Hugo Corro


Hugo Pastor Corro, better known plainly as Hugo Corro, was an Argentine 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 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. 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.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
59LossAntonio CortiKO4 Feb 17, 1989Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
58Draw50–6–2Jorge GarcíaPTS10Dec 9, 1988Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina
57Loss50–6–1Juan RoldánKO1 Sep 16, 1988Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
56Loss50–5–1Miguel Angel MaldonadoPTS10Jul 8, 1988Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina
55Win50–4–1Manuel PerezPTS10Jun 9, 1988Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
54Win49–4–1Juan Carlos LedesmaKO4 Feb 4, 1988Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
53Loss48–4–1Antonio GarridoMD10Dec 4, 1981Santiago, Santiago, Chile
52Win48–3–1Juan Alberto MoraKO5 Jul 17, 1981Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
51Loss47–3–1Vito AntuofermoSD15Jun 30, 1979Esplanade de Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, MonacoLost WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles
50Win47–2–1Rodrigo ValdezUD15Nov 11, 1978Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRetained WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles
49Win46–2–1Willie WarrenPTS10Oct 6, 1978Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
48Win45–2–1Ronnie HarrisUD15Aug 5, 1978Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRetained WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles
47Win44–2–1Rodrigo ValdezUD15Apr 22, 1978Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Liguria, ItalyWon WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles
46Win43–2–1Juan Carlos BogadoPTS10Mar 3, 1978Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
45Win42–2–1Antonio GarridoPTS12Dec 20, 1977Mendoza, Mendoza, ArgentinaRetained South American middleweight title
44Win41–2–1Mario RomersiPTS8Nov 19, 1977PalaRuffini, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
43Win40–2–1Bob PattersonKO5 Nov 5, 1977Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
42Win39–2–1Roque RoldanPTS10Oct 17, 1977Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba, Argentina
41Win38–2–1Norberto FleitasKO2 Sep 2, 1977Mendoza, Mendoza, ArgentinaRetained South American middleweight title
40Win37–2–1Pedro DuartePTS12Jul 2, 1977Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRetained Argentina middleweight title
39Win36–2–1Marcelo QuiñonesSD12May 9, 1977Estadio Nacional, Lima, Lima, PeruWon South American middleweight title
38Win35–2–1Rodolfo RosalesPTS10Apr 6, 1977San Luis, San Luis, Argentina
37Win34–2–1Rodolfo RosalesPTS10Feb 23, 1977Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
36Win33–2–1Julio MedinaTKO3 Dec 10, 1976Mendoza, Mendoza, ArgentinaWon vacant Argentina middleweight title
35Win32–2–1Pedro AcuñaTKO1 Nov 26, 1976Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
34Win31–2–1Raul PaezTKO2 Nov 5, 1976Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
33Win30–2–1Francisco Rodriguez MartinTKO2 Oct 8, 1976Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
32Win29–2–1Juan Carlos ArtazaKO10 Sep 10, 1976Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
31Win28–2–1Juan Carlos BogadoTKO10 Aug 6, 1976Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
30Win27–2–1Roberto MarzialiTKO9 Jul 8, 1976Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
29Win26–2–1Gregorio NavarroTKO4 Jun 11, 1976Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
28Loss25–2–1Norberto CabreraPTS10May 21, 1976Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
27Win25–1–1Roque RoldanPTS10Mar 27, 1976Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
26Win24–1–1Hugo SaavedraDQ10 Mar 5, 1976Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
25Win23–1–1Hugo ObregonPTS10Feb 6, 1976Salta, Salta, Argentina
24Win22–1–1Hugo ObregonPTS10Dec 19, 1975Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
23Win21–1–1Norberto CabreraPTS10Nov 7, 1975Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
22Win20–1–1Hugo SaavedraPTS10Sep 27, 1975Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
21Win19–1–1Camilo GaitanRTD4 Aug 22, 1975Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
20Win18–1–1Octavio EscaurizaKO3 Jul 25, 1975Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
19Win17–1–1Ramon RobertRTD6 Jul 4, 1975Villa Mercedes, San Luis, Argentina
18Win16–1–1Norberto FleitasTKO4 Jun 13, 1975Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
17Win15–1–1Orlando NasulPTS10May 29, 1975Salta, Salta, Argentina
16Win14–1–1Eliseo NievaTKO8 Mar 26, 1975Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
15Win13–1–1Hugo ObregónTKO6 Mar 7, 1975Salta, Salta, Argentina
14Loss12–1–1Hugo SaavedraKO8 Nov 8, 1974Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
13Win12–0–1Ruben MartinezTKO5 Oct 4, 1974San Juan, San Juan, Argentina
12Win11–0–1Carlos RobledoTKO7 Sep 8, 1974Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
11Win10–0–1Juan Carlos ArtazaPTS10Jul 19, 1974San Juan, San Juan, Argentina
10Win9–0–1Orlando NasulPTS10Jun 20, 1974Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
9Win8–0–1Ruben MartinezTKO5 Apr 14, 1974Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
8Win7–0–1Ramon RobertPTS10Feb 8, 1974Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
7Win6–0–1Rafael LazcanoKO3 Dec 21, 1973Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
6Win5–0–1Pedro BazanDQ4 Dec 7, 1973Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
5Win4–0–1Oscar MercadoKO7 Nov 23, 1973Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
4Win3–0–1Raul FleitaKO2 Oct 26, 1973Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
3Win2–0–1Juan Carlos CanteroRTD4 Oct 5, 1973Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
2Draw1–0–1Pedro BazanPTS6Sep 15, 1973Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
1Win1–0Gastón DietTKO6 Aug 30, 1973Polideportivo Municipal, Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina

Titles in boxing

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