Nicolino Locche

I've only seen a few highlights of his and dont know much about him. Bottom line though if you are that feather fisted in the sport of punching, you must be very special in other departments to rack up that amount of wins

 

We mention him on here a lot. I think McGrain shares my opinion that he is numero uno for defence of all time. He is unreal to watch for his defensive brilliance. The man looked like he had a forcefield around his torso, and deflecting bodyshots whilst slipping with your head at the same time is not easy. He would stand right there and cling to his opponent and dodge everything, or he would stand off them and do the same, playing to his crowd and entertaining them. An icon in Argentina.

Just listen to the crowd.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LEKHMUCh8k[/ame]

 

Most appropriate post you've made yet Pac

You're learning

 

So you never read any of the five hundred Locche topics over the past few years, countless posts detailing his career, skills, defence, best performance on film etc?..

he had a great receding hairline.

 

Just listen to the crowd at 4 minutes of that vid. You've probably heard it countless times, but it gets me every time.

 

For the same reason that Duilio Loi isn't: he spent most of his career "hidden" away on his home turf fighting in low-profile fights; plus the fact that the jr. welter division was not a universally recognized or popular division at that time.

Having said that, his notoriety has made something of a "comeback" in recent years on boxing boards like these.

 

I'm a fan. He's mentioned frequently in the classic.

 

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Of my favourite fighters of all time, I wish there was more footage of him.

 

Great stuff:good

One of the best dodging sequences ever caught on film.

 

His performance against Fuji was sublime.

 

Interesting that he was that defensive genius without use too much his legs.....I wouldn´t rate his mobility too high, and even so he was incredibly hard to hit as we all know......

His infighting ability was great too.....and he had a nice left hook.....ask Fuji how damaging that was.....

By the way I uploaded in my channel his fight with the very good brazilian contender João Henrique:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgA-ZnilSAo[/ame]

From what I know I think is fair to say that Nicolino is the most loved fighter in Argentina....more loved than Monzon possibly......died because of smoking......

 

Watched that before holiday, nice upload that Vic :good

 

Many thanks for uploading that Vic :good

Locche & Monzon both smoked throughout their careers, Argentinian cigarettes must have some secret ingredients :yep