In a career spanning 18 years and 11 months, Eusebio Pedroza fought 49 times with 41 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw. By his last professional fight on November 21, 1992, Pedroza's boxing record stood at 41-6-1 (25 KO wins, 3 KO losses).
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Eusebio Pedroza (El Alacrán) was a Panamanian professional boxer. He was born in Panama City, Panama on March 2, 1956. Pedroza made his professional boxing debut at the age of 17 on December 1, 1973. He was a featherweight world champion. He died on March 1, 2019 at the age of 62 years. Pedroza is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 49 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 1 |
KO Wins | 25 |
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Total Title Wins | 1 |
Title Defenses | 18 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 11 |
Losses via KO | 3 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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49 | Nov 21, 1992 | 36 | Mauro Gutierrez | Loss | SD |
48 | Mar 14, 1992 | 36 | Tomas Quinones | Win | KO3 |
47 | Dec 15, 1991 | 35 | Jorge Romero | Win | UD |
46 | Oct 25, 1991 | 35 | Tomas Rodriguez | Win | UD |
45 | Aug 9, 1986 | 30 | Edgar Castro | Loss | SD |
44 | Jun 8, 1985 | 29 | Barry McGuigan | Loss | UD |
43 | Feb 2, 1985 | 28 | Jorge Lujan | Win | UD |
42 | Jun 23, 1984 | 28 | Gerald Hayes | Win | TKO10 |
41 | May 27, 1984 | 28 | Angel Mayor | Win | UD |
40 | Oct 24, 1983 | 27 | Jose Caba | Win | UD |
39 | Apr 24, 1983 | 27 | Rocky Lockridge | Win | UD |
38 | Oct 16, 1982 | 26 | Bernard Taylor | Draw | SD |
37 | Jul 17, 1982 | 26 | Rudy Alpizar | NC | NC |
36 | Jan 24, 1982 | 25 | Juan Laporte | Win | UD |
35 | Dec 5, 1981 | 25 | Bashew Sibaca | Win | KO5 |
34 | Aug 1, 1981 | 25 | Carlos Pinango | Win | KO7 |
33 | Feb 14, 1981 | 24 | Pat Ford | Win | KO13 |
32 | Jan 17, 1981 | 24 | Raul Silva | Win | KO5 |
31 | Oct 4, 1980 | 24 | Rocky Lockridge | Win | SD |
30 | Jul 20, 1980 | 24 | Sa Wang Kim | Win | KO8 |
29 | Mar 29, 1980 | 24 | Juan Domingo Malvarez | Win | KO9 |
28 | Jan 22, 1980 | 23 | Spider Nemoto | Win | UD |
27 | Nov 17, 1979 | 23 | Johnny Aba | Win | TKO11 |
26 | Jul 21, 1979 | 23 | Rubén Olivares | Win | TKO12 |
25 | Apr 7, 1979 | 23 | Hector Carrasquilla | Win | TKO11 |
24 | Jan 9, 1979 | 22 | Royal Kobayashi | Win | RTD13 |
23 | Nov 27, 1978 | 22 | Enrique Solis | Win | UD |
22 | Jul 2, 1978 | 22 | Ernesto Herrera | Win | TKO12 |
21 | Apr 15, 1978 | 22 | Cecilio Lastra | Win | TKO13 |
20 | Nov 26, 1977 | 21 | Rodolfo Francis | Win | TKO7 |
19 | May 14, 1977 | 21 | Reynaldo Hidalgo | Win | TKO9 |
18 | Apr 2, 1977 | 21 | Jose Santana | Win | UD |
17 | Jul 11, 1976 | 20 | Oscar Arnal | Loss | KO6 |
16 | Apr 3, 1976 | 20 | Alfonso Zamora | Loss | KO2 |
15 | Nov 15, 1975 | 19 | Orlando Amores | Win | TKO9 |
14 | Jul 19, 1975 | 19 | Guillermo Almengot | Win | TKO7 |
13 | Apr 26, 1975 | 19 | Marcos Britton | Win | KO4 |
12 | Mar 21, 1975 | 19 | Benicio Sosa | Win | UD |
11 | Feb 22, 1975 | 18 | Ernesto Mathias | Win | UD |
10 | Jan 18, 1975 | 18 | Alfonso Pérez | Loss | KO3 |
9 | Sep 14, 1974 | 18 | Senen Rios | Win | TKO6 |
8 | Jul 20, 1974 | 18 | Vicente Worrel Jr. | Win | KO1 |
7 | Jun 14, 1974 | 18 | Ernesto Davis | Win | KO1 |
