Luis Firpo
"The Wild Bull of the Pampas"
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1960
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Career
- 1917–1936
Knocked Jack Dempsey out of the ring in their savage 1923 fight.
Titles & Honours
- South American Heavyweight Champion
Career Timeline
1917–1936- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Angel Rodriguez · L KO
- Signature fight
vs Jess Willard
W KO · Boyle's Thirty Acres , Jersey City , New Jersey. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Charley Weinert · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Arturo Godoy · L RTD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918-01-12 | L | Angel Rodriguez | KO | 1 | Teatro Casino, Montevideo , Montevideo |
| 1918-09-28 | W | William Daly | KO | 7 | Chillán , Biobío |
| 1918-11-09 | W | Ignacio Sepulveda | KO | 2 | Santiago , Santiago |
| 1918-12-14 | W | Calvin Respress | DQ | 2 | Santiago , Santiago |
| 1919-02-07 | W | Calvin Respress | PTS | 15 | Santiago , Santiago |
| 1919-04-12 | W | Fernando Priano | KO | 4 | Montevideo , Montevideo |
| 1919-04-26 | W | Arthur Manning | KO | 3 | Montevideo , Montevideo |
| 1919-11-01 | L | Dave Mills | PTS | 15 | Santiago , Santiago |
| 1920-02-28 | W | Andrés Balsa | KO | 6 | Valparaíso , Valparaíso |
| 1920-04-30 | W | Dave Mills | KO | 1 | Estadio Hippodrome, Santiago , Santiago |
| 1920-07-07 | W | Antonio Jirsa | KO | 1 | Club Universitario, Buenos Aires |
| 1920-12-11 | W | Dave Mills | KO | 1 | Club Universitario, Buenos Aires |
| 1921-03-12 | W | Gunboat Smith | PTS | 12 | Valparaíso , Valparaíso |
| 1921-04-23 | W | Gunboat Smith | KO | 12 | Club Universitario, Buenos Aires |
| 1921-09-27 | W | Fernando Priano | KO | 2 | San Miguel de Tucumán , Tucumán |
| 1922-03-20 | W | Tom Maxted | KO | 7 | Newark , New Jersey |
| 1922-04-04 | W | Joe McCann | KO | 5 | Newark , New Jersey |
| 1922-05-13 | W | Jack Herman | TKO | 5 | Ebbets Field , Brooklyn , New York |
| 1922-10-08 | W | Jim Tracey | KO | 4 | Club Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires |
| 1923-03-12 | W | Bill Brennan | KO | 12 | Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York |
| 1923-05-12 | W | Jack McAuliffe II | KO | 3 | Yankee Stadium , The Bronx , New York |
| 1923-06-10 | W | Jack Herman | KO | 2 | Havana |
| 1923-06-17 | W | Jim Hibbard | KO | 2 | El Toreo, Mexico City |
| 1923-07-12 | W | Jess Willard | KO | 8 | Boyle's Thirty Acres , Jersey City , New Jersey |
| 1923-07-27 | W | Joe Burke | KO | 2 | Battle Creek , Michigan |
| 1923-08-03 | W | Homer Smith | PTS | 10 | Omaha , Nebraska |
| 1923-08-13 | W | Charley Weinert | TKO | 2 | Shibe Park , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |
| 1923-09-14 | L | Jack Dempsey | KO | 2 | Polo Grounds , New York City , New York |
| 1924-02-24 | W | Farmer Lodge | KO | 5 | Club Atlético River Plate, Buenos Aires |
| 1924-03-27 | W | Erminio Spalla | TKO | 14 | Buenos Aires |
| 1924-04-05 | W | Al Reich | KO | 1 | Club Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires |
| 1926-04-03 | W | Erminio Spalla | PTS | 12 | Parque Romano, Buenos Aires |
| 1936-05-09 | W | Saverio Grizzo | KO | 1 | Luna Park , Buenos Aires |
| 1936-05-25 | W | Siska Habarta | KO | 3 | Buenos Aires |
| 1936-07-11 | L | Arturo Godoy | RTD | 3 | Luna Park , Buenos Aires |
Showing 35 of 35 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
Compare with another fighter