Éder Jofre

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]

Éder Jofre
Statistics
Real nameÉder Jofre
Nickname(s)Galinho de Ouro (Golden Bantam)
Jofrinho (Lil' Jofre)
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Featherweight
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Reach168 cm (66 in)
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1936-03-26) March 26, 1936
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights78
Wins72
Wins by KO50
Losses2
Draws4
No contests0

Amateur career

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

Olympic results

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 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
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 and lineal featherweight titles
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 and lineal featherweight titles
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 WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal 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 WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles
Win 47–0–3 Bernardo Caraballo KO 7 (15), 2:50 1964-11-27 Plaza de Toros de Santamaría, Bogotá Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles
Win 46–0–3 Johnny Jamito TKO 12 (15) 1963-05-18 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Metro Manila Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles
Win 45–0–3 Katsutoshi Aoki KO 3 (15), 2:12 1963-04-04 Kokugikan, Tokyo Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles
Win 44–0–3 José Medel KO 6 (15) 1962-09-11 Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo Retained WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles
Win 43–0–3 Herman Marques TKO 10 (15), 2:15 1962-05-04 Cow Palace, Daly City, California Retained NBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles
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 lineal bantamweight title
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 and 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
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
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.[8][9]

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See also

References
  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. de andrade lima Page
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
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