Hugo Corro Explained

Hugo Corro
Realname:Hugo Pastor Corro
Nickname:Itaka
Weight:Middleweight
Height:5 ft 8 in
Reach:67+1/2 in
Birth Date:November 5, 1953
Birth Place:San Carlos, Mendoza, Argentina
Death Place:Mendoza, Argentina
Style:Orthodox
Total:59
Wins:50
Ko:26
Losses:7
Draws:2

Hugo Pastor Corro (November 5, 1953 – June 15, 2007), better known plainly as Hugo Corro, was an Argentine former professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight championship between April 1978 and June 1979.

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.[1] 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).[2] Asked about the fight during the press conference that followed 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.[3]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
59Loss50–7–2Antonio CortiKO4 (10)Feb 17, 1989
58Draw50–6–2Jorge GarcíaPTS10Dec 9, 1988
57Loss50–6–1Juan RoldánKO1 (10)Sep 16, 1988
56Loss50–5–1Miguel Angel MaldonadoPTS10Jul 8, 1988
55Win50–4–1Manuel PerezPTS10Jun 9, 1988
54Win49–4–1Juan Carlos LedesmaKO4 (10)Feb 4, 1988
53Loss48–4–1Antonio GarridoMD10Dec 4, 1981
52Win48–3–1Juan Alberto MoraKO5 (10)Jul 17, 1981
51Loss47–3–1Vito AntuofermoSD15Jun 30, 1979
50Win47–2–1Rodrigo ValdezUD15Nov 11, 1978
49Win46–2–1Willie WarrenPTS10Oct 6, 1978
48Win45–2–1Ronnie HarrisUD15Aug 5, 1978
47Win44–2–1Rodrigo ValdezUD15Apr 22, 1978
46Win43–2–1Juan Carlos BogadoPTS10Mar 3, 1978
45Win42–2–1Antonio GarridoPTS12Dec 20, 1977
44Win41–2–1Mario RomersiPTS8Nov 19, 1977
43Win40–2–1Bob PattersonKO5 (10)Nov 5, 1977
42Win39–2–1Roque RoldanPTS10Oct 17, 1977
41Win38–2–1Norberto FleitasKO2 (12)Sep 2, 1977
40Win37–2–1Pedro DuartePTS12Jul 2, 1977
39Win36–2–1Marcelo QuiñonesSD12May 9, 1977
38Win35–2–1Rodolfo RosalesPTS10Apr 6, 1977
37Win34–2–1Rodolfo RosalesPTS10Feb 23, 1977
36Win33–2–1Julio MedinaTKO3 (12)Dec 10, 1976
35Win32–2–1Pedro AcuñaTKO1 (6)Nov 26, 1976
34Win31–2–1Raul PaezTKO2 (10)Nov 5, 1976
33Win30–2–1Francisco Rodriguez MartinTKO2 (8)Oct 8, 1976
32Win29–2–1Juan Carlos ArtazaKO10 (10)Sep 10, 1976
31Win28–2–1Juan Carlos BogadoTKO10 (10)Aug 6, 1976
30Win27–2–1Roberto MarzialiTKO9 (10)Jul 8, 1976
29Win26–2–1Gregorio NavarroTKO4 (10)Jun 11, 1976
28Loss25–2–1Norberto CabreraPTS10May 21, 1976
27Win25–1–1Roque RoldanPTS10Mar 27, 1976
26Win24–1–1Hugo SaavedraDQ10 (10)Mar 5, 1976
25Win23–1–1Hugo ObregonPTS10Feb 6, 1976
24Win22–1–1Hugo ObregonPTS10Dec 19, 1975
23Win21–1–1Norberto CabreraPTS10Nov 7, 1975
22Win20–1–1Hugo SaavedraPTS10Sep 27, 1975
21Win19–1–1Camilo GaitanRTD4 (10)Aug 22, 1975
20Win18–1–1Octavio EscaurizaKO3 (10)Jul 25, 1975
19Win17–1–1Ramon RobertRTD6 (10)Jul 4, 1975
18Win16–1–1Norberto FleitasTKO4 (10)Jun 13, 1975
17Win15–1–1Orlando NasulPTS10May 29, 1975
16Win14–1–1Eliseo NievaTKO8 (10)Mar 26, 1975
15Win13–1–1Hugo ObregónTKO6 (10)Mar 7, 1975
14Loss12–1–1Hugo SaavedraKO8 (10)Nov 8, 1974
13Win12–0–1Ruben MartinezTKO5 (10)Oct 4, 1974
12Win11–0–1Carlos RobledoTKO7 (10)Sep 8, 1974
11Win10–0–1Juan Carlos ArtazaPTS10Jul 19, 1974
10Win9–0–1Orlando NasulPTS10Jun 20, 1974
9Win8–0–1Ruben MartinezTKO5 (10)Apr 14, 1974
8Win7–0–1Ramon RobertPTS10Feb 8, 1974
7Win6–0–1Rafael LazcanoKO3 (6)Dec 21, 1973
6Win5–0–1Pedro BazanDQ4 (8)Dec 7, 1973
5Win4–0–1Oscar MercadoKO7 (8)Nov 23, 1973
4Win3–0–1Raul FleitaKO2 (6)Oct 26, 1973
3Win2–0–1Juan Carlos CanteroRTD4 (6)Oct 5, 1973
2Draw1–0–1Pedro BazanPTS6Sep 15, 1973
1Win1–0Gastón DietTKO6 (6)Aug 30, 1973

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Notes and References

  1. News: Sports News Briefs. The New York Times. 6 August 1978 . 2023-03-16.
  2. Web site: Former middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo won a unanimous 10-round.... United Press International. 2023-03-16.
  3. http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2007/6/17/deportes-233363.asp El Boxeo llora a Hugo Corro