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Eder Jofre
Jofre in 1970
Born
Eder Jofre

(1936-03-26)26 March 1936
São Paulo, Brazil
Died2 October 2022(2022-10-02) (aged 86)
Embu das Artes, Brazil
Other names"Galinho de Ouro" ("Little Golden Rooster")
"Jofrinho" ("Lil' Jofre")
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Featherweight
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Reach168 cm (66 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights78
Wins72
Wins by KO50
Losses2
Draws4

Eder Jofre (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛdeʁ ˈʒofɾi]; 26 March 1936 – 2 October 2022)[1] was a Brazilian professional boxer and architect who was both bantamweight and featherweight world champion. He is considered by many to be the greatest bantamweight boxer of all time.[2]

In 2019, he was voted the 16th greatest boxer of all-time, which made him the third greatest living boxer (behind only Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard) by "The International Boxing Research Organization". In 2002, he was named the 19th greatest fighter of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. In 1996, he was rated the 9th greatest boxer of the previous 50 years. He is ranked #85 on Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers Of All Time list.[3]

In 1992, Jofre was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, and remains the only Brazilian thus honored.[4]

Amateur career

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

Olympic results

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Professional career

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Éder Jofre, a son of Aristides Jofre, whose nicknames (Eder's) were "Galinho de Ouro" (="Golden Bantam") and "Jofrinho", made his professional debut on 23 March 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, the last of whom against whom Jofre sustained his first two record stains: two ten-round draws (ties).

In 1958, Jofre won four more fights, and then, on 14 May of that year, he had his first fight abroad, drawing in ten rounds against Ruben Caceres in Montevideo, Uruguay. On 14 November, 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 19 February 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 the fourth fight with Miranda, and, after one more win, he made his U.S. debut, defeating top-ranked challenger Jose Medel by knockout in ten rounds on 16 August in 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 18 November of that year, Jofre became world champion, when he knocked out Eloy Sanchez in six rounds, in 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.

On 17 May 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.

After losing to Harada by unanimous decision at a rematch held in Tokyo on 1 June 1966, Jofre retired.

In 1969, he made a comeback, beating Rudy Corona by a knockout in six rounds on 26 August. After winning thirteen fights in a row, he challenged for a world title once again: on 5 May 1973, he fought Jose Legra for the Lineal and WBC featherweight titles, in Brasilia.[5] 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.

Éder Jofre in 1962

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 8 October 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" he said ti the Rio de Janeiro newspaper O Globo).

Jofre had a record of 72–2–4 (50 KOs), making him a member of the exclusive group of boxers who have won 50 or more fights by knockout.

After boxing

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Jofre worked in politics, serving as an alderman for the city of São Paulo for 16 years. He then worked for DERSA, a state-owned company, working with the highways of São Paulo. In 2004, a DVD of Jofre's life titled "O Grande Campeão" was released. On Jofre's 85th birthday, in 2021, the first English language biography of his life was released. The book titled "Eder Jofre: Brazil's First Boxing World Champion", by family friend and author Christopher J. Smith won the "'Book of the Year'" at the "West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame" in October 2021 at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood, California. Present at the event was Jofre and his son, Marcel, and daughter, Andrea. Jofre was in Los Angeles to be inducted into the "West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame" and on this trip he re-visited the site of his bantamweight world title victory, The Olympic Auditorium - his first visit to the venue since that evening on 18 November 1960.

Exhibitions and calisthenics

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Jofre occasionally came out of retirement to fight exhibitions. Some of his more noteworthy exhibitions were against Servilio de Oliveira[6] and Alexis Arguello.[7] In 2010, at age 74, Jofre, a physical fitness fanatic who was still the reflection of great health, put out a calisthenics video.[8]

Vegetarianism

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Jofre was a vegetarian.[9][10] He has been described as one of the few vegetarians ever to win a boxing world championship.[11] He became a vegetarian at the age of 20 after reading a book that stated meat consumption was unhealthy for the body.[12] Jofre adhered to his strict vegetarian diet from the age of 20 and commented in 2019 "I even feel disgust today when I see people eating meat... I eat pasta, rice and beans, boiled potatoes or fried and very sporadically egg. I drink milk, yogurt, curds, and honey".[12]

Illness and death

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Jofre suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.[1] He was hospitalized in March 2022 at a clinic in Embu das Artes because of pneumonia. He died on 2 October due to complications from the disease.[1] He was 86.

Professional boxing record

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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

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He was a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

He is listed #16 on "International Boxing Research Organization" all-time pound-for-pound list.[13][14] In 1983, at the WBC's 20th anniversary, he was voted the greatest bantamweight of all-time. He is also rated as the WBA'a all-time "super champion."

He was listed #9 on "Ring Magazine's" 50 greatest boxers of the past 50 years in 1996.

He is listed as #19 on Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years.

In 2003, he was listed as #85 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.

Jofre was ranked as the number 1 bantamweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006.[15][16]

Éder Jofre is depicted in the 2018 biographical film 10 Segundos Para Vencer. He was portrayed by Brazilian actor Daniel de Oliveira.[17]

In October 2021, he was inducted into the West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Éder Jofre, ex-pugilista, morre aos 86 anos em SP". g1.globo.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ Rold, Cliff (27 August 2009). "The Top 25 Bantamweights of All-Time – Top Ten". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. ^ "About.com: Boxing". Boxing.about.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Eder Jofre".
  5. ^ "Eder Jofre - Lineal Featherweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
  6. ^ Video on YouTube
  7. ^ Video on YouTube
  8. ^ "The End Game - Boxing.com". Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  9. ^ "A Win for Art and Broccoli". vault.si.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  10. ^ Myler, Patrick. (1998). A Century of Boxing Greats: Inside the Ring with the Hundred Best Boxers. Robson/Parkwest. p. 173.
  11. ^ Mullan, Harry. (1987). Great Book of Boxing. Crescent Books. p. 411.
  12. ^ a b "Eder Jofre: The Golden Bantam". boxeomundial.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  13. ^ "IBRO ALL-TIME RATINGS" (PDF). ibroresearch.com.
  14. ^ de andrade lima Page[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "IBRO Rankings". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  16. ^ de andrade lima Page[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "10 Segundos Para Vencer at Imagem Filmes". Imagem Filmes (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 September 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Eder Jofre's Legacy Continues to Be Recognized, 61 Years After He First Became Champion". ringtv.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

Further reading

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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Preceded by
Ernesto Miranda
 South American bantamweight champion
19 February 1960 – November 1960
Vacated 		Vacant
Title next held by
Waldomiro Pinto
World boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
José Becerra 		WBA bantamweight champion
18 November 1960 – 18 May 1965
NBA title until 23 August 1962 		Succeeded by
The Ring bantamweight champion
25 March 1961 – 18 May 1965
Inaugural champion WBC bantamweight champion
18 January 1962 – 18 May 1965
NYSAC title until 14 February 1963
Vacant
Title last held by
Jose Becerra 		Undisputed bantamweight champion
18 January 1962 – 18 May 1965
Preceded by WBC featherweight champion
5 May 1973 – 17 June 1974
Stripped 		Vacant
Title next held by
Bobby Chacon
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