José Legrá
José Legrá | |
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![]() José Legrá c. 1973 | |
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Real name | José Legrá |
Nickname(s) | Pocket Cassius Clay |
Weight(s) | Featherweight |
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Reach | 160 cm (63 in) |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | Baracoa, Cuba | 19 April 1943
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 144 |
Wins | 129 |
Wins by KO | 49 |
Losses | 11 |
Draws | 4 |
No contests | 0 |
José Legrá (born 19 April 1943) is a retired professional featherweight boxer. He is a former two time WBC World Featherweight Champion.[1]
Professional career[]
In June 1960, Legrá turned professional in Cuba winning his first fight against Pedro Pinera which he won with a points decision over four rounds. Legrá drew his next fight and lost two after that and fought a total of 34 fights in Mexico and Cuba before departing for Spain in 1963 with a record of 27–5–2.[1]
Move to Spain[]
His first fight in Spain was in October 1963 against Moroccan Lazaro ben Layachi, which he won by KO in the sixth of eight rounds. Legrá then went on a run of over sixty wins between 1963 and 1967 with just one defeat on points against Welshman Howard Winstone at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool in England.[1]
European title[]
Legrá won his first title belt, the vacant European Featherweight title, in December 1967 with a third-round knockout win over France's Yves Desmarets. Legrá subsequently relinquished the title without a defence.[1]
WBC World title[]
Legrá first opportunity to fight for a recognised world title belt came in July 1968 when he challenged Howard Winstone again, this time for his WBC Featherweight title. Legrá floored Winstone twice in the first round of the fight. The bout was subsequently halted because Winstone had a badly swollen left eye.[1]
Legra lost his WBC featherweight title on 21 January 1969 after being defeated by French-Australian Johnny Famechon on points at the Albert Hall in London.[1]
After Famechon[]
Legrá won two matches before losing by UD to Vicente Saldivar. Seven matches later Legrá would regain the EBU Featherweight title after beating Tommaso Galli on points. Legra would defend it five times before vacating it in 1972.[1]
Regaining the WBC title and retirement[]
On 16 December 1972. Legrá fought Clemente Sanchez for the vacant Featherweight title, Sanchez was stripped of the title before the fight but the title was still on the line for Legrá. Legrá would TKO Sanchez in the tenth round to win.[1]
Legrá lost the title in his very next fight to Brazilian Éder Jofre by Majority Decision. He would fight 3 matches after that, beating Jimmy Bell by points, losing to Alexis Arguello by KO and beating Daniel Valdez by points.[1]
On April 25, 2020, it was announced that Legra, aged 77, was battling the coronavirus.[2]
Professional boxing record[]
144 fights | 129 wins | 11 losses |
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By knockout | 49 | 3 |
By decision | 80 | 8 |
Draws | 4 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
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144 | Loss | 129–11–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10) | Nov 24, 1973 | ![]() |
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143 | Win | 129–10–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 1, 1973 | ![]() |
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142 | Loss | 128–10–4 | ![]() |
MD | 15 | May 5, 1973 | ![]() |
Lost WBC featherweight title |
141 | Win | 128–9–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (15) | Dec 16, 1972 | ![]() |
Won WBC featherweight title |
140 | Win | 127–9–4 | ![]() |
UD | 15 | Oct 6, 1972 | ![]() |
Retained EBU featherweight title |
139 | Loss | 126–9–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 21, 1972 | ![]() |
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138 | Win | 126–8–4 | ![]() |
SD | 15 | May 17, 1972 | ![]() |
Retained EBU featherweight title |
137 | Win | 125–8–4 | ![]() |
UD | 15 | Feb 15, 1972 | ![]() |
Retained EBU featherweight title |
136 | Win | 124–8–4 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jan 15, 1972 | ![]() |
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135 | Win | 123–8–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Aug 26, 1971 | ![]() |
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134 | Win | 122–8–4 | ![]() |
KO | 9 (15) | Aug 14, 1971 | ![]() |
Retained EBU featherweight title |
133 | Loss | 121–8–4 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (10) | May 21, 1971 | ![]() |
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132 | Win | 121–7–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (10) | May 8, 1971 | ![]() |
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131 | Win | 120–7–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Apr 15, 1971 | ![]() |
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130 | Win | 119–7–4 | ![]() |
UD | 15 | Jan 25, 1971 | ![]() |
Retained EBU featherweight title |
129 | Win | 118–7–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 26, 1970 | ![]() |
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128 | Win | 117–7–4 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (8) | Dec 12, 1970 | ![]() |
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127 | Win | 116–7–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 14, 1970 | ![]() |
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126 | Win | 115–7–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 24, 1970 | ![]() |
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125 | Win | 114–7–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Jun 26, 1970 | ![]() |
Won EBU featherweight title |
124 | Win | 113–7–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10) | May 22, 1970 | ![]() |
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123 | Win | 112–7–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10) | Apr 11, 1970 | ![]() |
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122 | Win | 111–7–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 5, 1970 | ![]() |
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121 | Win | 110–7–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 5, 1970 | ![]() |
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120 | Win | 109–7–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Dec 11, 1969 | ![]() |
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119 | Win | 108–7–4 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Oct 24, 1969 | ![]() |
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118 | Loss | 107–7–4 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Jul 18, 1969 | ![]() |
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117 | Win | 107–6–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8) | Jun 13, 1969 | ![]() |
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116 | Win | 106–6–4 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (10) | May 30, 1969 | ![]() |
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115 | Loss | 105–6–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Jan 21, 1969 | ![]() |
Lost WBC featherweight title |
114 | Win | 105–5–4 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Oct 28, 1968 | ![]() |
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113 | Win | 104–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 5, 1968 | ![]() |
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112 | Win | 103–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (15) | Jul 24, 1968 | ![]() |
Won WBC featherweight title |
