On February 20, 1967, a 32-year-old Horacio Accavallo (73-1-6, 34 KOs) and Kiyoshi Tanabe met in the ring.
Accavallo came in to the fight on a 46-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 10 days.
Horacio Accavallo lost to Kiyoshi Tanabe via TKO in the 6th round, and adds a loss to his record at 73-2-6.
On August 1, 1959, a 24-year-old Horacio Accavallo (26-0-5, 16 KOs) and Salvatore Burruni met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Accavallo came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days.
Horacio Accavallo lost to Salvatore Burruni via points decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 26-1-5.