Pedro Lovell

Pedro Lovell (born June 8, 1945) is a retired Argentine heavyweight boxer, a knockout artist with a promising career in the 1970s. He is also known for his role as Spider Rico in the films Rocky (1976) and Rocky Balboa (2006). Life and career Lovell was born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father, Santiago Alberto Lovell, who was the brother of former boxer Guillermo Lovell, came from an Afro-Argentine and English-Argentine family, and his mother came from an Italian-Argentine family. He was a citizen of Argentina who decided to make his professional career in the United States. Lovell traveled to California, where, after only a few fights, he became a big drawing card. While his brother, Alberto, Jr., was fighting in Argentina and knocking out the likes of Jose Manuel Ibar Urtain, Pedro racked up a string of nine straight knockouts. However, Pedro's career was hampered by physical injuries and prostate problems.