Hugo Corro

Hugo Corro
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Real name Hugo Pastor Corro
Rated at Middleweight
Nationality Argentina Argentine
Born (1953-11-05)November 5, 1953
San Carlos, Mendoza
Died June 15, 2007(2007-06-15) (aged 53)
Mendoza
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 59
Wins 50
Wins by KO 26
Losses 7
Draws 2
No contests 0

Hugo Pastor Corro (November 5, 1953 – June 15, 2007), better known plainly as Hugo Corro, was a former boxer from Argentina who was a World Middleweight champion.[1]

Corro beat Rodrigo Valdez for the world Middleweight title, and he would beat Valdez in a rematch. Valdez had succeeded Carlos Monzón as world champion. Since Monzon had beaten Valdez twice also during his period as champion, the comparisons between Corro and Monzon became inevitable. The fact that Corro went to Europe to defend his title was another common trait he shared with Monzon. Corro's championship reign would ultimately prove to be inferior to Monzon's however, as Corro defended his title successfully only twice, and Monzon retained the crown for a then record of fourteen times.

Professional career

Hugo Corro began fighting as a professional on August 30, 1973, with a sixth round knockout victory against Gustavo Dieff in the Argentine city of Tunuyan. His first ten bouts as a professional were held in Tunuyan. He had a draw (tie) against Pedro Pablo Bazan during his second fight, held on September 15, 16 days after his debut.

Corro reeled off three consecutive knockout wins, then faced Bazan in a rematch, on December 7. On his last fight of 1973, Corro was declared winner when Bazan was disqualified in the fourth round.

Corro won one more fight, and then, he fought ten rounds for the first time in his career, when he defeated Ramon Roberts by a ten-round decision on February 6, 1974. After another victory, he fought Juan Carlos Artaza on July 17. From a status standpoint, the fight had little significance, since Artaza only had two previous bouts, and he had lost both of them. But this was Corro's first fight outside Tunuyan. He beat Artaza by a ten-round decision in San Juan.

After one more win, he faced Hugo Saavedra, then a well established Middleweight contender, on November 11. Saavedra gave Corro his first defeat, when he knocked out the future champion in the eighth round.

Corro rebounded with a sixth-round knockout win over Hugo Obregon on March 7, 1975. That marked the beginning of a thirteen fight winning streak, which included a rematch with Roberts, knocked out in six on July 4, two more fights with Obregon, both of which ended with Corro winning ten round decisions, a victory by decision in ten against Norberto Cabrera, and two more fights against Saavedra.

His first rematch with Saavedra, on September 27, marked Corro's Buenos Aires debut. Corro was able to avenge his first defeat when he outpointed Saavedra over ten rounds. Their third bout, held on March 5, 1976 at Córdoba, ended when Saavedra was disqualified in the tenth round.

After a win against Roque Roldan, Corro met Norberto Cabrera for a second time. On May 21, he lost to Cabrera by a ten-round decision, in Buenos Aires. Corro, however, once again bounced back well, winning his next seven fights by knockout, including a rematch with Juan Carlos Artaza, who was beaten in round ten on September 10.

On December 10, he got his first shot at a title, when he fought Julio Medina for the vacant Argentine Middleweight title. Corro won the national championship by knocking Medina out in round three of a fight that was scheduled for twelve rounds.

After two victories over Rodolfo Rosales, Corro had his first fight abroad, boxing against Marcelo Quinones on May 9, 1977, for the South American Middleweight title, in Lima, Peru. He conquered the continental championship by decisioning Quinones over twelve rounds. The win also earned him a spot among the world's top ten Middleweight challengers for the first time.

Corro followed that win with seven more victories, including title defenses of both his Argentine and his South American Middleweight titles, before he got his first opportunity at becoming world champion: on April 22, 1978, Corro became the undisputed world Middleweight champion by beating Valdez by a fifteen-round decision in Italy.

His first world title defense came against Ronnie Harris, on August 5, back in Argentina. He outpointed Harris over fifteen rounds, and then, on November 11, he retained the title in his rematch with Valdez, by a fifteen-round decision at Buenos Aires.

