In a career spanning 19 years and 6 months, Éder Jofre fought 78 times with 72 wins, 2 losses, and 4 draws. By his last professional fight on October 8, 1976, Jofre's boxing record stood at 72-2-4 (50 KO wins).
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Éder Jofre (Galinho de Ouro) was a Brazilian professional boxer. He was born in São Paulo, SP, Brazil on March 26, 1936. Jofre made his professional boxing debut at the age of 21 on March 29, 1957. He was a 2-weight-class world champion. He died on October 2, 2022 at the age of 86 years. Jofre is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 78 |
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Wins | 72 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 4 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 50 |
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Total Title Wins | 2 |
Title Defenses | 9 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 10 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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78 | Oct 8, 1976 | 40 | Octavio Gomez | Win | UD |
77 | Aug 13, 1976 | 40 | Juan Antonio López | Win | UD |
76 | Jul 2, 1976 | 40 | Jose Antonio Jimenez | Win | UD |
75 | May 29, 1976 | 40 | Pasqualino Morbidelli | Win | KO4 |
74 | May 2, 1976 | 40 | Michel Lefevbre | Win | KO3 |
73 | Feb 24, 1976 | 39 | Enzo Farinelli | Win | KO4 |
72 | Jan 3, 1975 | 38 | Niliberto Herrera | Win | UD |
71 | Oct 21, 1973 | 37 | Vicente Saldivar | Win | KO4 |
70 | Aug 25, 1973 | 37 | Frankie Crawford | Win | UD |
69 | Jul 21, 1973 | 37 | Godfrey Stevens | Win | KO4 |
68 | May 5, 1973 | 37 | José Legrá | Win | MD |
67 | Sep 29, 1972 | 36 | Djiemai Belhadri | Win | KO3 |
66 | Aug 18, 1972 | 36 | Shig Fukuyama | Win | TKO9 |
65 | Jun 30, 1972 | 36 | Jose Bisbal | Win | KO2 |
64 | Apr 28, 1972 | 36 | Felix Figueroa | Win | PTS |
63 | Mar 24, 1972 | 35 | Guillermo Morales | Win | KO6 |
62 | Oct 29, 1971 | 35 | Robert Porcel | Win | KO2 |
61 | Sep 10, 1971 | 35 | Tony Jumao-As | Win | PTS |
60 | Jul 9, 1971 | 35 | Domenico Chiloiro | Win | PTS |
59 | Mar 26, 1971 | 35 | Jerry Stokes | Win | KO2 |
58 | Nov 6, 1970 | 34 | Giovanni Girgenti | Win | PTS |
57 | Sep 25, 1970 | 34 | Roberto Wong | Win | KO3 |
56 | May 29, 1970 | 34 | Manny Elias | Win | UD |
55 | Jan 30, 1970 | 33 | Nevio Carbi | Win | PTS |
54 | Aug 27, 1969 | 33 | Rudy Corona | Win | KO6 |
53 | May 31, 1966 | 30 | Fighting Harada | Loss | UD |
52 | Nov 5, 1965 | 29 | Manny Elias | Draw | PTS |
51 | May 18, 1965 | 29 | Fighting Harada | Loss | SD |
50 | Nov 27, 1964 | 28 | Bernardo Caraballo | Win | KO7 |
49 | May 18, 1963 | 27 | Johnny Jamito | Win | TKO12 |
48 | Apr 4, 1963 | 27 | Katsutoshi Aoki | Win | KO3 |
47 | Sep 11, 1962 | 26 | José Medel | Win | KO6 |
46 | May 4, 1962 | 26 | Herman Marques | Win | TKO10 |
45 | Jan 18, 1962 | 25 | Johnny Caldwell | Win | TKO10 |
44 | Dec 6, 1961 | 25 | Fernando Gonçalves | Win | KO8 |
43 | Aug 19, 1961 | 25 | Ramon Arias | Win | TKO7 |
42 | Jul 26, 1961 | 25 | Sadao Yaoita | Win | KO10 |
41 | Apr 18, 1961 | 25 | Sugar Ray | Win | KO2 |
40 | Mar 2, 1961 | 24 | Piero Rollo | Win | RTD9 |
39 | Dec 16, 1960 | 24 | Billy Peacock | Win | KO2 |
38 | Nov 18, 1960 | 24 | Eloy Sanchez | Win | KO6 |
37 | Sep 30, 1960 | 24 | Ricardo Moreno | Win | TKO6 |
36 | Aug 18, 1960 | 24 | José Medel | Win | KO10 |
35 | Jul 15, 1960 | 24 | Claudio Barrientos | Win | TKO8 |
34 | Jun 10, 1960 | 24 | Ernesto Miranda | Win | KO3 |
33 | Feb 19, 1960 | 23 | Ernesto Miranda | Win | PTS |
32 | Dec 12, 1959 | 23 | Danny Kid | Win | UD |
31 | Oct 30, 1959 | 23 | Giovanni Zuddas | Win | PTS |
30 | Oct 9, 1959 | 23 | Angel Bustos | Win | KO3 |
29 | Jul 31, 1959 | 23 | Ruben Cáceres | Win | KO7 |
28 | Jun 28, 1959 | 23 | Salustiano Suarez | Win | TKO1 |
27 | Jun 19, 1959 | 23 | Angel Bustos | Win | TKO4 |
26 | Jun 4, 1959 | 23 | Leo Espinosa | Win | PTS |
25 | Apr 20, 1959 | 23 | Salustiano Suarez | Win | KO4 |
24 | Mar 23, 1959 | 22 | Aniceto Pereyra | Win | PTS |
23 | Dec 12, 1958 | 22 | Roberto Castro | Win | KO2 |
22 | Nov 14, 1958 | 22 | Jose Smecca | Win | TKO7 |
21 | Oct 10, 1958 | 22 | Jose Casas | Win | KO3 |
20 | Sep 12, 1958 | 22 | Jose Casas | Win | PTS |
19 | Jul 18, 1958 | 22 | Roberto Olmedo | Win | TKO5 |
18 | Jul 18, 1958 | 22 | Juan Carlos Acebal | Win | KO2 |
17 | Jun 29, 1958 | 22 | German Escudero | Win | KO2 |
16 | Jun 20, 1958 | 22 | German Escudero | Win | KO2 |
15 | May 14, 1958 | 22 | Ruben Cáceres | Draw | PTS |
14 | Mar 7, 1958 | 21 | Cristobal Gabisans | Win | TKO6 |
13 | Jan 29, 1958 | 21 | Avelino Romero | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Dec 22, 1957 | 21 | Cristobal Gabisans | Win | PTS |
