Éder Jofre

Éder Jofre
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Real name	Éder Jofre
Nickname(s)	Galo de Ouro (Golden Rooster) Jofrinho (Lil' Jofre)
Rated at	Bantamweight Featherweight
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Reach	168 cm (66 in)
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1936-03-26) March 26, 1936 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	78
Wins	72
Wins by KO	50
Losses	2
Draws	4
No contests	0

Éder Jofre (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛdeɾ ˈʒofɾi]; born March 26, 1936) is a retired Brazilian professional boxer and former Bantamweight and Featherweight champion. He is ranked #85 on Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers Of All Time list.

Amateur career

Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Olympic results

• First-round bye
• Defeated Thein Myint (Burma) on points
• Lost to Claudio Barrientos (Chile) on points

Pro career

A native of São Paulo, Jofre, son of Aristides, whose nicknames were "Galinho de ouro" (The Golden Bantam) and "Jofrinho", made his professional debut on March 23, 1957, beating Raul Lopez by knockout in five rounds. He had twelve fights in 1957, including two each against Lopez, Osvaldo Perez and Ernesto Miranda, against whom Jofre sustained his first two record stains: two ten-round draws (ties).

He began 1958 by winning four more fights, and then, on May 14 of that year, he had his first fight abroad, drawing in ten rounds against Ruben Caceres in Montevideo, Uruguay. On November 14, Jose Smecca became the only man to drop Jofre in his career; Jofre got up from a first-round knockdown to knock Smecca out in seven rounds.

Jofre won eight fights in 1959, including one against two-time world title challenger Leo Espinoza, and a seventh-round knockout in a rematch with Caceres.

On February 19, 1960, he fought Ernesto Miranda for the third time, this time with the South American Bantamweight title on the line. Jofre outpointed Miranda over fifteen rounds to win his first title as a professional. Jofre retained the title with a knockout in three rounds in a fourth fight with Miranda, and, after one more win, he made his American debut, defeating top-ranked challenger Jose Medel by knockout in ten rounds on August 16 at Los Angeles. Next, he defeated the power-punching Ricardo Moreno (later ranked among boxing's all-time best punchers by Ring Magazine), by a knockout in the sixth round.

On November 18 of that year, Jofre became world champion, when he knocked out Eloy Sanchez in six rounds, at Los Angeles, to claim the vacant WBA World Bantamweight title.

Jofre proved to be a busy world champion, fighting top-notch fighters, both in title engagements and in non-title fights. From 1960 to 1965, he retained his title against Piero Rollo, Ramon Arias (in Caracas, Venezuela), Johnny Caldwell, Herman Marques, Jose Medel, Katsuyoshi Aoki (in Tokyo), Johnny Jamito (in Manila) and Bernardo Caraballo (in Bogotá, Colombia).

In addition, he defeated such fighters as Billy Peacock, Sadao Yaoita and Fernando Soto in non-title bouts. After the fight with Aoki, Jofre was also recognized as World Bantamweight Champion by the WBC, therefore, becoming the Undisputed World Champion.

Up until his defense against Caraballo, Jofre had the record for the longest undefeated run in boxing history since the start of a career. This record would shortly after be broken by Nino Benvenuti and, much later on, by Julio César Chávez.

On May 17, 1965, his streak as an undefeated fighter was broken when he lost to "Fighting Harada" by a controversial fifteen-round split decision in Nagoya, Japan, to lose the world Bantamweight title. Harada was the only fighter ever to defeat Jofre as a professional.

After losing to Harada by unanimous decision at a rematch held in Tokyo on June 1, 1966, Jofre retired.

In 1969, he made a comeback, beating Rudy Corona by a knockout in six rounds on August 26. After winning thirteen fights in a row, he challenged for a world title once again: on May 5, 1973, he fought Jose Legra for the WBC world Featherweight title, in Brasilia. Jofre became a two-division world champion by defeating Legra with a fifteen-round majority decision.

Despite having won his second world title, Jofre realized he was nearing the end of the road as far as his boxing career was concerned. He defeated Frankie Crawford in a non-title affair and defended his world Featherweight title against fellow former world Bantamweight champion Vicente Saldivar of Mexico, in a "super fight" held at Salvador. He knocked Saldivar out in four rounds.

After a string of fights against lesser opponents, he retired, having beaten the Mexican Octavio Gomez by a unanimous but controversial decision (120 – 110 by judge Antonio Di, 119 – 115 by judge Adriano Carollo and 117 – 116 by judge Américo Vieira) in São Paulo on October 8, 1976. In this last fight, Jofre was slow and uncertain, and himself put in doubt the correctness of the arbiter's decision ("Digam o que disserem, eu não venci Famoso Gomez", in the Rio de Janeiro newspaper O Globo).

