The Comedic Timing Of Nicolino Locche 

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My dad told me stories about him. When the round was near end he would start to back up to his corner so that when the bell rang he would just sit, so lazy hhe didn't even walked to the corner. The crowd loved him, he took the blood out of boxing

If you are wondering how relaxed could he be, there is a story about him. Right before the title fight with Fuji, half an hour before getting on the ring, a journalist wanted to interview Locche. He knocked on the door of the changing room and asked if he could ask him some questions. Locche's trainer answered the door and explained that he couldn't talk right now because he was taking a nap. The man was minutes away from getting on the ring to fight the world title holder and he was sleeping. That is how relaxed Locche was.

Always surprises me when so many say they've never heard of El Untouchable. He was the light welter weight champion of the world for years. Also it's a myth that Nicco couldn't punch...he could, he said right throughout his career he didn't like hurting opponents any more than the bare minimum. The guy was absolutely fantastic.

What I love most about Locche was that he was a defensive fighter you could actually enjoy watching. He stayed right in there, toe to toe with the other guy, he wasn't one of those guys who just runs around the outside and clinching the entire fight. He ducked and weaved with the best of them.

He just woke up and felt like being a boxer but he didn’t train and just relaxed and smoked and still became amazing, what a king.

Locche was a guy who understood that boxing is a violent game that looks like a fight. You don't have to beat the other guy up. You just have to win the game.

He figured out the scoring system and gamed the hell out of it by peppering opponents with rapid lovetaps, while excelling at the defensive art of the near miss, yet minimizing his energy consumption, outlasting the other guys. Bravo!

This guy is not a boxer, he's an artist and a damn good one. Very underrated.

Can you imagine how infuriating it must have been to fight this guy? Like, he dodges all your punches and then slaps you, as if you are not even worthy of a proper punch.

Nicolino Locche died at the age of 66, not 58 at stated in this video at 12:38 and amassed a record of 117-4-14 (14 draws). He was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003. The Ring has retrospectively certified him as lineal Junior Welterweight champion from 1968 to 1972.

Mayweather: " I've got the best defense in boxing history" Locche: "Hold my box of cigarettes"

I think Locche is the epitome of what natural talent looks like. This guy was unbelievable.

Not one fighter he fought ever had to worry about dying or getting seriously hurt. The man was literally every fighters guardian angel in the ring. A lesson to learn every fight. You fighting against yourself.

When your strength is 12 but your agility is 93. Looche is not a fighter, he's an artist.

His defensive prowess is an art form by itself! He prefers to bob, weave and slips punches rather than run and hug his opponents! The man is a defensive genius!

I'm from Mendoza Argentina. I've heard about Nicolino Locche ment times during my life. But this is the first time that I've saw his fighting. You don't know how meaningful and impactful this was for me.

People who knew him says that he was a hard puncher tho. But he didnt like to hurt other boxer "they also have a mother" said niccolino. Also, he used to prefer have fun and humillate oponents by dodging and only sofltly counter. He used to snap boxers ass while clinch and used to talk shit to press on the ringside while boxing. He was one of a kind. Extravagant as an artist. Ps. There is a photo of him on the ring disguised as charlie chaplin. It was very like him.

Gracias a mi viejo me vi todas sus peleas en Argentina, Luna Park. Inolvidable. Ganaba peleas casi sin golpear al rival. Se cansaban de tirar golpes al aire.

It's a shame his name doesn't roll off the tongue when talking about the all-time greats. What a legend.

never heard of Locche before. But out of 136 fight he only lost 4, being knocked only once.. damn that has to be one of the most impressive feats in fighting history

One of those fighters who is born with something you simply can't teach. Didn't know much about him until this, knew he was a defensive fighter, didn't know it was like this. Incredible skills.

His defense gave me CHILLS. He knew exactly how fast those punches were and when to react. That was amazing.

He said that he let Fuji punch him a few times because he felt sorry for him... what a legend. Great video and excelent footage quality also.

This guy would talk to the people in the front row... the tale says that the Japanese with whom he won the title only gave him a couple of blows and a VERY strong one that almost left him on the canvas... the coach reproached him for what he did he would take care because he was winning... and loche replied "and well, what do you want, we're in tokio, his people are here... they have to give me a single blow at least..." a monster

5:02 "Everyone had a good laugh. Nobody got hurt." The writer for this video is a comedic one.

