Jofre, Eder

Jofre, Eder

▪ Brazilian boxer
born March 26, 1936, São Paulo, Brazil

      Brazilian professional boxer, world bantamweight and featherweight champion.

      Jofre's family owned a boxing gym in São Paulo, Brazil, and he began a career as an amateur fighter at an early age. He embarked on his professional boxing career in 1957 after being a quarterfinalist in the 1956 Olympic Games. Three years later he won the South American bantamweight title. On November 18, 1960, he scored a sixth-round knockout victory against Eloy Sanchez to claim the vacant National Boxing Association (NBA) world bantamweight championship. Jofre won worldwide recognition as the champion on March 25, 1961, when he knocked out Piero Rollo in 10 rounds. He successfully defended his title seven times, winning all the bouts by knockout. On May 17, 1965, Jofre relinquished the title when he lost a 15-round decision to Fighting Harada. It was his first loss since the Olympic Games. They had a rematch on June 1, 1966, which Jofre lost in a 15-round decision.

      Jofre retired for more than three years before making a comeback as a featherweight. He defeated Jose Legra in 15 rounds in 1973 to win championship recognition from the World Boxing Council (WBC) and defended his title later in the year by knocking out Vicente Saldivar in 4 rounds. Jofre ended his career in 1976 having won all 25 of his matches as a featherweight. His career record was 72 victories (50 by knockout), 4 draws, and the 2 losses to Harada in bantamweight championship matches. Jofre, a hero in his native Brazil, was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.

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