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Luis Firpo

2723 KOs
21 KOs
0Draws
No contest: 2
Last six: W-W-W-W-W-W
Career
division
Heavyweight
status
inactive
bouts
31
rounds
178
KO %
85.2%
KO wins
23
KO losses
1
career
1917–1936
debut
1917-12-10
last fight
1936-05-25
Profile
alias
El Toro Salvaje de las Pampas
trainer
Jimmy DeForrest/Joe Boykin
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
6′ 3″ / 191cm
nationality
Argentina
origin
Junín, Buenos Aires
city / state / zip
Buenos, Aires,
dob
1894-10-11
death
1960-08-07

Latest news

Luis Ángel Firpo, boxing's Wild Bull of the Pampas
2021-11-21 · Troy Media
Which sportsman was the Wild Bull of the Pampas?
2005-08-27 · The Sunday Times,UK
he nickname belonged to the Argentine boxer Luis Firpo, the first Hispanic to fight for the world heavyweight title.…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
May 25
Siska Habarta
0 0 0
W-KO
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
3 of 10
Event →
May 9
Saverio Grizzo
2 5 0
W-KO
Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
1 of 10 · 220 / 217 lbs
Event →
Apr 3
Erminio Spalla
35 5 1
W-PTS
Parque Romano, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
12 of 12 · 221 / 194 lbs
Event →
Apr 5
Al Reich
25 13 1
W-KO
Club Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
1 of 10 · 220 / 214 lbs · 1:45
Event →
Mar 7
Erminio Spalla
29 3 1
W-TKO
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
14 of 15
Event →
Feb 24
Farmer Lodge
9 7 2
W-KO
Club Atletico River Plate, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
5 of 10
Event →
Jul 12
Jess Willard
23 2 0
W-KO
Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
8 of 12 · 214 / 242 lbs · 1:55
Referee: Harry Lewis
Event →
Jun 17
Jim Hibbard
1 4 1
W-KO
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
2 of 10
Event →
Jun 10
Italian Jack Herman
6 7 0
W-KO
Havana, Cuba
2 of 10
Event →
May 12
Jack II
7 0 4
W-KO
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States
3 of 15 · 212 / 200 lbs · 1:02
Judges: Patsy Haley
Referee: Jack O'Sullivan
Event →
Mar 12
Bill Brennan
42 3 3
W-KO
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
12 of 15 · 220 / 203 lbs
Event →
Oct 8
Jim Tracey
10 7 2
W-KO
Club Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
4 of 10
Event →
May 13
Italian Jack Herman
3 3 0
W-TKO
Ebbet's Field, Brooklyn, New York, USA
5 of 10
Event →
Apr 4
Joe McCann
1 0 0
W-KO
Newark, New Jersey, United States
5 of 10
Event →
Mar 20
Tom Maxted
2 0 0
W-KO
Newark, New Jersey, United States
7 of 10 · 227 / 197 lbs
Event →
Sep 27
Fernando Priano
0 4 0
W-KO
San Miguel, Tucuman, Argentina
2 of 10
Event →
Apr 23
Gunboat Smith
1 2 1
W-KO
Club Universitario, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
12 of 12
Event →
Mar 12
Gunboat Smith
1 1 1
W-PTS
Valparaiso, Chile
12 of 12
Event →
Dec 11
Dave Mills
4 2 7
W-KO
Club Universitario, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
South American Heavyweight Title
1 of 10
Event →
Sep 11
Alberto Coleman
0 0 0
?-NC
Teatro Municipal, Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
10
Event →
Jul 7
Antonio Jirsa
0 2 0
W-KO
Club Universitario, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
1 of 10
Event →
Apr 30
Dave Mills
4 1 7
W-KO
Estadio Hippodrome, Santiago de Chile, Chile
South American Heavyweight Title
1 of 10
Event →
Nov 1
Dave Mills
3 1 7
L-PTS
Santiago de Chile, Chile
South American Heavyweight Title
15 of 15
Event →
Apr 26
Arthur Manning
0 1 0
W-KO
Montevideo, Uruguay
3 of 10
Event →
Apr 12
Fernando Priano
0 3 0
W-KO
Montevideo, Uruguay
4 of 10
Event →
Feb 7
Calvin Respress
0 2 0
W-PTS
Santiago de Chile, Chile
15 of 15
Event →
Dec 14
Calvin Respress
0 1 0
W-DQ
Santiago de Chile, Chile
2 of 10
Event →
Nov 9
Ignacio Sepulveda
0 0 0
W-KO
Santiago de Chile, Chile
2 of 10
Event →
Sep 28
William Daly
1 2 0
W-KO
Chillan, Chile
7 of 10
Event →
Jan 12
Angel Rodriguez
13 0 0
L-KO
Teatro Casino, Montevideo, Uruguay
1 of 10 · 218 / 167 lbs
Judges: Jose Gonzalez Soto | Jose Calcagno
Referee: Federico Siepcke
Event →
Dec 10
Frank Hagney
0 3 0
?-ND
Internacional Boxing Club, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
6 of 10
Event →