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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Pedroza was a featherweight world champion. He held two world titles at the featherweight weight division, one of which was a championship elevation, the other was a lineal championship win.
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Eusebio Pedroza was 173 cm tall (5' 8.11") with a reach of 174 cm (5' 8.50"). He used to fight out of the orthodox stance and presented an ape-index of 1 cm (0.39").
Pedroza had a 52.1% KO rate. Of his total 25 KO wins, seven were in the early rounds, seven in the mid rounds, and 11 in the later rounds. He had three first-round KO wins.
Eusebio Pedroza's professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1973 to 1992.
Pedroza made his professional boxing 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 Hall-of-Famer Rubén Olivares, Bashew Sibaca, Gerald Hayes, Raul Silva, Carlos Pinango, Sa Wang Kim, Johnny Aba, and Juan Domingo Malvarez.
Pedroza had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
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 fought a total of 49 times during his professional career, which includes 22 world-title fights at two weight divisions — featherweight and bantamweight. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
April 3, 1976: In his first world-title fight, Eusebio Pedroza loses to Alfonso Zamora via 2nd round KO. He was fighting for the WBA bantamweight title.
April 15, 1978: Pedroza wins the WBA featherweight title from Cecilio Lastra, by beating Lastra via 13th round TKO.
December 5, 1981: Pedroza successfully defends the WBA featherweight title against Bashew Sibaca, winning the fight via 5th round KO.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Pedroza's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his last fight against Mauro Gutierrez, and all the other wins and losses of his career.
On November 21, 1992, a 36-year old Eusebio Pedroza (41-5-1, 25 KO) fought Mauro Gutierrez in his 49th professional fight. He lost to Gutierrez via 10th round split-decision.
On March 14, 1992, a 36-year old Eusebio Pedroza (40-5-1, 24 KO) fought Tomas Quinones in his 48th professional fight. He defeated Quinones via 3rd round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On December 15, 1991, a 35-year old Eusebio Pedroza (39-5-1, 24 KO) fought Jorge Romero in his 47th professional fight. He defeated Romero via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On October 25, 1991, a 35-year old Eusebio Pedroza (38-5-1, 24 KO) fought Tomas Rodriguez in his 46th professional fight. He defeated Rodriguez via 10th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On August 9, 1986, a 30-year old Eusebio Pedroza (38-4-1, 24 KO) fought Edgar Castro in his 45th professional fight. He lost to Castro via 10th round split-decision. He is now on a two-fight losing streak.
On June 8, 1985, a 29-year old Eusebio Pedroza (38-3-1, 24 KO) faced Irish boxer Barry McGuigan, who was 24 years old with a record of 26-1 in a featherweight title-defense fight. McGuigan was on a 24-fight win streak with 23 KO wins. Pedroza was the taller of the two by 5 cms but McGuigan had a 4 cm reach advantage over Pedroza. Coming into this fight, McGuigan had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Pedroza lost to McGuigan via 15 round unanimous decision and lost the WBA and Ring Magazine featherweight titles. His five-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On February 2, 1985, a 28-year old Eusebio Pedroza (37-3-1, 24 KO) faced Jorge Lujan in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Lujan via 15th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA and Ring Magazine featherweight titles. He is now on a five-fight winning streak.
On June 23, 1984, a 28-year old Eusebio Pedroza (36-3-1, 23 KO) fought Gerald Hayes in his 42nd professional fight. He defeated Hayes via 10th round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak.
On May 27, 1984, a 28-year old Eusebio Pedroza (35-3-1, 23 KO) faced Angel Mayor in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Mayor via 15th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA and Ring Magazine featherweight titles. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On October 24, 1983, a 27-year old Eusebio Pedroza (34-3-1, 23 KO) faced Jose Caba in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Caba via 15th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA and Ring Magazine featherweight titles. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On April 24, 1983, in their 2nd fight, a 27-year old Eusebio Pedroza (33-3-1, 23 KO) faced Rocky Lockridge again, 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. Coming into this fight, Lockridge had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Pedroza defeated Lockridge via 15 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA and Ring Magazine featherweight titles.
On October 16, 1982, a 26-year old Eusebio Pedroza (33-3, 23 KO) faced Bernard Taylor in a featherweight title-defense fight. He had a draw with Taylor via 15th round split-decision to retain the WBA and Ring Magazine featherweight titles.
On July 17, 1982, a 26-year old Eusebio Pedroza (33-3, 23 KO) fought Rudy Alpizar in his 37th professional fight. He Alpizar via 2nd round no-contest. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak.
On January 24, 1982, a 25-year old Eusebio Pedroza (32-3, 23 KO) faced Puerto Rican boxer Juan Laporte, who was 22 years old with a record of 19-2 in a featherweight title-defense fight. Laporte was on a four-fight win streak with 11 KO wins. Pedroza was the taller of the two by 8 cms and also had a 1 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Laporte had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Pedroza defeated Laporte via 15 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak.
On December 5, 1981, a 25-year old Eusebio Pedroza (31-3, 22 KO) faced Bashew Sibaca in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Sibaca via 5th round KO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On August 1, 1981, a 25-year old Eusebio Pedroza (30-3, 21 KO) faced Carlos Pinango in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Pinango via 7th round KO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On February 14, 1981, a 24-year old Eusebio Pedroza (29-3, 20 KO) faced Pat Ford in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Ford via 13th round KO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On January 17, 1981, a 24-year old Eusebio Pedroza (28-3, 19 KO) fought Raul Silva in his 32nd professional fight. He defeated Silva via 5th round KO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak.
