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