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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 was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1999.
In a professional boxing 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 record stood at 41-6-1 (25 KO wins, 3 KO losses).
Following is a tabular list of Pedroza's fights. For a list with more details — like opponent record, opponent stats, including videos — refer to "All of Eusebio Pedroza's fights".
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 | Res | 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 |
* World-title fight
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.
Weight Division | World Titles Held |
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Featherweight | WBA, The Ring |
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.
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%).
If you are interested in Pedroza's boxing career, you should definitely check out the following fights.