Hands-down, my favorite boxer of all time.

Sheer confidence. No anxiety, no anxiousness. All agility. Quick.

Chain smoker (used to smoke cigarettes in between rounds), barely trained for fights...and still, this guy was the closest thing humanity has ever been to Ultra Instinct. Now that's what I call raw talent.

"Be smoke my friend" Nicolino- 2021

“Makes you wonder what ammount of nicotine would be considered PEDs” This guy is a comedic genius

Damnnnn... it's not like he's faster than his opponents... It's like he knew beforehand when they will throw punches... This is legendary

I studied martial arts and boxed for fun; I met a defensive fighter who could not only keep from being hit but could deliver bone breaking power punches and kicks without being hit. Nicolino Locche is a joy to watch because the first rule of boxing is to protect yourself at all times.

He knew exactly when, and exactly how much, he needed to move to avoid getting hit. What an amazing performance.

I don't think the average person has any idea of just how much energy is lost when you miss a punch like Fuji was throwing during this fight. Fuji making it 10 rounds shows he had to have tremendous conditionining

This is the most beautiful aspect of boxing to me. Being able to stand right in front of someone who’s playing the same game without getting touched.

Man you can't touch this dude. Thats Matrix level awareness. His ability to slide away from everything is nuts. Almost impossible to match up with. He doesn't actually need offense. A jab here or there, a flurry. He outpoints you by default. Just insane.

I wrestled for 3 years in high school, and was a rather horrible wrestler my first 2 years. Finally, my senior year of high school, I discovered RU-vid and started watching highlights of defensive fighters like Willie Pep, Pernell Whitaker, and Nicolino Locche. I studied some of their head and upper body movements and decided to apply a lot of that to my wrestling, because if nothing else I at least had the reflexes to use some of it to get out of danger. Well, wouldn’t you know it, it made me a better wrestler! I finished my senior season with a winning record, and even placed 2nd in our final tournament of the year! My ground game was not the best, and whenever anyone got ahold and control of my head, I didn’t know what to do. So, I just basically told myself, “don’t let them touch your head!” I frustrated a lot of guys, and when they figured out that they couldn’t get my head, they started to go for the legs. That’s when my reflexes kicked in and I was able to counter them and earn points. It didn’t ALWAYS lead to victory, but I sure was a lot better than the previous 2 years, and I even went undefeated in my first 6 or 7 matches. Whether it was an ingenious plan on my part, or just sheer, dumb luck, I’ve always given credit to defensive wizards like Whitaker, Pep, and Nicolino Locche-the true “Untouchable”-for making me a better wrestler during that time.

He made the Japanese warrior quit in front of his own crowd, many of whom were in the kamikaze generation. What a beating... Good lord, I love that a fight has broken out about post-modernism beneath my comment. Worth it.

"Everybody laughed, nobody got hurt." lmao that is absolutely hilarious.

You can notice he is really at next level when in the middle of some fights he was talking to people of the crowd... laughing with them... while the opponent all frustrated punching the air!

"Fuji's reckless weight transfer was a massive telegraph. It tapped out a code, that traveled the wires of Nicolino's nicotine fueled nervous system. It reached his muscles, which react with the speed of electricity" That's some hilarious writing omg 😆😆😆

"sometimes his corner gave him a puff or two between rounds" Just crazy! This guy was a natural. You don't get his movement skills just by training hard.

"Using cigarettes as means to control weight", Locche managed to keep the stamina to box until the end of the 15th round on so many occasions. I am left aghast.

Had never heard of him before. Absolutely loved this, his defence technique is just sublime!

A boxing artist. No one ever moved like this, incredible.

His defense alone is a martial art on its own

Even more impressive when you consider how there really is no room for error with that style.

I wish there was more film of Nicolino fighting. It's an absolute pleasure to watch him fight. Never heard of him, thanks to whoever made this documentary!.

He was actually 66 he died 5 days after his birthday. A true legend in his prime. RIP El Intocable

I must've watched this ten times. Here's to ten more! Love watching this guy. My absolute favourite boxer hands down.

This narrator is the best. A+. My dad had me watch one of his fights when I was a kid. He said “come here and watch a guy slap someone for half an hour and not get hit at all.”

