[Rocco Del Sesto]

01/21/67 Saturday
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Humberto Ghiotti – HW (0-1-0) vs. Luis Pires – HW (4-0-0)

Humberto Ghiotti - Rating 1 Argentina
Heavyweight 1966-68,71,77
2 wins / 8 losses / 0 draws / 2 KO

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Ghiotti's first 2 fights were both 4th round KO's at the hands of Luis Pires in November 1966 and Jan. 1967. After winning a 1st round KO of Bruno Segura(0-4 at the time), he was stopped in the 4th round by Justo Benitez. Humberto then traveled to San Antonio, Texas and took on Wayne Heath (10-8-0). Heath KO'd Humberto in the 1st.

Ghiotti then went back home to finish his career, well almost. He beat Carlos Paez(0-3-0) then was disqualified in the 1st round in a fight with Alberto Benassi. Pires then KO'd Humberto in the 5th round in December 1968. Humberto then did not fight until March 1971 when he fought Gregorio Peralta. Peralta KO'd him in the 2nd. That was it for Ghiotti's career. So we thought, when all of a sudden in November 1977 he shows up in Parksville, BC, Canada to fight one Scotty Welsh. Welsh dispatches Ghiotti into final oblivion in the 5th round.

Luis Pires - Rating 3 Brazil
Heavyweight 1965-79
28 wins / 11 losses / 1 draw / 16 KO

Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Birthplace: Minas Gerais Eubanque de Camar
Manager: Abraham Katzenelson

Rating by: Billy Dennis, modified by: Rocco Del Sesto

Pires defeated Hiram Campos in his first two fights. Campos was the reigning Brazilian LHW Champ at the time of that 2nd fight. In May 1967 with a 5-0-0 record Pires defeated Roberto Davila for the South American Heavyweight Title. Davila according to BoxRec. had been proclaimed South American HW Champion as of Dec. 29, 1966. In Pires next fight he went up against Oscar Bonavena. Ringo won by TKO in the 6th round. Bonavena defeated Pires in a rematch in March 1969 again by TKO, this time in the 8th. Later in 1969 Pires lost to Eduardo Corletti and Santiago Alberto Lovell. In Oct and Dec. 1969 he defeated an unbeaten William Burton(12-0-1 at the time) and Bill Drover.

In Jan. 1970 he fought a 10 round draw with Al Jones. Jones broke his hand in the 1st round of the fight. Over the next couple of years Pires fought a number of recognizable heavyweights. He beat Miguel Paez, Santiago Lovell, lost to Bonavena again by TKO, lost a 10 round decision with Ernie Terrell, beat Burton and Bill Drover again. In October 1971 Pires fought George Foreman in New York's Madison Square Garden. Pires was TKO'd in the 4th as he had his arm broken by a punch from Foreman.

Pires layed off for a whole year before he came back in Oct. 1972 against Ron Lyle(17-0-0 at the time) in Denver, colorado. Lyle KO'd Pires in the 3rd. Pires then fought next in May 1973 and won his next 10 fights, all back home in Brazil. He defeated Manuel Ramos, beat a Domingo Silveira to fill the South American HW Title. He defeated Robert Davila next defending that title, the Pires defeated Vasco Faustino for the Brazilian HW Title. Pires won 5 more fights after that before he lost the South American HW Title to Domingo D'Elia in May 1978 and then lost his last career fight in a rematch with D'Elia in Feb. 1979.

As noted above this Pires was an original creation of Billy Dennis that was posted on cornerwork. He had him rated a 1 which looking at his career I thought it to be more like a 2 or 3. I ended up with a 3 after doing some tweaking and play testing.

The fight....
Both of these South American heavyweight fighters are just getting their careers started. For Pires from Brazil, he’s 4-0 on his way to future fame as Brazilian and South American HW title holder. For Ghiotti who lost by 4th round KO to Pires in Montevideo, Uruguay back in November 1966 in his first professional fight, he would be going no where pretty much.
The fight in January 1967 was a repeat just like in the previous November with Pires knocking out Ghiotti in the 4th round. Our replay fight, which I scheduled as an 8 rounder, not knowing for sure the length, the referee did not let the fight go even that far. In the first round after surprising Pires early with some quick punches connecting for a handful of points, Pires regrouped and fended off most of the rest of Ghiotti’s punches in the round while landing himself enough to win the round. The 2nd round, Pires just pours it on and pounds Ghiotti who cannot defend himself. Pires lands a big left that decks Ghiotti for a quick 2 counts, but Pires continues to connect at will, and seeing that the Argentinean cannot defend himself, the referee jumps in and ends the fight at the 2:13 mark. A 2nd round TKO victory for Luis Pires.