111 | Win | 102–5–4 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jun 10, 1968 | ![]() |
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110 | Win | 101–5–4 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10) | May 10, 1968 | ![]() |
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109 | Win | 100–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 25, 1968 | ![]() |
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108 | Win | 99–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10) | Mar 14, 1968 | ![]() |
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107 | Win | 98–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 2, 1968 | ![]() |
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106 | Win | 97–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (15) | Dec 22, 1967 | ![]() |
Won vacant EBU featherweight title |
105 | Win | 96–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Nov 9, 1967 | ![]() |
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104 | Win | 95–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 30, 1967 | ![]() |
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103 | Win | 94–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10) | Sep 2, 1967 | ![]() |
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102 | Win | 93–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 30, 1967 | ![]() |
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101 | Win | 92–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 24, 1967 | ![]() |
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100 | Win | 91–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 10, 1967 | ![]() |
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99 | Win | 90–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 2, 1967 | ![]() |
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98 | Win | 89–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10) | Apr 27, 1967 | ![]() |
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97 | Win | 88–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 18, 1967 | ![]() |
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96 | Win | 87–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 10, 1967 | ![]() |
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95 | Win | 86–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10) | Feb 12, 1967 | ![]() |
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94 | Win | 85–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 21, 1967 | ![]() |
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93 | Win | 84–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 14, 1967 | ![]() |
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92 | Win | 83–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Jan 8, 1967 | ![]() |
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91 | Win | 82–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Dec 23, 1966 | ![]() |
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90 | Win | 81–5–4 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Dec 2, 1966 | ![]() |
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89 | Win | 80–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10) | Nov 24, 1966 | ![]() |
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88 | Win | 79–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 12, 1966 | ![]() |
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87 | Win | 78–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Oct 27, 1966 | ![]() |
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86 | Win | 77–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | Oct 15, 1966 | ![]() |
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85 | Win | 76–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Oct 1, 1966 | ![]() |
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84 | Win | 75–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (8) | Sep 2, 1966 | ![]() |
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83 | Win | 74–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10) | Aug 20, 1966 | ![]() |
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82 | Win | 73–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10) | Aug 12, 1966 | ![]() |
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81 | Win | 72–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8) | Jul 29, 1966 | ![]() |
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80 | Win | 71–5–4 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | Jul 2, 1966 | ![]() |
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79 | Win | 70–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 4, 1966 | ![]() |
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78 | Win | 69–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | May 21, 1966 | ![]() |
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77 | Win | 68–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10) | May 7, 1966 | ![]() |
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76 | Win | 67–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Apr 30, 1966 | ![]() |
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75 | Win | 66–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Apr 15, 1966 | ![]() |
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74 | Win | 65–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 3, 1966 | ![]() |
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73 | Win | 64–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | Mar 17, 1966 | ![]() |
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72 | Win | 63–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (8) | Mar 3, 1966 | ![]() |
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71 | Win | 62–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 13, 1966 | ![]() |
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70 | Win | 61–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jan 6, 1966 | ![]() |
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69 | Win | 60–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Dec 18, 1965 | ![]() |
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68 | Win | 59–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Nov 26, 1965 | ![]() |
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67 | Win | 58–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Nov 12, 1965 | ![]() |
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66 | Win | 57–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Oct 30, 1965 | ![]() |
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65 | Win | 56–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Sep 25, 1965 | ![]() |
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64 | Win | 55–5–4 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (8) | Sep 19, 1965 | ![]() |
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63 | Win | 54–5–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8) | Sep 5, 1965 | ![]() |
Stopped on cuts |
62 | Win | 53–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Aug 31, 1965 | ![]() |
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61 | Loss | 52–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 22, 1965 | ![]() |
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60 | Win | 52–4–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jun 2, 1965 | ![]() |
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59 | Win | 51–4–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Apr 2, 1965 | ![]() |
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58 | Win | 50–4–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Mar 13, 1965 | ![]() |
