Éder Jofre

Éder Jofre
Éder Jofre
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Real name	Éder Jofre
Nickname(s)	Galinho de Ouro (Golden Bantam); Jofrinho (Lil' Jofre)
Weight(s)	Bantamweight; Featherweight
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Reach	168 cm (66 in)
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	March 26, 1936 (age 85); 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. He was named the 19th greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine.^[1]

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 Lineal and WBC featherweight titles, in Brasilia.^[2] 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^{[according to whom?]} 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.

Jofre is a vegetarian.^[3] He has been described as one of the few vegetarians ever to win a boxing world championship.^[4]

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^[5] and the late Alexis Arguello.^[6] In 2010, at age 74, Jofre, a physical fitness fanatic who is still the reflection of great health, put out a calisthenics video.^[7]

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary hide
78 fights	72 wins	2 losses
By knockout	50	0
By decision	22	2
Draws	4

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
78	Win	72–2–4	Octavio Gomez	UD	12	1976-10-08	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
77	Win	71–2–4	Juan Antonio López	UD	10	1976-08-13	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
76	Win	70–2–4	Jose Antonio Jimenez	UD	10	1976-07-02	Ginásio do Corinthians, São Paulo, São Paulo
75	Win	69–2–4	Pasqualino Morbidelli	KO	4 (10), 1:07	1976-05-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
74	Win	68–2–4	Michel Lefevbre	KO	3 (10), 1:15	1976-05-02	Ginásio Presidente Medici, Brasília
73	Win	67–2–4	Enzo Farinelli	KO	4 (10)	1976-02-24	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
72	Win	66–2–4	Niliberto Herrera	UD	10	1975-01-03	Jundiaí, São Paulo
71	Win	65–2–4	Vicente Saldivar	KO	4 (15)	1973-10-21	Ginásio Municipal, Bauru, São Paulo	Retained WBC featherweight title
70	Win	64–2–4	Frankie Crawford	UD	10	1973-08-25	Ginásio Municipal, Bauru, São Paulo
69	Win	63–2–4	Godfrey Stevens	KO	4 (10)	1973-07-21	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
68	Win	62–2–4	José Legrá	MD	15	1973-05-05	Ginásio Presidente Medici, Brasília	Won WBC featherweight title
67	Win	61–2–4	Djiemai Belhadri	KO	3 (10)	1972-09-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
66	Win	60–2–4	Shig Fukuyama	TKO	9 (10)	1972-08-18	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
65	Win	59–2–4	Jose Bisbal	KO	2 (10)	1972-06-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
64	Win	58–2–4	Felix Figueroa	PTS	10	1972-04-28	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
63	Win	57–2–4	Guillermo Morales	KO	6 (10), 2:35	1972-03-24	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
62	Win	56–2–4	Robert Porcel	KO	2 (10), 2:37	1971-10-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
61	Win	55–2–4	Tony Jumao-As	PTS	10	1971-09-10	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
60	Win	54–2–4	Domenico Chiloiro	PTS	10	1971-07-09	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
59	Win	53–2–4	Jerry Stokes	KO	2 (10)	1971-03-26	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
58	Win	52–2–4	Giovanni Girgenti	PTS	10	1970-11-06	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
57	Win	51–2–4	Roberto Wong	KO	3 (10)	1970-09-25	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
56	Win	50–2–4	Manny Elias	UD	10	1970-05-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
55	Win	49–2–4	Nevio Carbi	PTS	10	1970-01-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
54	Win	48–2–4	Rudy Corona	KO	6 (10)	1969-08-27	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
53	Loss	47–2–4	Fighting Harada	UD	15	1966-05-31	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo	For WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles
52	Draw	47–1–4	Manny Elias	PTS	10	1965-11-05	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
51	Loss	47–1–3	Fighting Harada	SD	15	1965-05-18	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Aichi	Lost WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles
50	Win	47–0–3	Bernardo Caraballo	KO	7 (15), 2:50	1964-11-27	Plaza de Toros de Santamaría, Bogotá	Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles
49	Win	46–0–3	Johnny Jamito	TKO	12 (15)	1963-05-18	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Metro Manila	Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles
48	Win	45–0–3	Katsutoshi Aoki	KO	3 (15), 2:12	1963-04-04	Kokugikan, Tokyo	Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles
47	Win	44–0–3	José Medel	KO	6 (15)	1962-09-11	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo	Retained WBA, NYSAC, and The Ring bantamweight titles
46	Win	43–0–3	Herman Marques	TKO	10 (15), 2:15	1962-05-04	Cow Palace, Daly City, California	Retained NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring bantamweight titles
45	Win	42–0–3	Johnny Caldwell	TKO	10 (15), 2:45	1962-01-18	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo	Retained NBA and The Ring bantamweight titles Won vacant NYSAC bantamweight title
44	Win	41–0–3	Fernando Gonçalves	KO	8 (10), 1:45	1961-12-06	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
43	Win	40–0–3	Ramon Arias	TKO	7 (15)	1961-08-19	Estadio Universitario, Caracas	Retained NBA and The Ring bantamweight titles
42	Win	39–0–3	Sadao Yaoita	KO	10 (10), 2:12	1961-07-26	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
41	Win	38–0–3	Sugar Ray	KO	2 (10)	1961-04-18	Ginásio do Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo, São Paulo
40	Win	37–0–3	Piero Rollo	RTD	9 (15)	1961-03-02	Botafogo Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro	Retained NBA bantamweight title Won vacant The Ring bantamweight title
39	Win	36–0–3	Billy Peacock	KO	2 (10)	1960-12-16	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
38	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
37	Win	34–0–3	Ricardo Moreno	TKO	6 (10)	1960-09-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
36	Win	33–0–3	José Medel	KO	10 (12)	1960-08-18	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
35	Win	32–0–3	Claudio Barrientos	TKO	8 (10)	1960-07-15	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
34	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
33	Win	30–0–3	Ernesto Miranda	PTS	15	1960-02-19	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo	Won South American bantamweight title
32	Win	29–0–3	Danny Kid	UD	10	1959-12-12	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
31	Win	28–0–3	Giovanni Zuddas	PTS	10	1959-10-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
30	Win	27–0–3	Angel Bustos	KO	3 (10)	1959-10-09	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
29	Win	26–0–3	Ruben Cáceres	KO	7 (10)	1959-07-31	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
28	Win	25–0–3	Salustiano Suarez	TKO	1 (10)	1959-06-28	Estúdios TV Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
27	Win	24–0–3	Angel Bustos	TKO	4 (10)	1959-06-19	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
26	Win	23–0–3	Leo Espinosa	PTS	10	1959-06-04	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
25	Win	22–0–3	Salustiano Suarez	KO	4 (10)	1959-04-20	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
24	Win	21–0–3	Aniceto Pereyra	PTS	10	1959-03-23	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
23	Win	20–0–3	Roberto Castro	KO	2 (10)	1958-12-12	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
22	Win	19–0–3	Jose Smecca	TKO	7 (10)	1958-11-14	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
21	Win	18–0–3	Jose Casas	KO	3 (10)	1958-10-10	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
20	Win	17–0–3	Jose Casas	PTS	10	1958-09-12	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
19	Win	16–0–3	Roberto Olmedo	TKO	5 (10)	1958-07-18	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
18	Win	15–0–3	Juan Carlos Acebal	KO	2 (10)	1958-07-18	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
17	Win	14–0–3	German Escudero	KO	2 (10)	1958-06-29	Estúdios TV Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
16	Win	13–0–3	German Escudero	KO	2 (10)	1958-06-20	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
15	Draw	12–0–3	Ruben Cáceres	PTS	10	1958-05-14	Palacio Peñarol, Montevideo
14	Win	12–0–2	Cristobal Gabisans	TKO	6 (10)	1958-03-07	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
13	Win	11–0–2	Avelino Romero	TKO	2 (10)	1958-01-29	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
12	Win	10–0–2	Cristobal Gabisans	PTS	8	1957-12-22	Estúdios TV Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
11	Win	9–0–2	Adolfo Ramon Pendas	PTS	10	1957-12-13	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
10	Win	8–0–2	Luis Angel Jimenez	KO	8 (10)	1957-10-30	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
9	Draw	7–0–2	Ernesto Miranda	PTS	10	1957-09-06	Ginásio do Estádio Pacaembú, São Paulo, São Paulo
8	Draw	7–0–1	Ernesto Miranda	PTS	10	1957-08-16	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
7	Win	7–0	Raul Jaime	PTS	10	1957-07-19	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
6	Win	6–0	Raul Jaime	PTS	10	1957-07-05	São Paulo, São Paulo
5	Win	5–0	Juan Gonzalez	KO	5 (10)	1957-06-14	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
4	Win	4–0	Osvaldo Perez	KO	2 (10)	1957-06-07	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
3	Win	3–0	Osvaldo Perez	TKO	10 (10)	1957-05-24	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
2	Win	2–0	Raul Lopez	KO	3 (10)	1957-04-26	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo
1	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.^[8]^[9]