He had a record of 72–2–4 (50 KOs), making him a member of the exclusive group of boxers that has won 50 or more fights by knockout.

It is commonly believed that Jofre was the first world champion to be a strict vegetarian.

Boxing trainer

Jofre has since dedicated himself to being a boxing trainer in Brazil. He also owns businesses such as supermarkets and others.

Exhibitions and calisthenics

Jofre has occasionally come out of retirement to fight exhibitions. Some of his more noteworthy exhibitions have been against Servilio de Oliveira^[1] and the late Alexis Arguello.^[2] In 2010, at age 74, Jofre, a physical fitness fanatic who is still the reflection of great health, put out a calisthenics video.^[3]

Professional boxing record

72 Wins (50 knockouts, 22 decisions), 2 Losses (2 decisions), 4 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	72–2–4	Octavio Gomez	UD	12	1976-10-08	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	71–2–4	Juan Antonio López	UD	10	1976-08-13	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	70–2–4	Jose Antonio Jimenez	UD	10	1976-07-02	Ginásio do Corinthians, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	69–2–4	Pasqualino Morbidelli	KO	4 (10), 1:07	1976-05-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	68–2–4	Michel Lefevbre	KO	3 (10), 1:15	1976-05-02	Ginásio Presidente Medici, Brasília
Win	67–2–4	Enzo Farinelli	KO	4 (10)	1976-02-24	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Win	66–2–4	Niliberto Herrera	UD	10	1975-01-03	Jundiaí, São Paulo
Win	65–2–4	Vicente Saldivar	KO	4 (15)	1973-10-21	Ginásio Municipal, Bauru, São Paulo	Retained WBC featherweight title. Title stripped on June 18, 1974 due to inactivity.
Win	64–2–4	Frankie Crawford	UD	10	1973-08-25	Ginásio Municipal, Bauru, São Paulo
Win	63–2–4	Godfrey Stevens	KO	4 (10)	1973-07-21	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	62–2–4	José Legrá	MD	15	1973-05-05	Ginásio Presidente Medici, Brasília	Won WBC featherweight title.
Win	61–2–4	Djiemai Belhadri	KO	3 (10)	1972-09-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	60–2–4	Shig Fukuyama	TKO	9 (10)	1972-08-18	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	59–2–4	Jose Bisbal	KO	2 (10)	1972-06-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	58–2–4	Felix Figueroa	PTS	10	1972-04-28	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	57–2–4	Guillermo Morales	KO	6 (10), 2:35	1972-03-24	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	56–2–4	Robert Porcel	KO	2 (10), 2:37	1971-10-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	55–2–4	Tony Jumao-As	PTS	10	1971-09-10	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	54–2–4	Domenico Chiloiro	PTS	10	1971-07-09	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	53–2–4	Jerry Stokes	KO	2 (10)	1971-03-26	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	52–2–4	Giovanni Girgenti	PTS	10	1970-11-06	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	51–2–4	Roberto Wong	KO	3 (10)	1970-09-25	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	50–2–4	Manny Elias	UD	10	1970-05-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	49–2–4	Nevio Carbi	PTS	10	1970-01-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	48–2–4	Rudy Corona	KO	6 (10)	1969-08-27	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Loss	47–2–4	Fighting Harada	UD	15	1966-05-31	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo	For Lineal, WBC, WBA & The Ring bantamweight titles.
Draw	47–1–4	Manny Elias	PTS	10	1965-11-05	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Loss	47–1–3	Fighting Harada	SD	15	1965-05-18	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Aichi	Lost Lineal, WBC, WBA & The Ring bantamweight titles.
Win	47–0–3	Bernardo Caraballo	KO	7 (15), 2:50	1964-11-27	Plaza de Toros de Santamaría, Bogotá	Retained Lineal, WBC, WBA & The Ring bantamweight titles.
Win	46–0–3	Johnny Jamito	TKO	12 (15)	1963-05-18	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Metro Manila	Retained Lineal, WBC, WBA & The Ring bantamweight titles.
Win	45–0–3	Katsutoshi Aoki	KO	3 (15), 2:12	1962-09-11	Kokugikan, Tokyo	Retained Lineal, WBA & The Ring bantamweight titles.
Win	44–0–3	José Medel	KO	6 (15)	1962-09-11	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo	Retained Lineal, WBA & The Ring bantamweight titles.
Win	43–0–3	Herman Marques	TKO	10 (15), 2:15	1962-05-04	Cow Palace, Daly City, California	Retained Lineal, NBA & The Ring bantamweight titles.
Win	42–0–3	Johnny Caldwell	TKO	10 (15), 2:45	1962-01-18	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo	Won vacant Lineal bantamweight title. Retained NBA & The Ring bantamweight titles. Johnny Caldwell was EBU & BBBofC recognised World bantamweight Champion.
Win	41–0–3	Fernando Gonçalves	KO	8 (10), 1:45	1961-12-06	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	40–0–3	Ramon Arias	TKO	7 (15)	1961-08-19	Estadio Universitario, Caracas	Retained NBA & The Ring bantamweight titles.