He traveled to Monte Carlo, where Monzon defended his title a few times, to face Vito Antuofermo for his third world title defense. Corro lost the title on June 30 of 1979 in a fight that was actually held at Monaco's royal palace. Corro in reality lost his title by only one point, as Antuofermo beat him by a split decision, and each judge had a one-point difference on their scorecard (scores of 146-145, 145-146 and 142-143). Asked about the fight during the press conference that proceeded it, Corro answered "I only had one problem, his head". By saying this, he meant that he felt Antuofermo butted him many times during the contest.

After winning one more fight and losing another one, Corro decided to retire for the first time in 1981. Inspired by the relative success of his much younger brother Osvaldo, a contender during the late 1980s, however, Hugo attempted a comeback during 1988. He made some headlines after winning his first two bouts, but he lost three of his next four bouts, with one draw. On September 16 of '88 he lost to another famous Argentine boxer, Juan Roldán, by knockout in round one. After losing by knockout in four rounds to Hugo Antonio Corti on February 17 of 1989, Corro retired from boxing for good.

Corro had one fight in Chile. He never boxed in the United States as a professional.

Corro had a record of 50 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws as a professional boxer, with 29 wins by way of knockout. On June 15, 2007, he died after suffering from an acute liver disease.[2]

Professional boxing record

50 Wins (26 knockouts), 7 Losses (3 knockouts), 2 Draws[3]
Res. Record Opponent Type Round
Time		 Date Location Notes
Loss50–7–2Argentina Antonio Corti KO 4 (10) 1989–02–17 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Draw50–6–2Argentina Jorge García PTS 10 1988–12–09 Argentina Neuquén, Neuquén
Loss50–6–1Argentina Juan Roldán KO 1 (10) 1988–09–16 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Loss50–5–1Argentina Miguel Angel Maldonado PTS 10 1988–07–08 Argentina Tandil, Buenos Aires
Win50–4–1Argentina Manuel Perez PTS 10 1988–06–09 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win49–4–1Argentina Juan Carlos Ledesma KO 4 (10) 1988–02–04 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Loss48–4–1Chile Antonio Garrido MD 10 1981–12–04 Chile Santiago, Santiago
Win48–3–1Argentina Juan Alberto Mora KO 5 (10) 1981–07–17 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Loss47–3–1Italy Vito Antuofermo SD 15 1979–06–30 Monaco Esplanade de Fontvieille,
Monte Carlo		 Lost WBC, WBA and Lineal Middleweight titles.
Win47–2–1Colombia Rodrigo Valdéz UD 15 1978–11–11 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires Retained WBC, WBA and Lineal Middleweight titles.
Win46–2–1United States Willie Warren PTS 10 1978–10–06 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win45–2–1United States Ronnie Harris UD 15 1978–08–05 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires Retained WBC, WBA and Lineal Middleweight titles.
Win44–2–1Colombia Rodrigo Valdéz UD 15 1978–04–22 Italy Teatro Ariston,
Sanremo, Liguria		 Won WBC, WBA and Lineal Middleweight titles.
Win43–2–1Argentina Juan Carlos Bogado PTS 10 1978–03–03 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win42–2–1Chile Antonio Garrido PTS 12 1977–12–20 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza Ret. South American Middleweight title.
Win41–2–1Italy Mario Romersi PTS 8 1977–11–19 Italy Palazzo dello Sport,
Turin, Piedmont
Win40–2–1United States Bob Patterson KO 5 (10) 1977–11–05 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win39–2–1Argentina Roque Roldan PTS 10 1977–10–17 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win38–2–1Uruguay Norberto Fleitas KO 2 (12) 1977–09–02 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza Ret. South American Middleweight title.
Win37–2–1Argentina Pedro Duarte PTS 12 1977–07–02 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires Ret. Argentine Middleweight title.
Win36–2–1Peru Marcelo Quiñones SD 12 1977–05–09 Peru Estadio Nacional, Lima, Lima Won South American Middleweight title.
Win35–2–1Argentina Rodolfo Rosales PTS 10 1977–04–06 Argentina San Luis, San Luis
