Horacio Accavallo
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Horacio Enrique Accavallo (14 October 1934 – 14 September 2022) was an Argentine professional boxer who competed from 1956 until 1967. He held the undisputed World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight titles from 1966 to 1968.<ref name="a">"Sport in Brief "Boxing" " The Associated Press, Reading Eagle (Reading, Pennsylvania, United States), 2 March 1966.</ref><ref name="b">"Accavallo Has Flyweight Title" UPI, The Washington Reporter (Washington, Pennsylvania, United States), 2 March 1966.</ref><ref name="c">"Ring Results" The Associated Press, Spokane Daily Chronicle (Spokane, Washington, United States), 2 March 1966.</ref><ref name="d">"Argentine's Accavallo Wins Flyweight Title" UPI, Madera Tribune (Madera, California, United States), 1 March 1966.</ref><ref name="e">World Boxing Council Ratings on August 1966
- (Spanish) "Trabajos del Consejo Mundial de Box" UPI, El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico), 28 August 1966.
World Boxing Association Ratings on August 1966
- (Spanish) "Clasificaciones de Box de la A.M.B." UPI, El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico), 1 September 1966.
WBC Ratings on August 1966
Flyweight (Spanish: Peso Mosca)WBA Ratings on August 1966
Flyweight (Spanish: Peso Mosca)Champion: Horacio Accavallo (Argentina)
1. Walter McGowan (Scotland)
2. Hiroyuki Ebihara (Japan)
3. Kiyoshi Tanabe (Japan)
4. Efren "Alacrán" Torres (Mexico)
5. Katsuyoshi Takayama (Japan)
6. Puntip Keosuriya (Thailand)
7. René Libeer (France)
8. Chartchai Chionoi (Thailand)
9. Rocky Gattellari (Australia)
10. Al Diaz (Philippines)Champion: Horacio Accavallo (Argentina)
1. Kiyoshi Tanabe (Japan)
2. Walter McGowan (Scotland)
3. Puntip Keosuriya (Thailand)
4. Hiroyuki Ebihara (Japan)
5. Katsuyoshi Takayama (Japan)
6. Chartchai Chionoi (Thailand)
7. Alacrán Torres (Mexico)
8. Jose Severino (Brazil)
9. Thongchai Supassamuth (Thailand)
10. Salvatore Burruni (Italy)
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Professional career
Accavallo fought mainly in Argentina. On 1 March 1966, he won the vacant WBA & WBC world flyweight championship by outpointing Katsuyoshi Takayama on 15-round split decision in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" /><ref name="c" /><ref name="d" /><ref name="e" /> Accavallo had been the second contender for the world flyweight title held by Salvatore Burruni. The WBA & WBC had mandated that Burruni fight Hiroyuki Ebihara (the first contender). But Burruni chose to defend the title against Rocky Gattellari. The WBA & WBC stripped the champion of his crown and sanctioned the Accavallo - Katsuyoshi Takayama (the third contender) match for the title. Accavallo retired as the reigning WBA champion after escaping with a controversial 15 round majority decision victory over former world flyweight champion Hiroyuki Ebihara.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 83 | Template:Yes2Win | 75–2–6 | Hiroyuki Ebihara | MD | 15 | 12 Aug 1967 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 82 | Template:Yes2Win | 74–2–6 | Heleno Vitor Ferreira | PTS | 10 | 8 Jul 1967 | Template:Small | |