Nicolino Locche, the WBA Junior Welterweight World Champion when there were only two belts, was one of the greatest defensive masters in all of Boxing History. Despite being a man that lacked footspeed, he was a quick as a cat in everything he did. He had lightening reflexes in every part of his body. He was beauty in motion who reacted as if he knew what punch was going to be thrown and where it was going to land, and inevitably miss him by an inch or foot. His footwork also only moved a couple of inches or at most a foot or two to evade and set up his own counterpunches. Yet, he was at a sublime Boxer he was meticulously excellent at his trade. His head and body movement defense in the same sphere as Floyd Mayweather, Pernell Whitaker, Willie Pep, and today's Oleksandr Usyk. Locche must be ranked among the defensive greats, if not being THE GREATEST Defensive Boxer in history. His WON-LOST record was a phenomenal Won 117 (14 KO) - Lost 4 (1 KO) - Draws 14. His Won/Lost percentage is an incredible 97%. Locche is indeed one of the Greatest Boxers in Boxing History.

Nicolino un grande. El Intocable, terminaba los combates entero, el adversario se cansaba de recibir trompadas y tirar al aire. Un verdadero campeón.

Locche is the definition of "minimal efforts, maximum results".

I believe this is the first time I have heard of Locce. Unreal! There is defensive genius and there is this guy on a whole other level. It is like he became smoke in the ring - just legendary level timing and reflex! Also to keep as calm as he did is insane! Nothing seemed to phase him - he would probably be able to take a nap during an earthquake 😂

Looked at his record and wondered how can I have never heard of him. Then I see that almost all of his fights were in Argentina against regional opponents. Still, after he won the title, he finished his career at 23 and 2 with 5 title defenses in 4 years. A damn good record in itself.

9:13. That is some of the most fluid motion I've ever seen in the ring. Landed the punch, anticipated the counter, elegantly dodged it. One entire flowing motion. Beautiful.

I have never seen a boxer make his competitor fall with defence !! Mind boggling stuff !! Love you sir . .

Whoever wrote the script for this video has a mastery of language that is at least on par with Locche's mastery of defence

His performance versus Fuji was perfect, because his trainer had the idea to go to Japan much before the fight, without knowing the lenguage Nicolino couldnt go out at night so he was obligated to do his training.

I'am from Buenos Aires, Argentina and I can tell, one of the best defensive fighters in our country was Nicolino without dubts, he and Monzon maked us be proud of Argentinian box, thanks for the video was amazing.

This was brilliantly written and now I'm a big fan of Nicolino.

Thank you for this. My late father used to talk about Locche all the time. He lived in Buenos Aires at that time and use to go watch him fight often. It’s nice to actually get to see some footage of those fights my dad used to talk about. Brings back memories.

This guy could've been absolute monster if he wanted to. More fighters like this please. It's so beautiful to watch.

Such grace in the face of grave danger. Guys trying to take his head clean off of his neck, Nicolino's dancing with them like it's a dress rehearsal, waiting for his next cigarette. Truly an entertaining and fearless man. I appreciate guys like him. The world needs more of them, today, more than ever.

I think he absolutely looks like a brawler, far more than a boxer, but the dude is afreakin' legend! Even Tyson cites him as an inspiration.

Finally hes having the respect he deserves! Such a legend!

He was like ronaldinho in football He was 1% hard work, 99% talent and 100% party

Niccolino had class , never heard of this guy till I came upon this. What a champ.

Excellent documentary! I very much enjoyed watching the story of Locche. They should make a full-length feature film about him.

I think we need to be talking more about this guy for sure….pure magic

I will forever maintain that if there was ever one athlete who somehow had the ability to see into the future and/or slow down time, it was Nicolino Locche. The way he could fight was simply inhuman. And when you take, his chainsmoking , punching power, and terrible training habits into account, he's the greatest defensive fighter of all time and it's not even remotely close. El Intocable in both name and the ring.

Just love the guy, his record speaks for itself. Mesmerising, all young boxers need to watch his skill set.

