Remembering Nicolino Locche: The Untouchable!!!

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  1. Pantera

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  2. alex-boxer42

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    haha I love this guy, looks fat and old but is as hard to hit as mayweather.
     
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  3. Minotauro

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    One of the best defensive fighters ever.
     
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  4. Pantera

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    It was the great Kid Pambele, a legend in Colombia. Locche toyed with him the first time they met. Kid Pambele beat him the second time, though.
     
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  5. Orishaman

    Orishaman I tell it like it is.... Full Member

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    Very few fighters, including Willie Pep and Pernell had the complete understanding of the sweet science as Nico, a master boxer who never good his recognition as the defencive master he ones was….with a 117-4 he was a master tactician….many in the division elude him so the big names are not so present on his resume, other than Carlos Ortiz, Ismael Laguna, Eddie Perkins, Carlos Hernandez , Alfonzo Frazer and Kid Pambele at the tail end of his career…one of my All Time Favorites...it was not until nearly 30 years old that they finally gave him a chance and needed to travel to Tokyo to face Fujo for the JRWW WBA title and the linearity fo the title...not only did he win but he KO Fuji in the 10th...
     
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  6. Orishaman

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    Kid Pambele KO Nico at the end of his career...
     
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  7. Minotauro

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    Prime Locche > Prime Cervantes
     
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  8. Orishaman

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    Kid Pambele showed early on his career that he had trouble with slick defensive boxer....when he lost to Benitez ...it was Deja Vu all over again for Kid Pambele who didn;t lost for 4 years before El Radar beat him. El Radar clearly study the fights an styles of Nico thru his career, but with far ore pop on his punches than Nico
     
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  9. alex-boxer42

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    I think hes easier to hit because hes obviously not as fast as mayweather. But he lets these shots hit him in ways that have no effect. Its amazing the way he accepts those jabs but absorbs them as if they werent even punches. So its almost impossible to hit him clean. So in other words, you can touch but not hurt him. Id say hes twice the defensive fighter mayweather is, without the speed, but this is the only video Ive seen of the guy.
     
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  10. Pantera

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    You seem to know a lot about Nicolino. I had no idea he had been ducked. In Argentina the guy was a legend and he had many, many fans.
     
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  11. Pantera

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    Nicolino had two main flaws as a boxer: He didn't have a pop, and he had no malice toward his opponents. He was not the kind of guy who would finish you if he had you hurt. Instead, he was content with simply winning by clowning the hell out of you, until you were so exhausted you would end up quiting. But he was not angry and full of hatred like Monzon was. So instead of blood and knock outs, he gave you the art of boxing and playing around.

    In this fight with Fuji, he wins by TKO. A rarity in his record. But he had Fuji so frustrated, that the guy just quit in desperation.


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  12. Dekkers

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    You just can't handle it when someone puts a fighter in the same breath as Pernell :-(

    Fortunately Niccos' talent speaks for itself here :yep
     
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  13. Pantera

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    It's possible that what you say it's true. However, Nicolino Locche hardly ever used lateral movement. Instead, and as you can see in the footage, he would stand flat footed, lower his arms, and challenge his opponents to hit him. Also, he had the tendency to lie on the ropes and catch you with counters all night.

    That's far harder, in my view, than jumping around and going on your bicycle while avoiding getting hit which is what most defensive prone fighters have done, traditionally. :smoke
     
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  14. Pantera

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    The fight was stopped on cuts. Nicolino wanted to continue fighting but he was not allowed.
     
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  15. enquirer

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    I agree,its much harder to stay in the pocket and avoid shots just with subtle little movements like nicco rather than dancing or swaying,bobbing big time....If nicco could do that against fast fighters i would say that he has amazing talent,defense and reflexes...Ive seen ali do something similiar,but still not as well as this guy....More footage and comments guys.....:good
     
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