Alfredo Evangelista

Alfredo Evangelista
Statistics
Real name	Alfredo Evangelista
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nationality	Uruguay
Born	(1954-12-03) December 3, 1954 (age 67) Montevideo, Uruguay
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	78
Wins	61
Wins by KO	41
Losses	13
Draws	4

Alfredo Evangelista (born December 3, 1954) is a former Spanish-Uruguayan boxer. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[1] Evangelista has lived in Spain for a very large portion of his life.

"The Lynx of Montevideo" Evangelista faced Muhammad Ali in a bout for the world heavyweight championship in 1977, losing by unanimous decision in 15 rounds.^[1] He also fought against Larry Holmes for the world heavyweight championship in 1978, and lost by knockout in the seventh round.^[2] He notably defeated title challenger Renaldo Snipes.

Boxing career[]

Evangelista was a good boxer who went undefeated in his first fifteen matches. One of those was a draw but the rest were wins. For his sixteenth fight he was defeated by European Champion Lorenzo Zanon, and after the fight faced Muhammad Ali in a bout for the world heavyweight championship in 1977, losing by unanimous decision in 15 rounds.

After these fights he had nine straight victories. He then fought against Larry Holmes for the World Boxing Council title in 1978, and lost by knockout in the seventh round. Evangelista followed this up by three wins and a loss to Lorenzo Zanon in their rematch. He drew with Felipe Rodriguez and moved on.

He won seven fights before meeting and losing to Leon Spinks, who had beaten Muhammad Ali. He won six more, then drew with Felipe in their second fight. He took two wins before getting bested by Greg Page. Evangelista had a six-fight streak of no losses, with five wins and one draw piled in there. This streak ended at the hands of Lucien Rodriguez. He won four fights until Hughroy Currie overcame him. Evangelista then had a win streak of eight before getting beaten by Steffen Tangstad. Patrick Lumumba bested him after Evangelista pulled off two more wins. He won a fight before three straight losses, and after another win retired.

His career was generally streaks of wins followed by a loss. Sometimes he had two or three losses in a row. His record was decent, with many wins, but ultimately contained more losses to middling fighters than to great opponents. This makes it nearly impossible to list him as an all-time great himself, but he was certainly a good, skilled boxer.

Professional boxing record[]

Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	61–13–4	Arthur Wright	KO	2	15/04/1988	Madrid
Loss	60–13–4	Adilson Rodrigues	PTS	10	20/12/1987	Rio de Janeiro
Loss	60–12–4	Pierre Coetzer	PTS	10	30/08/1987	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Loss	60–11–4	Anders Eklund	KO	7	28/03/1987	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win	60–10–4	Andre van den Oetelaar	TKO	5	08/01/1987	Bilbao	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Loss	59–10–4	Patrick Lumumba	PTS	8	05/09/1986	Madrid
Win	59–9–4	Tim Miller	KO	4	25/04/1986	Benavente, Zamora
Win	58–9–4	Frank Vega	KO	1	15/03/1986	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Loss	57–9–4	Steffen Tangstad	PTS	8	10/01/1986	, Randers
Win	57–8–4	Louis Pergaud Ngatchou	PTS	8	19/11/1985	Barcelona
Win	56–8–4	James Dixon	SD	10	07/07/1985	Riviera Las Vegas, Las Vegas
Win	55–8–4	Marty Capasso	PTS	10	07/06/1985	Oranjestad, Aruba
Win	54–8–4	Tony Velasco	DQ	5	10/05/1985	, Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Velasco disqualified at 2:48 of the fifth round.
Win	53–8–4	Tim Miller	TKO	3	03/29/1985	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	52–8–4	Sterling Benjamin	TKO	9	01/03/1985	, Port of Spain	Referee stopped the bout at 2:32 of the ninth round.
Win	51–8–4	Arthur Wright	TKO	2	05/01/1985	Badajoz
Win	50–8–4	Louis Persaud Ngatchou	PTS	8	13/07/1984	Palma de Mallorca
Loss	49–8–4	Hughroy Currie	PTS	8	06/04/1984	Bilbao
Win	49–7–4	Renaldo Snipes	SD	10	23/09/1983	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio	43-47, 48-46, 46-45.
Win	48–7–4	Larry Ware	KO	2	17/07/1983	The Dunes, Las Vegas
Win	47–7–4	Victor Varon	PTS	8	19/12/1982	Salamanca
Win	46–7–4	Victor Varon	PTS	8	28/08/1982	Puente Genil
Loss	45–7–4	Lucien Rodriguez	PTS	12	07/06/1982	Paris	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win	45–6–4	Ali Lukasa	TKO	6	29/04/1982	Barcelona
Draw	44–6–4	Terry O'Connor	PTS	8	23/10/1981	Madrid
Win	44–6–3	Terry Mintus	KO	3	12/09/1981	Oviedo
Win	43–6–3	Terry Daniels	KO	2	29/08/1981	Ibiza
Win	42–6–3	Tom Prater	RTD	4	01/08/1981	La Linea de la Concepción
Win	41–6–3	Mary Konate	KO	3	18/07/1981	Pontevedra
Loss	40–6–3	Greg Page	KO	2	12/06/1981	Joe Louis Arena, Detroit	Alfredo knocked out at 0:40 of the second round.
Win	40–5–3	Henry Patterson	KO	1	09/05/1981	Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha
Win	39–5–3	Henry Patterson	PTS	8	21/03/1981	Zaragoza
Draw	38–5–3	Felipe Rodriquez Piñeiro	PTS	10	02/01/1981	Palma de Mallorca	Spain Heavyweight Title.
Win	38–5–2	Johnny Blaine	TKO	4	13/09/1980	Málaga
Win	37–5–2	Bob Stallings	DQ	6	01/08/1980	Palma de Mallorca
Win	36–5–2	Neil Malpass	PTS	8	17/07/1980	Barcelona
Win	35–5–2	Winston Allen	PTS	8	21/06/1980	Barcelona
Win	34–5–2	Tommy Kiely	PTS	8	09/05/1980	Barcelona
Win	33–5–2	Fetiche Kassongo	TKO	3	07/03/1980	Barcelona
Loss	32–5–2	Leon Spinks	KO	5	12/01/1980	Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Alfredo knocked out at 2:43 of the fifth round.
Win	32–4–2	Tony Moore	PTS	8	08/12/1979	A Coruña
Win	31–4–2	Calvin Langston	TKO	3	01/12/1979	Pamplona
Win	30–4–2	Jacob Tchanthuing	RTD	2	08/11/1979	Bilbao
Win	29–4–2	Tony Moore	PTS	8	27/10/1979	A Coruña
Win	28–4–2	Elliott Bryant	TKO	3	04/08/1979	Vigo
Win	27–4–2	Dan Ronnell Johnson	RTD	2	27/07/1979	Santander, Cantabria
Win	26–4–2	Johnny Blaine	TKO	2	21/07/1979	Logroño
Draw	25–4–2	Felipe Rodriquez Piñeiro	PTS	10	14/07/1979	Pontevedra	Spain Heavyweight Title.
Loss	25–4–1	Lorenzo Zanon	PTS	12	18/04/1979	Turin	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win	25–3–1	Lucien Rodriguez	KO	2	02/03/1979	Liege	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win	24–3–1	Dante Cane	KO	4	26/12/1978	Bologna	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Loss	23–3–1	Larry Holmes	KO	7	10/11/1978	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada	WBC World Heavyweight Title. Alfredo knocked out at 2:14 of the seventh round.
Win	23–2–1	Joe Maye	KO	3	09/09/1978	A Coruña
Win	22–2–1	Jacob Tchanthuing	KO	8	11/08/1978	Lepe
Win	21–2–1	Jody Ballard	SD	10	09/06/1978	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	20–2–1	Billy Joiner	KO	1	27/05/1978	Leon, Spain
Win	19–2–1	Billy Aird	PTS	15	03/03/1978	Leon, Spain	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win	18–2–1	Jean-Pierre Coopman	KO	1	26/11/1977	Brussels	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win	17–2–1	Pedro Soto	TKO	8	29/09/1977	Madison Square Garden, New York City	Referee stopped the bout at 1:43 of the eighth round.
Win	16–2–1	Lucien Rodriguez	TKO	11	09/09/1977	Madrid	EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win	15–2–1	Christian Poncelet	TKO	3	17/06/1977	Madrid
Loss	14–2–1	Muhammad Ali	UD	15	16/05/1977	Capitol Centre, Landover, Maryland	WBA/WBC World Heavyweight Titles. 64-72, 64-72, 65-71.
Loss	14–1–1	Lorenzo Zanon	PTS	8	04/02/1977	Bilbao
Win	14–0–1	Guillermo De la Cruz	RTD	6	03/12/1976	Montevideo
Win	13–0–1	Lisimo Obutobe	TKO	5	19/11/1976	Madrid
Win	12–0–1	Rudi Lubbers	TKO	3	08/10/1976	Madrid Sports Palace, Madrid
Win	11–0–1	Fermin Hernandez	KO	4	07/08/1976	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Win	10–0–1	Tony Moore	PTS	8	21/07/1976	Bilbao
Win	9–0–1	Mario Baruzzi	TKO	4	02/07/1976	Barcelona
Win	8–0–1	Lucien Rodriguez	TKO	4	02/06/1976	Bilbao
Win	7–0–1	Jose Manuel Urtain	RTD	5	14/05/1976	Madrid
Win	6–0–1	Benito Penna	RTD	2	23/04/1976	Madrid
Win	5–0–1	Giuseppe Ros	PTS	8	02/04/1976	Madrid
Win	4–0–1	Neville Meade	PTS	8	12/03/1976	Madrid
Draw	3–0–1	Jose Antonio Galvez	PTS	8	21/02/1976	Almeria
Win	3–0	Adriano Rosati	KO	3	29/01/1976	Bilbao
Win	2–0	Santiago Alberto Lovell	KO	2	25/12/1975	Bilbao
Win	1–0	Angelo Visini	TKO	1	10/10/1975	Madrid

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Alfredo Evangelista from BoxRec