References[]

^ "About.com: Boxing". Boxing.about.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
^ "Éder Jofre - Lineal Featherweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
^ Myler, Patrick. (1998). A Century of Boxing Greats: Inside the Ring with the Hundred Best Boxers. Robson/Parkwest. p. 173.
^ Mullan, Harry. (1987). Great Book of Boxing. Crescent Books. p. 411.
^ Video on YouTube
^ Video on YouTube
^ "The End Game - Boxing.com". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
^ "IBRO Rankings". Retrieved 2012-02-12.
^ de andrade lima Page

External links[]

Achievements
Preceded by Jose Becerra Retired	NBA Bantamweight Champion (later WBA) 18 November 1960– 17 May 1965	Succeeded by Fighting Harada
Preceded by Jose Becerra Retired	Lineal Bantamweight Champion 18 January 1962– 17 May 1965	Succeeded by Fighting Harada
Preceded by Inaugural Champion	WBC Bantamweight Champion February 1963– 18 May 1965	Succeeded by Fighting Harada
Preceded by Jose Legra	WBC Featherweight Champion 5 May 1973– 17 June 1974 Stripped	Succeeded by Bobby Chacon
Preceded by Jose Legra	Lineal Featherweight Champion 5 May 1973– 17 June 1974 Vacated	Succeeded by Alexis Arguello

[1] "About.com: Boxing". Boxing.about.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.

[2] "Éder Jofre - Lineal Featherweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.

[3] Myler, Patrick. (1998). A Century of Boxing Greats: Inside the Ring with the Hundred Best Boxers. Robson/Parkwest. p. 173.

[4] Mullan, Harry. (1987). Great Book of Boxing. Crescent Books. p. 411.

[5] Video on YouTube

[6] Video on YouTube

[7] "The End Game - Boxing.com". Retrieved 10 January 2016.

[8] "IBRO Rankings". Retrieved 2012-02-12.

[9] rade lima Page

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