Nicolino Locche ~ 'Comeback 1975'

[Bill Paxtom]

Saturday ~ January 17, 1976

Estadio Luna Park ~ Buenos Aires, Argentina

Attendance ....... { 14,100 }
Gate Receipts ... { $66,000 }

{9} Nicolino Locche - 114-4-14 {14 KO's} ~ 5' 6" ~ 140 lbs. ~ {Age; 36 years, 3 months}
vs.
{4} Emiliano Villa - 23-1-1 {11 KO's} ~ 5' 9 1/2" ~ 140 lbs. ~ {Age; 23 years, 0 months}
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~ The Skinny ~

Nicolino Locche is going for his 5th-Straight' win. The winner here, has been promised a Title Bout
with WBA Champion - Antonio Cervantes.

Emiliano Villa is a 12-Day replacement fighter, filling in for former WBA Champion - Alfonso Frazer
who walked out back on January 4th.

Emiliano who is ranked at #4 WBA, is a talented tall-and-lanky southpaw boxer, and is highly-regarded
back in Colombia, where he has been the Colombian Light-Welterweight Champion since October 1974.

Emiliano also has a recent victory {October 28, 1975} over Alfonso Frazer.

Emiliano is Managed by Ramiro Machado and Trained by Tabanito Sanz.
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~ Nicolino, Hasta En El Infierno ~

A very close and 'Heated Contest in in Hell' as the 36 year-old veteran 'Magician' had to pull
every trick out of his 'Hat' to stall off the fast-charging 23 year-old Colombian southpaw.

Locche, fighting with a {3 1/2" Height} and {4" Reach} disadvantage was forced to fight
off the Ropes during the early Rounds, where he counter-punched Emiliano as he got in close
during Rounds 1, 2 and 3.

During the middle-Rounds, the bout moved to Center-Ring, where the young Colombian
used his fast hands and quick 'right-left' punches to out-speed the older Argentinian.

In Round 7, Locche rallied and put together a 'solid-effort', as he raked the youngster over
with a series of left-hooks and '2-Punch' flurries to the head.

The last 3-Rounds were 'Fought-in-Hell', as both fighters slugged it out as a sell-out crowd
of 14,000+ cheered with roars.

The Colombian stayed busy with his fast-hand '2-Punch' flurries, while Locche was winging
in wide-hooks to the head of his young opponent.

Scorecards
* 196-195 > {5-4-1 in Rounds}
* 197-196 > {4-3-3 in Rounds}
* 197-196 > {4-3-3 in Rounds}

Fight Purses
* Nicolino Lcche ..... { $22,000 } = 33.33% of the Gate
* Emiliano Villa ........ { $8000 }