-classed in this bout as he did not win a single Round.

Scorecards
* 200-193 {7-0-3 in Rounds}
* 200-195 {5-0-5 in Rounds}
* 200-189 {10-0-0 in Rounds}