What if Hugo Corro had retained his 160 lb title against Vito Antuofermo in 1979?

All I can say for certain is that my insomnia would have been cured.

 

He'd have fought Minter, because he'd have avoided Hagler as long as he could. Plus, at the time, there'd have been more money in fighting Minter.

 

He would of made people for Monzon as he defeated Hag, Min, Leonard, Ravira, then stepped up & defeated EMM.

 

This, unfortunately is true. I personally liked Corro...I don't know, maybe I'm a masochist, but I loved the 15 rounders with points gatherers like Griffith, Archer, Corro, etc.,...but that was always my cuppa tea back when we had 15 rounders, quality fighters who knew the finer points of the sport...home televised bouts...well, you know the rest.
Corro was a smart, safety first practitioner of the noble art who didn't try (at all) to please the crowd.....but I admire that, donchaknow...even in the case of a John Ruiz...these guys fought the way they figured they knew how to fight...period...and it usually led to victory. Corro was of the Mendoza School of Boxing (Mendoza Argentina), which was profoundly defensive in nature. Corro was smart, and true to himself.
All this aside, there was extremely bad blood between Corro and Hagler, who referred to Hugo as a "sissy" (quotation marks are mine)...and I think Marvelous Marv would have been motivated to a fever pitch...and would have stopped Corro in 9...a beating much like Pac vs Barrera in fact. A very one sided, ugly fight.

 

No, it most decidedly did not.

 

Actually there was another Argentine at the time who had the Pampas all excited about the second coming of Carlos. His name was Alfredo Cabral and he brought the excitement that was lacking in Corro. I can't remember what happened to him. I know he died very young. I think it may have been a car accident but I'm unsure.

 

I was very young but I remember watching that one on WWoS. I was too young at the time to understand that Hagler's bitterness and complaints were totally legitimate gripes.

 

Corro is almost a forgotten fighter. Very few fight fans are aware of him. Coming between Monzon and Hagler was probably the reason.

 

He fought on the undercard of the Corro-Antuofermo fight, and was very impressive, winning by knockout,I believe that the week after that fight he was killed in the car accident, it was widely reported in the Argentinian media,as he would have been a leading contender to Hagler's title throughout the 1980s.

 

Oh, my God, you guys! Hugo Corro is like my totz fave fighter! Thank you for reminding me I have to do something on this other thread. Be back l8r.

 

He would have gotten stripped of the belt for refusing to fight Hagler, which would have probably lead to an interesting scenario in itself.