11 | Dec 13, 1957 | 21 | Adolfo Ramon Pendas | Win | PTS |
10 | Oct 30, 1957 | 21 | Luis Angel Jimenez | Win | KO8 |
9 | Sep 6, 1957 | 21 | Ernesto Miranda | Draw | PTS |
8 | Aug 16, 1957 | 21 | Ernesto Miranda | Draw | PTS |
7 | Jul 19, 1957 | 21 | Raul Jaime | Win | PTS |
6 | Jul 5, 1957 | 21 | Raul Jaime | Win | PTS |
5 | Jun 14, 1957 | 21 | Juan Gonzalez | Win | KO5 |
4 | Jun 7, 1957 | 21 | Osvaldo Perez | Win | KO2 |
3 | May 24, 1957 | 21 | Osvaldo Perez | Win | TKO10 |
2 | Apr 26, 1957 | 21 | Raul Lopez | Win | KO3 |
1 | Mar 29, 1957 | 21 | Raul Lopez | Win | KO4 |
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Éder Jofre's professional boxing career spanned more than 19 years — from 1957 to 1976.
Jofre made his debut against Raul Lopez at the age of 21 on March 29, 1957, defeating Lopez via 4th round KO. He went on to win 6 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 4 wins via stoppage.
Jofre had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on November 18, 1960 after 37 professional fights, against Eloy Sanchez for the bantamweight NBA (vacant) title. He defeated Sanchez via 6th round KO to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Jofre won one world title at bantamweight. He was elevated as world champion thrice. For all the details about Jofre's world title wins and defenses refer to "Éder Jofre World Titles".
Some of Jofre's best fights and notable victories include wins over Vicente Saldivar, Katsutoshi Aoki, Ramon Arias, Johnny Caldwell, Bernardo Caraballo, José Medel, and Fernando Gonçalves.
Éder Jofre had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career — both of them in title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Fighting Harada via 15 round split-decision on May 18, 1965, which ended his 47-fight win streak. He was never stopped, both his losses came via decision. For more details about these defeats, refer to "All of Éder Jofre's losses".
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Octavio Gomez at 40 years of age, on October 8, 1976. Jofre won the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Jofre retired from professional boxing with a record of 72-2-4, which included 50 knockout wins, and 1 title win. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1992.
Éder Jofre fought a total of 78 times during his professional career. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
A 24-year old Éder Jofre (34-0-3, 24 KO) had his first world title fight against Eloy Sanchez for Sanchez' NBA (vacant) bantamweight belt.
Jofre defeated Sanchez via 6th round KO to win the vacant NBA bantamweight title.A 25-year old Éder Jofre (39-0-3, 29 KO) faced Ramon Arias in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Jofre defeated Arias via 7th round TKO to retain the NBA and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles.A 25-year old Éder Jofre (41-0-3, 31 KO) faced Johnny Caldwell in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Jofre defeated Caldwell via 10th round TKO to retain the NBA and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles.In a rematch, a 26-year old Éder Jofre (43-0-3, 33 KO) faced José Medel, who was now 24 years old with a record of 52-17-4 in a bantamweight title defense fight. Medel was on a seven-fight win streak with 32 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Jofre.
Jofre defeated Medel via 6th round KO to retain the WBA and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles.
A 27-year old Éder Jofre (44-0-3, 34 KO) faced Katsutoshi Aoki in a undisputed bantamweight championship bout.
Jofre defeated Aoki via 3rd round KO to retain the WBA, WBC, and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles.A 28-year old Éder Jofre (46-0-3, 36 KO) faced Bernardo Caraballo in a undisputed bantamweight championship bout.
Jofre defeated Caraballo via 7th round KO to retain the WBA, WBC, and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles.A 37-year old Éder Jofre (64-2-4, 46 KO) faced Vicente Saldivar, who was 30 years old with a record of 37-2 in a featherweight title defense fight. Saldivar was on a one-fight win streak with 26 KO wins. Jofre was the taller of the two by 1 cm but Saldivar had a 2 cm reach advantage over Jofre.
Jofre defeated Saldívar via 4th round KO to retain the WBC featherweight title.
Some of Jofre's best wins were against Vicente Saldivar, Katsutoshi Aoki, Ramon Arias, Johnny Caldwell, Bernardo Caraballo, José Medel, and Fernando Gonçalves.
Jofre knocked out 50 of his 78 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 64.1%. Of his total 72 wins, 50 of them were via KO (69.4%).
Jofre had 2 losses. Fighting Harada is the only boxer who has beaten Jofre.