Éder Jofre

Éder Jofre ( born March 26, 1936 in São Paulo, Brazil ) is a former Brazilian boxer. He was normal boom, a counter- boxer with hard blow hand.

There are few records of his fights, as many film reels were re-used from the time for other purposes. He spoke no English and boxed rare in the U.S. or Europe.

He began his professional career in 1957 in the bantamweight. In 1959, he beat former world title challenger Leo Espinoza. On January 18, 1962, he won the world bantamweight title against undefeated Johnny Caldwell by TKO in the tenth round. After the division of the associations in WBC and WBA he held both titles. In 1965, he got more and more problems with maintaining the bantamweight limit and so he lost the title by a controversial decision in Japan to Fighting Harada. The rematch a year later he also lost by one point defeat. Harada was the only one who could beat Jofre in his pro career. In Ring Magazine, he is the second best of all time Bantamgewichtler by Carlos Zárate.

After the defeats and the loss titles he resigned for the time being, made after three years in 1969 but made ​​a comeback in the featherweight. In 1973, he won with 37 years of the WBC champion featherweight title with a points victory over the Cuban exile Jose Legra and defended him by KO against hard-hitting Mexican southpaw Vicente Saldivar in his last fight. Saldivar was two years former world champion, before this fight but inactive. In June 1974 Jofre finally the World Champion title was denied because he did not fulfill his obligation to defend his title. He lost in the featherweight and never came back for good in 1976.

Later, he became a deputy in the Parliament of São Paolo region. In 1992, Jofre induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.