6 | May 4, 1974 | 18 | Ricardo Vega | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Mar 30, 1974 | 18 | Jacinto Fuentes | Win | PTS |
4 | Mar 2, 1974 | 18 | Loitolier Chacon | Win | KO1 |
3 | Feb 8, 1974 | 17 | Jorge Bernal | Win | PTS |
2 | Dec 22, 1973 | 17 | Jose Santana | Win | UD |
1 | Dec 1, 1973 | 17 | Julio Garcia | Win | TKO4 |
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Eusebio Pedroza's professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1973 to 1992.
Pedroza made his debut against Julio Garcia at the age of 17 on December 1, 1973, defeating Garcia via 4th round TKO. He went on to win 8 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 5 wins via stoppage.
Pedroza had his first world title fight at the age of 20 on April 3, 1976 after 15 professional fights, against Alfonso Zamora for the WBA title. He lost to Zamora via 2nd round KO.
Pedroza won one world title at featherweight. He was elevated as world champion once. For all the details about Pedroza's world title wins and defenses refer to "Eusebio Pedroza World Titles".
Some of Pedroza's best fights and notable victories include wins over Bashew Sibaca, Gerald Hayes, Raul Silva, Carlos Pinango, Sa Wang Kim, Rocky Lockridge, and Johnny Aba.
Eusebio Pedroza had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career — two of them in title bouts and four in non-title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Alfonso Pérez via 3rd round KO on January 18, 1975. He was stopped three times and lost three times via decision. For more details about these defeats, refer to "All of Eusebio Pedroza's losses".
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Mauro Gutierrez at 36 years of age, on November 21, 1992. Pedroza lost the fight via 10 round split-decision.
Pedroza retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-6-1, which included 25 knockout wins and 3 losses via knockout, and 1 title win. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1999.
Eusebio Pedroza fought a total of 49 times during his professional career. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
A 22-year old Eusebio Pedroza (17-3, 11 KO) had his first world title fight against Cecilio Lastra for Lastra's WBA featherweight belt.
Pedroza defeated Lastra via 13th round TKO to win the WBA featherweight title.A 25-year old Eusebio Pedroza (31-3, 22 KO) faced Bashew Sibaca in a featherweight title defense fight.
Pedroza defeated Sibaca via 5th round KO to retain the WBA featherweight title.In a rematch, a 27-year old Eusebio Pedroza (33-3-1, 23 KO) faced Rocky Lockridge, who was now 24 years old with a record of 29-2 in a featherweight title defense fight. Lockridge was on a nine-fight win streak with 24 KO wins. Pedroza was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 1 cm reach advantage.
Pedroza defeated Lockridge via 15 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA and Ring Magazine featherweight titles.
Some of Pedroza's best wins were against Bashew Sibaca, Gerald Hayes, Raul Silva, Carlos Pinango, Sa Wang Kim, Rocky Lockridge, and Johnny Aba.
Pedroza knocked out 25 of his 49 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 52.1%. Of his total 41 wins, 25 of them were via KO (61%).
Pedroza had 6 losses. Mauro Gutierrez, Edgar Castro, Barry McGuigan, Oscar Arnal, and Alfonso Zamora are some of the boxers who have beaten Pedroza.