| 81 | Template:No2Loss | 73–2–6 | Kiyoshi Tanabe | TKO | 6 (10), Template:Small | 20 Feb 1967 | Template:Small | |
| 80 | Template:Yes2Win | 73–1–6 | Efren Torres | UD | 15 | 10 Dec 1966 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 79 | Template:Yes2Win | 72–1–6 | Ursino Bernal | RTD | 7 (10) | 7 Oct 1966 | Template:Small | |
| 78 | Template:Yes2Win | 71–1–6 | Juan Carlos Moreyra | PTS | 10 | 23 Sep 1966 | Template:Small | |
| 77 | Template:Yes2Win | 70–1–6 | Hiroyuki Ebihara | UD | 15 | 15 Jul 1966 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 76 | Template:Yes2Win | 69–1–6 | Pedro Hermógenes Guevara | KO | 9 (10) | 13 May 1966 | Template:Small | |
| 75 | Template:Yes2Win | 68–1–6 | Ursino Bernal | PTS | 10 | 22 Apr 1966 | Template:Small | |
| 74 | Template:Yes2Win | 67–1–6 | Katsuyoshi Takayama | SD | 15 | 1 Mar 1966 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 73 | Template:Yes2Win | 66–1–6 | Ursino Bernal | KO | 8 (10) | 17 Dec 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 72 | Template:Yes2Win | 65–1–6 | Juan Carlos Moreyra | TKO | 6 (10) | 19 Nov 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 71 | Template:Yes2Win | 64–1–6 | Pedro Hermógenes Guevara | TKO | 8 (10) | 20 Aug 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 70 | Template:Yes2Win | 63–1–6 | Salvatore Burruni | UD | 10 | 7 Aug 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 69 | Template:Yes2Win | 62–1–6 | Ursino Bernal | PTS | 10 | 16 Jul 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 68 | Template:Yes2Win | 61–1–6 | Juan Carlos Moreyra | PTS | 10 | 2 Jul 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 67 | Template:Yes2Win | 60–1–6 | Ursino Bernal | PTS | 10 | 19 Jun 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 66 | Template:Yes2Win | 59–1–6 | Juan Carlos Moreyra | KO | 8 (10) | 8 May 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 65 | Template:Yes2Win | 58–1–6 | Demetrio Carbajal | KO | 9 (10) | 9 Apr 1965 | Template:Small | |
| 64 | Template:Yes2Win | 57–1–6 | Nelson Alarcón | PTS | 12 | 12 Dec 1964 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 63 | Template:Yes2Win | 56–1–6 | Eugenio Hurtado | TKO | 6 (10) | 26 Sep 1964 | Template:Small | |
| 62 | Template:Yes2Win | 55–1–6 | Juan Carlos Moreyra | PTS | 10 | 30 Jul 1964 | Template:Small | |
| 61 | Template:Yes2Win | 54–1–6 | Juan Carlos Moreyra | PTS | 10 | 3 Jul 1964 | Template:Small | |
| 60 | Template:Yes2Win | 53–1–6 | Juan Carlos Moreyra | UD | 10 | 12 Jun 1964 | Template:Small | |
| 59 | Template:Yes2Win | 52–1–6 | Eugenio Hurtado | UD | 10 | 16 May 1964 | Template:Small | |
| 58 | Template:Yes2Win | 51–1–6 | Armando Mansilla | TKO | 5 (10) | 21 Mar 1964 | Template:Small | |
| 57 | Template:Yes2Win | 50–1–6 | Julio Romero | TKO | 8 (10) | 7 Feb 1964 | Template:Small | |
| 56 | Template:Yes2Win | 49–1–6 | Abelardo Martínez | TKO | 8 (10) | 15 Jan 1964 | Template:Small | |