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57 | Win | 49–4–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (8) | Mar 6, 1965 | ![]() |
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56 | Win | 48–4–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 26, 1965 | ![]() |
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55 | Draw | 47–4–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jan 30, 1965 | ![]() |
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54 | Win | 47–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jan 22, 1965 | ![]() |
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53 | Win | 46–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Nov 26, 1964 | ![]() |
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52 | Win | 45–4–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | Nov 14, 1964 | ![]() |
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51 | Win | 44–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Oct 31, 1964 | ![]() |
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50 | Win | 43–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Oct 10, 1964 | ![]() |
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49 | Win | 42–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Sep 18, 1964 | ![]() |
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48 | Win | 41–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 5, 1964 | ![]() |
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47 | Win | 40–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 8, 1964 | ![]() |
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46 | Win | 39–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jul 18, 1964 | ![]() |
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45 | Win | 38–4–3 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (8) | Jul 2, 1964 | ![]() |
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44 | Win | 37–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jun 4, 1964 | ![]() |
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43 | Win | 36–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 23, 1964 | ![]() |
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42 | Win | 35–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | May 7, 1964 | ![]() |
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41 | Draw | 34–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Mar 31, 1964 | ![]() |
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40 | Win | 34–4–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Mar 14, 1964 | ![]() |
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39 | Win | 33–4–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 15, 1964 | ![]() |
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38 | Win | 32–4–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 5, 1964 | ![]() |
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37 | Win | 31–4–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jan 11, 1964 | ![]() |
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36 | Win | 30–4–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Dec 4, 1963 | ![]() |
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35 | Win | 29–4–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Nov 2, 1963 | ![]() |
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34 | Win | 28–4–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (8) | Oct 26, 1963 | ![]() |
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33 | Loss | 27–4–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Oct 1, 1963 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
32 | Win | 27–3–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jul 1, 1963 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
31 | Draw | 26–3–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jun 1, 1963 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
30 | Win | 26–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | May 1, 1963 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
29 | Win | 25–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 1, 1963 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
28 | Win | 24–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 1, 1963 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
27 | Win | 23–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
26 | Win | 22–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
25 | Win | 21–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jul 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
24 | Win | 20–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
23 | Win | 19–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | May 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
22 | Win | 18–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Apr 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
21 | Win | 17–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Mar 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
20 | Win | 16–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
19 | Win | 15–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jan 1, 1962 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
18 | Loss | 14–3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 6, 1961 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 14–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Oct 1, 1961 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
16 | Win | 13–2–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Sep 1, 1961 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
15 | Win | 12–2–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6) | Jul 1, 1961 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
14 | Win | 11–2–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6) | Jun 1, 1961 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
13 | Win | 10–2–1 | ![]() |
RTD | 4 (6) | May 22, 1961 | ![]() |
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12 | Loss | 9–2–1 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (8) | Apr 15, 1961 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 9–1–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8) | Mar 1, 1961 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
10 | Win | 8–1–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jan 12, 1961 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
9 | Loss | 7–1–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jan 7, 1961 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 7–0–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Dec 17, 1960 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 6–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (?) | Nov 26, 1960 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 5–0–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | Oct 22, 1960 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 4–0–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6) | Sep 24, 1960 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 3–0–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Sep 1, 1960 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
3 | Draw | 2–0–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | Aug 20, 1960 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 (?) | Aug 1, 1960 | ![]() |
Exact month & date unknown |
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | Jul 16, 1960 | ![]() |
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Boxrec. "Jose Legra". Boxrec Fighter Page. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "Jose Legra Recovering in Hospital, Battles COViD-19".
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- European Boxing Union champions
- World Boxing Council champions
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