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==Retirement== Afterwards, Firpo became a car-dealer for [[Stutz_Motor_Company|Stutz]] and a rancher. By 1940 he was ranching on a large scale in [[Carlos Casares, Buenos Aires|Carlos Casares]] with 8,000 cattle, 4,000 sheep and 400 horses. He discovered the boxer [[Abel Cestac]] in July 1940.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News%201940%20Dec-May%201941%20Grayscale/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News%201940%20Dec-May%201941%20Grayscale%20-%200182.pdf |journal=North Tonawanda Evening News |date=15 January 1941 |title=Firpo discovers young wild bull of the pampas |accessdate=2011-10-26}}</ref> Firpo and [[Jack Dempsey]] agreed to jointly manage Cestac, who went on to become the South American heavyweight champion.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwRkoa7EVhcC&pg=PA83 |pages=83–87 |title=The Ageless Warrior: The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore |author1=Mike Fitzgerald |author2=Jake Lamotta |author3=Bert Randolph Sugar |publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |year=2004 |isbn=1-58261-255-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=111966790 |work=The Morning Herald, Bagerstown MD |date=25 July 1945 |title=Cestac Remain Mystery Fighter |accessdate=2011-10-26}}</ref> On his passing in 1960, Luis Firpo was buried in [[La Recoleta Cemetery]] in Buenos Aires. His mausoleum has a statue of him at the front.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dKXnc71NpgQC&dq=La+Recoleta+Cemetery+luis+firpo+statue&pg=PA110 ''The Rough Guide to Buenos Aires'']</ref>
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