Hugo Corro


Hugo Pastor Corro, better known plainly as Hugo Corro, was an Argentine former boxer who was a 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 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 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.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
59Loss50–7–2 Antonio CortiKO4 Feb 17, 1989 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
58Draw50–6–2 Jorge GarcíaPTS10Dec 9, 1988 Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina
57Loss50–6–1 Juan RoldánKO1 Sep 16, 1988 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
56Loss50–5–1 Miguel Angel MaldonadoPTS10Jul 8, 1988 Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina
55Win50–4–1 Manuel PerezPTS10Jun 9, 1988 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
54Win49–4–1 Juan Carlos LedesmaKO4 Feb 4, 1988 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
53Loss48–4–1 Antonio GarridoMD10Dec 4, 1981 Santiago, Santiago, Chile
52Win48–3–1 Juan Alberto MoraKO5 Jul 17, 1981 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
51Loss47–3–1 Vito AntuofermoSD15Jun 30, 1979 Esplanade de Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, MonacoLost WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal middleweight titles
50Win47–2–1 Rodrigo ValdézUD15Nov 11, 1978 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRetained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal middleweight titles
49Win46–2–1 Willie WarrenPTS10Oct 6, 1978 Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
48Win45–2–1 Ronnie HarrisUD15Aug 5, 1978 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRetained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal middleweight titles
47Win44–2–1 Rodrigo ValdézUD15Apr 22, 1978 Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Liguria, ItalyWon WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal middleweight titles
46Win43–2–1 Juan Carlos BogadoPTS10Mar 3, 1978 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
45Win42–2–1 Antonio GarridoPTS12Dec 20, 1977 Mendoza, Mendoza, ArgentinaRetained South American middleweight title
44Win41–2–1 Mario RomersiPTS8Nov 19, 1977 Palazzo dello Sport, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
43Win40–2–1 Bob PattersonKO5 Nov 5, 1977 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
42Win39–2–1 Roque RoldanPTS10Oct 17, 1977 Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba, Argentina
41Win38–2–1 Norberto FleitasKO2 Sep 2, 1977 Mendoza, Mendoza, ArgentinaRetained South American middleweight title
40Win37–2–1 Pedro DuartePTS12Jul 2, 1977 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRetained Argentine middleweight title
39Win36–2–1 Marcelo QuiñonesSD12May 9, 1977 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Lima, PeruWon South American middleweight title
38Win35–2–1 Rodolfo RosalesPTS10Apr 6, 1977 San Luis, San Luis, Argentina
37Win34–2–1 Rodolfo RosalesPTS10Feb 23, 1977 Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
36Win33–2–1 Julio MedinaTKO3 Dec 10, 1976 Mendoza, Mendoza, ArgentinaWon vacant Argentine middleweight title
35Win32–2–1 Pedro AcuñaTKO1 Nov 26, 1976 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
34Win31–2–1 Raul PaezTKO2 Nov 5, 1976 Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
33Win30–2–1 Francisco Rodriguez MartinTKO2 Oct 8, 1976 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
32Win29–2–1 Juan Carlos ArtazaKO10 Sep 10, 1976 Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
31Win28–2–1 Juan Carlos BogadoTKO10 Aug 6, 1976 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
30Win27–2–1 Roberto MarzialiTKO9 Jul 8, 1976 Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
29Win26–2–1 Gregorio NavarroTKO4 Jun 11, 1976 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
28Loss25–2–1 Norberto CabreraPTS10May 21, 1976 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
27Win25–1–1 Roque RoldanPTS10Mar 27, 1976 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
26Win24–1–1 Hugo SaavedraDQ10 Mar 5, 1976 Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
25Win23–1–1 Hugo ObregonPTS10Feb 6, 1976 Salta, Salta, Argentina
24Win22–1–1 Hugo ObregonPTS10Dec 19, 1975 Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
23Win21–1–1 Norberto CabreraPTS10Nov 7, 1975 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
22Win20–1–1 Hugo SaavedraPTS10Sep 27, 1975 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
21Win19–1–1 Camilo GaitanRTD4 Aug 22, 1975 Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
20Win18–1–1 Octavio EscaurizaKO3 Jul 25, 1975 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
19Win17–1–1 Ramon RobertRTD6 Jul 4, 1975 Villa Mercedes, San Luis, Argentina
18Win16–1–1 Norberto FleitasTKO4 Jun 13, 1975 Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
17Win15–1–1 Orlando NasulPTS10May 29, 1975 Salta, Salta, Argentina
16Win14–1–1 Eliseo NievaTKO8 Mar 26, 1975 Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
15Win13–1–1 Hugo ObregónTKO6 Mar 7, 1975 Salta, Salta, Argentina
14Loss12–1–1 Hugo SaavedraKO8 Nov 8, 1974 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
13Win12–0–1 Ruben MartinezTKO5 Oct 4, 1974 San Juan, San Juan, Argentina
12Win11–0–1 Carlos RobledoTKO7 Sep 8, 1974 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
11Win10–0–1 Juan Carlos ArtazaPTS10Jul 19, 1974 San Juan, San Juan, Argentina
10Win9–0–1 Orlando NasulPTS10Jun 20, 1974 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
9Win8–0–1 Ruben MartinezTKO5 Apr 14, 1974 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
8Win7–0–1 Ramon RobertPTS10Feb 8, 1974 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
7Win6–0–1 Rafael LazcanoKO3 Dec 21, 1973 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
6Win5–0–1 Pedro BazanDQ4 Dec 7, 1973 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
5Win4–0–1 Oscar MercadoKO7 Nov 23, 1973 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
4Win3–0–1 Raul FleitaKO2 Oct 26, 1973 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
3Win2–0–1 Juan Carlos CanteroRTD4 Oct 5, 1973 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
2Draw1–0–1 Pedro BazanPTS6Sep 15, 1973 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina
1Win1–0 Gastón DietTKO6 Aug 30, 1973 Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina