Hugo Corro

Hugo Corro
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Real name	Hugo Pastor Corro
Rated at	Middleweight
Nationality	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 world Middleweight champion.

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.^[1]

Professional boxing record

50 Wins (26 knockouts), 7 Losses (3 knockouts), 2 Draws[2]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	50–7–2	Antonio Corti	KO	4 (10)	1989–02–17	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Draw	50–6–2	Jorge García	PTS	10	1988–12–09	Neuquén, Neuquén
Loss	50–6–1	Juan Roldán	KO	1 (10)	1988–09–16	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Loss	50–5–1	Miguel Angel Maldonado	PTS	10	1988–07–08	Tandil, Buenos Aires
Win	50–4–1	Manuel Perez	PTS	10	1988–06–09	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	49–4–1	Juan Carlos Ledesma	KO	4 (10)	1988–02–04	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Loss	48–4–1	Antonio Garrido	MD	10	1981–12–04	Santiago, Santiago
Win	48–3–1	Juan Alberto Mora	KO	5 (10)	1981–07–17	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Loss	47–3–1	Vito Antuofermo	SD	15	1979–06–30	Esplanade de Fontvieille, Monte Carlo	Lost WBC and WBA Middleweight titles.
Win	47–2–1	Rodrigo Valdéz	UD	15	1978–11–11	Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Ret. WBC and WBA Middleweight titles.
Win	46–2–1	Willie Warren	PTS	10	1978–10–06	Mendoza, Mendoza
Win	45–2–1	Ronnie Harris	UD	15	1978–08–05	Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Ret. WBC and WBA Middleweight titles.
Win	44–2–1	Rodrigo Valdéz	UD	15	1978–04–22	Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Liguria	Won WBC and WBA Middleweight titles.
Win	43–2–1	Juan Carlos Bogado	PTS	10	1978–03–03	Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	42–2–1	Antonio Garrido	PTS	12	1977–12–20	Mendoza, Mendoza	Ret. South American Middleweight title.
Win	41–2–1	Mario Romersi	PTS	8	1977–11–19	Palazzo dello Sport, Turin, Piedmont
Win	40–2–1	Bob Patterson	KO	5 (10)	1977–11–05	Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	39–2–1	Roque Roldan	PTS	10	1977–10–17	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win	38–2–1	Norberto Fleitas	KO	2 (12)	1977–09–02	Mendoza, Mendoza	Ret. South American Middleweight title.
Win	37–2–1	Pedro Duarte	PTS	12	1977–07–02	Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Ret. Argentine Middleweight title.
Win	36–2–1	Marcelo Quiñones	SD	12	1977–05–09	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Lima	Won South American Middleweight title.
Win	35–2–1	Rodolfo Rosales	PTS	10	1977–04–06	San Luis, San Luis
Win	34–2–1	Rodolfo Rosales	PTS	10	1977–02–23	Mendoza, Mendoza
Win	33–2–1	Julio Medina	TKO	3 (12)	1976–12–10	Mendoza, Mendoza	Won vacant Argentine Middleweight title.
Win	32–2–1	Pedro Acuña	TKO	1 (6)	1976–11–26	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	31–2–1	Raul Paez	TKO	2 (10)	1976–11–05	Mendoza, Mendoza
Win	30–2–1	Francisco Rodriguez Martin	TKO	2	1976–10–08	Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Community of Madrid
Win	29–2–1	Juan Carlos Artaza	KO	10	1976–09–10	Mendoza, Mendoza
Win	28–2–1	Juan Carlos Bogado	TKO	10	1976–08–06	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	27–2–1	Roberto Marziali	TKO	9 (10)	1976–07–08	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	26–2–1	Gregorio Navarro	TKO	4 (10)	1976–06–11	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Loss	25–2–1	Norberto Cabrera	PTS	10	1976–05–21	Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	25–1–1	Roque Roldan	PTS	10	1976–03–27	Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	24–1–1	Hugo Saavedra	DQ	10	1976–03–05	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	23–1–1	Hugo Obregon	PTS	10	1976–02–06	Salta, Salta
Win	22–1–1	Hugo Obregon	PTS	10	1975–12–19	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	21–1–1	Norberto Cabrera	PTS	10	1975–11–07	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	20–1–1	Hugo Saavedra	PTS	10	1975–09–27	Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	19–1–1	Camilo Gaitan	RTD	4 (10)	1975–08–22	Mendoza, Mendoza
Win	18–1–1	Octavio Escauriza	KO	3 (10)	1975–07–25	Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	17–1–1	Ramon Robert	RTD	6 (10)	1975–07–04	Villa Mercedes, San Luis
Win	16–1–1	Norberto Fleitas	TKO	4 (10)	1975–06–13	Mendoza, Mendoza
Win	15–1–1	Orlando Nasul	PTS	10	1975–05–29	Salta, Salta
Win	14–1–1	Eliseo Nieva	TKO	8 (10)	1975–03–26	Mendoza, Mendoza
Win	13–1–1	Hugo Obregón	TKO	6 (10)	1975–03–07	Salta, Salta
Loss	12–1–1	Hugo Saavedra	KO	8 (10)	1974–11–08	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	12–0–1	Ruben Martinez	TKO	5 (10)	1974–10–04	San Juan, San Juan
Win	11–0–1	Carlos Robledo	TKO	7 (10)	1974–09–08	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	10–0–1	Juan Carlos Artaza	PTS	10	1974–07–19	San Juan, San Juan
Win	9–0–1	Orlando Nasul	PTS	10	1974–06–20	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	8–0–1	Ruben Martinez	TKO	5 (10)	1974–04–14	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	7–0–1	Ramon Robert	PTS	10	1974–02–08	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	6–0–1	Rafael Lazcano	KO	3 (6)	1973–12–21	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	5–0–1	Pedro Bazan	DQ	4 (8)	1973–12–07	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	4–0–1	Oscar Mercado	KO	7 (8)	1973–11–23	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	3–0–1	Raul Fleita	KO	2 (6)	1973–10–26	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	2–0–1	Juan Carlos Cantero	RTD	4 (6)	1973–10–05	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Draw	1–0–1	Pedro Bazan	PTS	6	1973–09–15	Tunuyán, Mendoza
Win	1–0	Gastón Diet	TKO	6	1973–08–30	Tunuyán, Mendoza

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