I have a feeling that the statement about Loche realizing it was a game that looked like a fight and you only had to win the game, may be the most accurate characterization about him. Maybe it looks like just raw talent but I don’t think so. This guy had natural ability sure, but he trained hard to develop it. He fought in an extremely controlled way, with a lot of discipline in the ring. It looks almost lazy because there is so little wasted movement. Watch the way he rolls his left shoulder up to deflect punches - a small but really effective motion. He was a master at reading opponents movements and, given the wide range of styles out there, that takes some experience - in the ring with training partners. But boxing is a game, and the story of yet another hard-working fighter doesn’t sell tickets like the idea of a guy who is just a lazy bum, couldn’t care less, barely tries and embarrasses all these tough guys while puffing on a cig between rounds. I think it’s pretty likely that Loche and his team did everything they could to cultivate that image because, just like me all these years later, peopled loved it.

he is a legend here in Argentina, he my dad always told me how he couldnt get punched, I never understood what he meant, how could you miss such a big target as a human, sureley you can land punches, then I watched him fight

"Any fight can be a life altering experience". Wise words.

Never seen this guy before! His movements were beautiful.

A defense wizard, a genius like no other. 1 in a billion figure

This is one of the rare few RU-vid videos I ever watched end to end more than once. Outstanding presentation of arguably one of the best defensive boxers to date. Love it!

The greatest defensive bóxer of all times, and a brilliant showman, the real máster of disaster, and maybe the Best welterweight of all times, nobody could knock him down in 135 bouts, never visited the canvas

GOAT Nicolino Locche , pure talent

I've never heard about this boxer? But, I want to thank you for the absolutely beautiful narrative of a man who didn't have the power, speed, movement or looks of a champion, his defensive genius is the story I'm glad you told! Thank you for this.

I smiled ear to ear for the whole video. This has got to be the greatest champion I've never heard of. Love a good education

The narrator had me in tears....but jokes aside, Nicolino Locche, was really "Untouchable".

This might possibly be the funniest documentary I’ve ever seen.. “A natural slapper” 🍻

I discovered Nicolino about 15 years ago when I was just stepping into the ring again. I've never seen a more natural fighter in my life. Mayweather made boxing look easy, but it looked like Mayweather had to really practice hard for that skill. Nicolino looks like he was born to box, he was placed here by God to show everyone what hitting without getting hit actual looks like. I also really believe that his lead body hook, is an incredibly hard punch. Look at how hard he snaps it, and the torque he puts on it. That punch tells his opponent one thing, "the crowd is here for 12 rounds and we are going to give them 12, or I'll drill you with this again." Guys legitimately back off from that punch, more so than any other one he throws.

When a *stoppable* force meets an immovable object. I was laughing at this man in the intro but the moment I truly saw how he fight left me in awe, he just can't be touched it almost looks like cheating. What a legend.

“Offense as basic as Ugg Boots and Pumpkin spice” 🔥🔥Hold this W sir

Your never too old to stop learning, i hadn't heard of nicolino but I'll never forget about him now..LEGEND seems a fitting phrase beside his name..

That was awesome he had the shoulder defence of Floyd mayweather the head reflex of sugar Ray Robinson and the footwork of Muhammed Ali, pure genius 👌

I'm from Chile and this guy inspired a whole generation of chileans on how to properly brawl in a bar when dodging bottles and sharp objects, not even joking. My grandpa used to say the small fellas found inspiration on him and there was a before and after his existence; before Locche, being big and tall meant something whereas after, didn't mean shit: a small guy could easily break you in two. They all copied his style. And I guess we all do to this day as I was taught how to spar by my dad

He was the real backbencher topper in the class. The man, the myth, the legend.

This guy could really fight! This is not a joke. He's a Hall Of Famer. 🥊

This was amazing and inspiring. God, what an absolute sensation of a fighter.

This guy was a legend his defense was untouchable...

Thanks for this beautiful tribute for one of the greatest defensive and gentle boxers of all time. I’m from Venezuela and Nicolino is for sure my favorite boxer.

One of my favorite fighters. I learned of him in early 2010's, and I couldn't stop watching him. He really was hilarous to watch 😅

The dodging on Locche put on display during that Fuji fight is otherworldly. Had a big grin on my face the whole time

This is the greatest boxing video of all time! First, there's the incredibly witty and hilariously funny narrator who will have you laughing so hard that you'll have to go to the Emergency Room. Then, there's the insanely funny irony of this great boxer being a lazy chain smoker who absolutely hated training for the very sport he chose as a career. Lastly, there's the fact that this boxer was actually brilliant in technique. I dare anyone to find a better, more hilarious boxing video than this one. Great video!!!