ARTURO GODOY

Post by **John** » 28 Feb 2002, 20:17

From: Martin Sosa Cameron
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:07 PM
Subject: Fighters Records: little corrections

Dear Friends,
I sent to you this little acclarations in your excellent archive of boxing records; between 1967 and 1974 I wrote many works on this sport from themes of Southamerica, particulary from Argentina, in an excellent magazine of that time, Boxing Illustrated; please, if you need any record of an important Argentine fighters of the '50 to the '70, I could send free his record to you; here, I note this little questions in this records:
ARTURO GODOY, Chilean Heavyweight:
the two bouts against Joe Louis were for the World Heavyweight Championship (in 1940)
and there are not this fights:
Month?-Day?-1950 R. Balbontín, Chile WKO 4
" " 1951 Alfredo Lagay, Chile D 10
EDUARDO LAUSSE, Argentinian Middlweight:
Month?-Day?-1952-Florindo Melone, Córdoba, Argentina WKO 5 (after the bout of 1952-10-04)
" " 1952-A. Aguilar, Lomas de Zamora WKO 1 (after the previous bout)
" " 1952-Miguel Luchessi, La Plata WKO 3 (after the previouws bout)
January 19 -1953-Miguel Luchessi, Buenos Aires, Argentina W 10: This fight never was
May - 06 -1953-Antonio Frontado, Buenos Aires, Argentina WKO 7
Month?-Day?-1953-Rufino Farías, Tucumán, Argentina WKO 5 (after the bout of 1953-11-21)
December 07 -1955-Johnny Sullivan, Cleveland, Ohio WTKO 5 (Sullivan, former English Champion)
-1958: the bout of 05-23 was against Sixto Tiselli in the city ofMar del Plata, argentina; and against Ramón Perelló, of 07-07, in the city of Córdoba, Argentina
KAREL SYS, Belgian Heavyweght
Month?-Day?-1951-Agustín Cerroni, Zárate, Argentina WKO 9
CESAR BRION, Argentine Heavyweight
Month?-Day?-1952-Víctor Carabajal, Catamarca, Argentina WKO 5 (after the bout of 1952-03-03)
" " -1952-Agustín Cerroni, Tucumán, Argentina WKO 6 (after the previous bout)
March 26 -1954-The bout against Mario Pérez was in Paraná, Argentina, and not in "Panamá"
July 8 -1955- " " " " " " " Martínez, Argentina

Dear Fiends: I wait your answer when you received this corrections; when you need other precisions like this, let me know and I, happy, and free, will sent you the material; with my best wishes,
Martin Cameron

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 05 Mar 2002, 05:39

John
This seems reasonable. We are relatively lacking in South American bouts and this would seem to be a good avenue of information.
Colin.

Post by **John** » 05 Mar 2002, 10:45

Martin is contactable via email, if any editors would like his address please email me.

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 05 Mar 2002, 10:51

John,

Please could I have the address, I am working my way through the South Americans in the RRB's but have come across a lot of mistakes so far.

Kev