| 55 | Template:Yes2Win | 48–1–6 | Demetrio Carbajal | TKO | 11 (12) | 26 Oct 1963 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 54 | Template:Yes2Win | 47–1–6 | Julio Romero | PTS | 10 | 10 Oct 1963 | Template:Small | |
| 53 | Template:Yes2Win | 46–1–6 | Ursino Bernal | KO | 8 (10) | 28 Sep 1963 | Template:Small | |
| 52 | Template:Yes2Win | 45–1–6 | Júpiter Mansilla | PTS | 15 | 7 Sep 1963 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 51 | Template:Yes2Win | 44–1–6 | Fidel Folch | TKO | 4 (10) | 2 Aug 1963 | Template:Small | |
| 50 | Template:Yes2Win | 43–1–6 | Armando Mansilla | PTS | 10 | 13 Jul 1963 | Template:Small | |
| 49 | Template:Yes2Win | 42–1–6 | Ramón Arias | UD | 10 | 22 Jun 1963 | Template:Small | |
| 48 | Template:Yes2Win | 41–1–6 | Fidel Folch | TKO | 5 (10) | 24 May 1963 | Template:Small | |
| 47 | Template:Yes2Win | 40–1–6 | Armando Mansilla | PTS | 10 | 10 May 1963 | Template:Small | |
| 46 | Template:Yes2Win | 39–1–6 | Júpiter Mansilla | PTS | 10 | 6 Apr 1963 | Template:Small | |
| 45 | Template:Yes2Win | 38–1–6 | Júpiter Mansilla | PTS | 10 | 16 Nov 1962 | Template:Small | |
| 44 | Template:Yes2Win | 37–1–6 | Carlos Omar Rodríguez | PTS | 12 | 8 Sep 1962 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 43 | Template:Yes2Win | 36–1–6 | Jesús Hernández | TKO | 9 (10) | 21 Jul 1962 | Template:Small | |
| 42 | Template:Yes2Win | 35–1–6 | Demetrio Carbajal | PTS | 10 | 19 May 1962 | Template:Small | |
| 41 | Template:Yes2Win | 34–1–6 | Salvatore Manca | DQ | 8 (10) | 14 Apr 1962 | Template:Small | |
| 40 | Template:Yes2Win | 33–1–6 | Jesús Hernández | PTS | 10 | 12 Dec 1961 | Template:Small | |
| 39 | Template:Yes2Win | 32–1–6 | Júpiter Mansilla | PTS | 15 | 7 Oct 1961 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 38 | Template:Yes2Win | 31–1–6 | Carlos Omar Rodríguez | PTS | 12 | 1 Jul 1961 | Template:Small | Template:Small |
| 37 | Template:Yes2Win | 30–1–6 | Juan Carlos Acebal | PTS | 10 | 8 Apr 1961 | Template:Small | |
| 36 | Template:Yes2Win | 29–1–6 | Carlos Miranda | PTS | 10 | 22 Oct 1960 | Template:Small | |
| 35 | Template:Yes2Win | 28–1–6 | Julio Barrera | KO | 5 (10) | 7 Sep 1960 | Template:Small | |
| 34 | Template:DrawDraw | 27–1–6 | Giacomo Spano | PTS | 10 | 1 Jul 1960 | Template:Small | |
| 33 | Template:Yes2Win | 27–1–5 | Antonio Gómez | TKO | 7 (10) | 9 Apr 1960 | Template:Small | |
| 32 | Template:No2Loss | 26–1–5 | Salvatore Burruni | PTS | 10 | 1 Aug 1959 | Template:Small | |
| 31 | Template:Yes2Win | 26–0–5 | Giacomo Spano | PTS | 10 | 30 May 1959 | Template:Small | |
| 30 | Template:DrawDraw | 25–0–5 | Pablo Osuna | PTS | 10 | 1 May 1959 | Template:Small | |
| 29 | Template:Yes2Win | 25–0–4 | Salvatore Manca | PTS | 10 | 13 Apr 1959 | Template:Small | |
| 28 | Template:DrawDraw | 24–0–4 | Salvatore Manca | PTS | 10 | 12 Feb 1959 | Template:Small | |
| 27 | Template:DrawDraw | 24–0–3 | Giacomo Spano | PTS | 10 | 5 Feb 1959 | Template:Small | |
| 26 | Template:Yes2Win | 24–0–2 | Angelo Rampin | PTS | 8 | 14 Jan 1959 | Template:Small | |
| 25 | Template:Yes2Win | 23–0–2 | Francisco Carreno | PTS | 10 | 12 Dec 1958 | Template:Small | |