On October 4, 1980, a 24-year old Eusebio Pedroza (27-3, 19 KO) faced an undefeated American boxer Rocky Lockridge for the first time, who was 21 years old with a record of 16-0 in a featherweight title-defense fight. Lockridge was on a 16-fight win streak with 14 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 split-decision to retain the WBA featherweight title. He handed Lockridge the first loss of his career, and put an end to Lockridge's 16-fight win streak. Pedroza is now on a 14-fight winning streak.
On July 20, 1980, a 24-year old Eusebio Pedroza (26-3, 18 KO) faced Sa Wang Kim in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Kim via 8th round KO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On March 29, 1980, a 24-year old Eusebio Pedroza (25-3, 17 KO) faced Juan Domingo Malvarez in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Malvarez via 9th round KO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak.
On January 22, 1980, a 23-year old Eusebio Pedroza (24-3, 17 KO) faced Spider Nemoto in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Nemoto via 15th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
On November 17, 1979, a 23-year old Eusebio Pedroza (23-3, 16 KO) faced Johnny Aba in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Aba via 11th round TKO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On July 21, 1979, a 23-year old Eusebio Pedroza (22-3, 15 KO) faced Mexican boxer Rubén Olivares, who was 32 years old with a record of 87-9-2 in a featherweight title-defense fight. Olivares was on a one-fight win streak with 77 KO wins. Pedroza was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 4 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Olivares had nine losses, six of which were via stoppage.
Pedroza defeated Olivares via 12th round TKO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On April 7, 1979, a 23-year old Eusebio Pedroza (21-3, 14 KO) faced Hector Carrasquilla in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Carrasquilla via 11th round TKO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On January 9, 1979, a 22-year old Eusebio Pedroza (20-3, 13 KO) faced Royal Kobayashi in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Kobayashi via 13th round RTD to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
On November 27, 1978, a 22-year old Eusebio Pedroza (19-3, 13 KO) faced Enrique Solis in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Solis via 15th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a six-fight winning streak.
On July 2, 1978, a 22-year old Eusebio Pedroza (18-3, 12 KO) faced Ernesto Herrera in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Herrera via 12th round TKO to retain the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On April 15, 1978, a 22-year old Eusebio Pedroza (17-3, 11 KO) faced Cecilio Lastra for Lastra's WBA featherweight title. He defeated Lastra via 13th round TKO to win the WBA featherweight title. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On November 26, 1977, a 21-year old Eusebio Pedroza (16-3, 10 KO) fought Rodolfo Francis in his 20th professional fight. He defeated Francis via 7th round TKO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On May 14, 1977, a 21-year old Eusebio Pedroza (15-3, 9 KO) fought Reynaldo Hidalgo in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Hidalgo via 9th round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On April 2, 1977, in their 2nd fight, a a 21-year old Eusebio Pedroza (14-3, 9 KO) fought Jose Santana in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Santana via 10th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On July 11, 1976, a 20-year old Eusebio Pedroza (14-2, 9 KO) fought Oscar Arnal in his 17th professional fight. He lost to Arnal via 6th round KO. He is now on a two-fight losing streak, with two back-to-back KO losses.
On April 3, 1976, a 20-year old Eusebio Pedroza (14-1, 9 KO) challended an undefeated Mexican boxer Alfonso Zamora's WBA bantamweight title. Zamora was 22 years old with a record of 24-0. Zamora was on a 24-fight win streak with 24 KO wins. Pedroza was the taller of the two by 11 cms but Zamora had a 6 cm reach advantage over Pedroza.
Pedroza lost to Zamora via 2nd round KO. His five-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On November 15, 1975, a 19-year old Eusebio Pedroza (13-1, 8 KO) fought Orlando Amores in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Amores via 9th round TKO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On July 19, 1975, a 19-year old Eusebio Pedroza (12-1, 7 KO) fought Guillermo Almengot in his 14th professional fight. He defeated Almengot via 7th round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On April 26, 1975, a 19-year old Eusebio Pedroza (11-1, 6 KO) fought Marcos Britton in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Britton via 4th round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On March 21, 1975, a 19-year old Eusebio Pedroza (10-1, 6 KO) fought Benicio Sosa in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Sosa via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On February 22, 1975, an 18-year old Eusebio Pedroza (9-1, 6 KO) fought Ernesto Mathias in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Mathias via 10th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On January 18, 1975, an 18-year old Eusebio Pedroza (9-0, 6 KO) fought Alfonso Pérez in his 10th professional fight. He lost to Pérez via 3rd round KO.
On September 14, 1974, an 18-year old Eusebio Pedroza (8-0, 5 KO) fought Senen Rios in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Rios via 6th round TKO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On July 20, 1974, an 18-year old Eusebio Pedroza (7-0, 4 KO) fought Vicente Worrel Jr. in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Worrel Jr. via 1st round KO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On June 14, 1974, an 18-year old Eusebio Pedroza (6-0, 3 KO) fought Ernesto Davis in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Davis via 1st round KO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On May 4, 1974, an 18-year old Eusebio Pedroza (5-0, 2 KO) fought Ricardo Vega in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Vega via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak.
On March 30, 1974, an 18-year old Eusebio Pedroza (4-0, 2 KO) fought Jacinto Fuentes in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Fuentes via 4th round PTS. He is now on a five-fight winning streak.
On March 2, 1974, an 18-year old Eusebio Pedroza (3-0, 1 KO) fought Loitolier Chacon in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Chacon via 1st round KO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak.
On February 8, 1974, a 17-year old Eusebio Pedroza (2-0, 1 KO) fought Jorge Bernal in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Bernal via 4th round PTS. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On December 22, 1973, a 17-year old Eusebio Pedroza (1-0, 1 KO) fought Jose Santana in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Santana via 4th round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On December 1, 1973, a 17-year old Eusebio Pedroza successfully debuted against Julio Garcia. He defeated Garcia via 4th round TKO.
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%).