Win34–2–1Argentina Rodolfo Rosales PTS 10 1977–02–23 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win33–2–1Argentina Julio Medina TKO 3 (12) 1976–12–10 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza Won vacant Argentine Middleweight title.
Win32–2–1Chile Pedro Acuña TKO 1 (6) 1976–11–26 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win31–2–1Argentina Raul Paez TKO 2 (10) 1976–11–05 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win30–2–1Spain Francisco Rodriguez Martin TKO 2 1976–10–08 Spain Palacio de Deportes,
Madrid, Community of Madrid
Win29–2–1Argentina Juan Carlos Artaza KO 10 1976–09–10 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win28–2–1Argentina Juan Carlos Bogado TKO 10 1976–08–06 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win27–2–1Argentina Roberto Marziali TKO 9 (10) 1976–07–08 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win26–2–1Argentina Gregorio Navarro TKO 4 (10) 1976–06–11 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Loss25–2–1Argentina Norberto Cabrera PTS 10 1976–05–21 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win25–1–1Argentina Roque Roldan PTS 10 1976–03–27 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win24–1–1Argentina Hugo Saavedra DQ 10 1976–03–05 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win23–1–1Argentina Hugo Obregon PTS 10 1976–02–06 Argentina Salta, Salta
Win22–1–1Argentina Hugo Obregon PTS 10 1975–12–19 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win21–1–1Argentina Norberto Cabrera PTS 10 1975–11–07 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win20–1–1Argentina Hugo Saavedra PTS 10 1975–09–27 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win19–1–1Argentina Camilo Gaitan RTD 4 (10) 1975–08–22 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win18–1–1Argentina Octavio Escauriza KO 3 (10) 1975–07–25 Argentina Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win17–1–1Argentina Ramon Robert RTD 6 (10) 1975–07–04 Argentina Villa Mercedes, San Luis
Win16–1–1Uruguay Norberto Fleitas TKO 4 (10) 1975–06–13 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win15–1–1Argentina Orlando Nasul PTS 10 1975–05–29 Argentina Salta, Salta
Win14–1–1Argentina Eliseo Nieva TKO 8 (10) 1975–03–26 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win13–1–1Argentina Hugo Obregón TKO 6 (10) 1975–03–07 Argentina Salta, Salta
Loss12–1–1Argentina Hugo Saavedra KO 8 (10) 1974–11–08 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win12–0–1Argentina Ruben Martinez TKO 5 (10) 1974–10–04 Argentina San Juan, San Juan
Win11–0–1Argentina Carlos Robledo TKO 7 (10) 1974–09–08 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win10–0–1Argentina Juan Carlos Artaza PTS 10 1974–07–19 Argentina San Juan, San Juan
Win9–0–1Argentina Orlando Nasul PTS 10 1974–06–20 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win8–0–1Argentina Ruben Martinez TKO 5 (10) 1974–04–14 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win7–0–1Argentina Ramon Robert PTS 10 1974–02–08 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win6–0–1Uruguay Rafael Lazcano KO 3 (6) 1973–12–21 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win5–0–1Argentina Pedro Bazan DQ 4 (8) 1973–12–07 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win4–0–1Argentina Oscar Mercado KO 7 (8) 1973–11–23 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win3–0–1Argentina Raul Fleita KO 2 (6) 1973–10–26 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win2–0–1Argentina Juan Carlos Cantero RTD 4 (6) 1973–10–05 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Draw1–0–1Argentina Pedro Bazan PTS 6 1973–09–15 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win1–0Chile Gastón Diet TKO 6 1973–08–30 Argentina Tunuyán, Mendoza

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Lineal Middleweight Champions". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ El Boxeo llora a Hugo Corro Los Andes newspaper, 17 June 2007 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Hugo Pastor Corro Professional boxing record". BoxRec.com.
Achievements
Preceded by
Rodrigo Valdez		 WBA Middleweight Champion
April 22, 1978 – June 30, 1979 		Succeeded by
Vito Antuofermo
WBC Middleweight Champion
April 22, 1978 – June 30, 1979
Lineal Middleweight Champion
April 22, 1978 – June 30, 1979
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