Firpo Segura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Firpo Segura

Mexican boxer

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1907

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1968

Profession: boxer, amateur wrestler

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Francisco Segura García (November 10, 1907 – January 15, 1968) was a Mexican Boxer, Movie actor and Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Firpo Segura, given the name after the Argentine boxer Luis Ángel Firpo.
As a boxer he held both the Mexican Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Championship and as a luchador he won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship on four occasions and the Mexican National Middleweight Championship once.
Segura became one of the first Mexican born stars of Lucha Libre and is at times referred to as the "First Idol of Lucha Libre" being one of the first Mexican born wrestlers to receive top billing in lucha libre.