Nicolino Locche

[BennyST]

It's easy to see that he had ability to hang with any of today's 140 lb contenders and probably to hold a title belt atleast. Locche made mockery of him, aside from the early scare, a testament to Hernandez's power (which scored him 44 knockouts in 60 wins).

Paul Fuji on the other hand was simply outrageous and made to order for Nicolino, although it was then felt that Fuji's brute power would beat Locche. Fuji was a street fighter whose fights resembled Dempsey-Willard in their brutality. He was left a broken man by Locche however, after finding out that his power was useless when there was nothing to hit.

I'd say even more than that. He'd be a multi time titlist etc. When you have guys like Malignaggi and ****e as titlists, someone like Hernandez would be one of the top fighters in todays division for a long time.

[Flo_Raiden]

What an amazing defensive artist Locche was. Locche had amazing reflexes for such an out of shape man. It was like he could tell the future within 5 seconds. Dude could do totally nutso things like stand with his hands behind his back and dodge incoming punches, and once fought four rounds while holding a conversation with a member of the audience. If he spoke more English, and was willing to leave Argentina, he'd be a legend today.

[eli porter]

Out of interest, how do you pronounce his name? loch or lock or lockeh?

[NChristo]

Out of interest, how do you pronounce his name? loch or lock or lockeh?

Always pronounced it as Lo-key, probably wrong though.

[StarshipTrooper]

If he spoke more English, and was willing to leave Argentina, he'd be a legend today.

He's a legend among people who know boxing. Who gives a **** what casual fans think.....about anything?

Poet

[nomadman]

I love anomalies like Locche, guys who so clearly go against the grain of what we expect and think we know about boxing. To look at Locche you'd expect him to be more of a balls to the wall slugger, not one of the slickest and most naturally talented defensive fighters of all time, which he most certainly was. His punch evasion was sublime. He seemed to have the ability to read what the opponent was likely to do a split second before they did it. Whether this was just an illusion of amazing reflexes, or if he read subtle movements of their body or even if he subconsciously analysed their style throughout a fight and made high-level computations of what they were likely to do given any one particular circumstance I don't know, but it's clear the guy was doing something amazing in there. He made numerous top level fighters look like wildly swinging amateurs. He could just as easily netralise pure boxers with subtle movements of his head and body as he could totally befuddle aggressive fighters with his madly bobbing pre-Whitacker style. Truly a wonderful fighter and an endlessly intriguing man to watch and analyse.

[Holtol]

I love anomalies like Locche, guys who so clearly go against the grain of what we expect and think we know about boxing. To look at Locche you'd expect him to be more of a balls to the wall slugger, not one of the slickest and most naturally talented defensive fighters of all time, which he most certainly was. His punch evasion was sublime. He seemed to have the ability to read what the opponent was likely to do a split second before they did it. Whether this was just an illusion of amazing reflexes, or if he read subtle movements of their body or even if he subconsciously analysed their style throughout a fight and made high-level computations of what they were likely to do given any one particular circumstance I don't know, but it's clear the guy was doing something amazing in there. He made numerous top level fighters look like wildly swinging amateurs. He could just as easily netralise pure boxers with subtle movements of his head and body as he could totally befuddle aggressive fighters with his madly bobbing pre-Whitacker style. Truly a wonderful fighter and an endlessly intriguing man to watch and analyse.

Good post, Once in an interview Wayne Gretzky admitted that he could see things in slow motion. Locche definetly had some sort of extra abilitly or more refined ability that allowed him to avoid punches the way he did.

A while ago I saw a show on Discovery called "The Super Humans" it was a pretty good show. One of the people that they had on the show saw different colours when she heard different sounds. The colours botherd her sometimes but she said it helped her play music and do a lot of other things at a high level. Locche and other great boxers may have quite a different way of perceiving things that allows them to box at the highest level.