Win	39–0–3	Sadao Yaoita	KO	10 (10), 2:12	1961-07-26	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	38–0–3	Sugar Ray	KO	2 (10)	1961-04-18	Ginásio do Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	37–0–3	Piero Rollo	RTD	9 (15)	1961-03-2	Botafogo Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro	Retained NBA bantamweight title. Won vacant The Ring bantamweight title. Rollo was unable to answer the bell for the 10th round.
Win	36–0–3	Billy Peacock	KO	2 (10)	1960-12-16	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	35–0–3	Eloy Sanchez	KO	6 (15), 1:30	1960-11-18	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California	Won vacant NBA bantamweight title. Relinquished the South American title.
Win	34–0–3	Ricardo Moreno	TKO	6 (10)	1960-09-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	33–0–3	José Medel	KO	10 (12)	1960-08-18	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Win	32–0–3	Claudio Barrientos	TKO	8 (10)	1960-07-15	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	31–0–3	Ernesto Miranda	KO	3 (15), 2:20	1960-06-10	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo	Retained South American bantamweight title.
Win	30–0–3	Ernesto Miranda	PTS	15	1960-02-19	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo	Won South American bantamweight title.
Win	29–0–3	Danny Kid	UD	10	1959-12-12	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	28–0–3	Giovanni Zuddas	PTS	10	1959-10-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	27–0–3	Angel Bustos	KO	3 (10)	1959-10-09	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	26–0–3	Ruben Cáceres	KO	7 (10)	1959-07-31	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	25–0–3	Salustiano Suarez	TKO	1 (10)	1959-06-28	Estúdios TV Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Win	24–0–3	Angel Bustos	TKO	4 (10)	1959-06-19	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	23–0–3	Leo Espinosa	PTS	10	1959-06-04	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	22–0–3	Salustiano Suarez	KO	4 (10)	1959-04-20	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	21–0–3	Aniceto Pereyra	PTS	10	1959-03-23	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	20–0–3	Roberto Castro	KO	2 (10)	1958-12-12	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	19–0–3	Jose Smecca	TKO	7 (10)	1958-11-14	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	18–0–3	Jose Casas	KO	3 (10)	1958-10-10	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	17–0–3	Jose Casas	PTS	10	1958-09-12	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	16–0–3	Roberto Olmedo	TKO	5 (10)	1958-07-18	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	15–0–3	Juan Carlos Acebal	KO	2 (10)	1958-07-18	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	14–0–3	German Escudero	KO	2 (10)	1958-06-29	Estúdios TV Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Win	13–0–3	German Escudero	KO	2 (10)	1958-06-20	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Draw	12–0–3	Ruben Cáceres	PTS	10	1958-05-14	Palacio Peñarol, Montevideo
Win	12–0–2	Cristobal Gabisans	TKO	6 (10)	1958-03-07	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	11–0–2	Avelino Romero	TKO	2 (10)	1958-01-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	10–0–2	Cristobal Gabisans	PTS	8	1957-12-22	Estúdios TV Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Win	9–0–2	Adolfo Ramon Pendas	PTS	10	1957-12-13	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	8–0–2	Luis Angel Jimenez	KO	8 (10)	1957-10-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Draw	7–0–2	Ernesto Miranda	PTS	10	1957-09-06	Ginásio do Estádio Pacaembú, São Paulo, São Paulo
Draw	7–0–1	Ernesto Miranda	PTS	10	1957-08-16	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	7–0	Raul Jaime	PTS	10	1957-07-19	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	6–0	Raul Jaime	PTS	10	1957-07-05	São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	5–0	Juan Gonzalez	KO	5 (10)	1957-06-14	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	4–0	Osvaldo Perez	KO	2 (10)	1957-06-07	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	3–0	Osvaldo Perez	TKO	10 (10)	1957-05-24	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	2–0	Raul Lopez	KO	3 (10)	1957-04-26	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
Win	1–0	Raul Lopez	KO	4 (6)	1957-03-29	Estádio Pacaembú, São Paulo, São Paulo

Honors

He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

In 2003, he was listed as #85 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.

He is listed as #19 on Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years.

Jofre was ranked as the number 1 bantamweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006.^[4][5]

See also

• List of lineal boxing world champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of WBC world champions
• List of The Ring world champions

References

1. ↑ Video on YouTube
2. ↑ Video on YouTube
3. ↑ "The End Game - Boxing.com". Retrieved 10 January 2016. 
4. ↑ "IBRO Rankings". Retrieved 2012-02-12. 
5. ↑ de andrade lima Page

External links

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