| 24 | Template:Yes2Win | 22–0–2 | Giacomo Spano | PTS | 10 | 20 Nov 1958 | Template:Small | |
| 23 | Template:Yes2Win | 21–0–2 | Salvatore Burruni | PTS | 8 | 12 Oct 1958 | Template:Small | |
| 22 | Template:Yes2Win | 20–0–2 | Ricardo Valdez | TKO | 9 (10) | 27 Aug 1958 | Template:Small | |
| 21 | Template:Yes2Win | 19–0–2 | Avelino Romero | TKO | 5 (10) | 9 Jul 1958 | Template:Small | |
| 20 | Template:Yes2Win | 18–0–2 | Hector Coria | TKO | 8 (10) | 13 May 1958 | Template:Small | |
| 19 | Template:Yes2Win | 17–0–2 | Vicente Bruno | TKO | 7 (10) | 1 Apr 1958 | Template:Small | |
| 18 | Template:Yes2Win | 16–0–2 | Juan Carlos Acebal | PTS | 10 | 17 Jan 1958 | Template:Small | |
| 17 | Template:Yes2Win | 15–0–2 | Eduardo Lliuzzi | KO | 6 (10) | 6 Dec 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 16 | Template:Yes2Win | 14–0–2 | Hector Barrera | PTS | 10 | 9 Nov 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 15 | Template:Yes2Win | 13–0–2 | Ramon Juarez | PTS | 10 | 16 Aug 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 14 | Template:Yes2Win | 12–0–2 | Marcelo Quiroga | TKO | 6 (10) | 15 May 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 13 | Template:Yes2Win | 11–0–2 | Abraham Esteban | PTS | 10 | 20 Apr 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 12 | Template:DrawDraw | 10–0–2 | German Escudero | PTS | 10 | 30 Mar 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 11 | Template:Yes2Win | 10–0–1 | Jose Costa | KO | 4 (10) | 22 Feb 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 10 | Template:Yes2Win | 9–0–1 | Carlos Cappozzuca | RTD | 3 (10) | 1 Feb 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 9 | Template:Yes2Win | 8–0–1 | Carlos Romero Luque | KO | 7 (8) | 25 Jan 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 8 | Template:Yes2Win | 7–0–1 | Hector Coria | KO | 6 (8) | 11 Jan 1957 | Template:Small | |
| 7 | Template:Yes2Win | 6–0–1 | Alfredo Rios | KO | 4 (8) | 28 Dec 1956 | Template:Small | |
| 6 | Template:DrawDraw | 5–0–1 | Luis Angel Jimenez | PTS | 8 | 5 Dec 1956 | Template:Small | |
| 5 | Template:Yes2Win | 5–0 | Lorenzo Ordenes | KO | 2 (8) | 30 Nov 1956 | Template:Small | |
| 4 | Template:Yes2Win | 4–0 | Cecilio Serantes | TKO | 7 (8) | 16 Nov 1956 | Template:Small | |
| 3 | Template:Yes2Win | 3–0 | Pablo Sosa | KO | 3 (8) | 12 Oct 1956 | Template:Small | |
| 2 | Template:Yes2Win | 2–0 | Mario Cabrera | KO | 4 (6) | 5 Oct 1956 | Template:Small | |
| 1 | Template:Yes2Win | 1–0 | Emilio Avila | TKO | 5 (6) | 21 Sep 1956 | Template:Small |
Titles in boxing
Major world titles
- WBA flyweight champion (112 lbs)
- WBC flyweight champion (112 lbs)
Regional/International titles
- Argentina flyweight champion (112 lbs)
- South American flyweight champion (112 lbs)
Undisputed titles
See also
References
External links
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- 2022 deaths
- Flyweight boxers
- World flyweight boxing champions
- World Boxing Association champions
- World Boxing Council champions
- Boxers from Buenos Aires Province
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- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen