Eder Jofre boxer

Eder Jofre (Portuguese pronunciation: ˈɛdeɾ ˈʒofɾi; born March 26, 1936) is a Brazilian architect and a retired professional boxer who has been both Bantamweight and Featherweight world champion.In 2019, he was voted the 16th greatest boxer of all-time, making him the third greatest living boxer (behind only Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard) by "The International Boxing Research Organization". In 2002, he was named the 19th greatest fighter of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. In 1996, he was rated the 9th greatest boxer of the previous 50 years. He is ranked #85 on Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers Of All Time list.Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.Eder, a son of Aristides Jofre, whose nicknames are "Galinho de Ouro" (="Golden Bantam") and "Jofrinho", made his professional debut on March 23, 1957, beating Raul Lopez by knockout in five rounds. He had twelve fights in 1957, including two each against Lopez, Osvaldo Perez and Ernesto Miranda, against whom Jofre sustained his first two record stains: two ten-round draws (ties).He began 1958 by winning four more fights, and then, on May 14 of that year, he had his first fight abroad, drawing in ten rounds against Ruben Caceres in Montevideo, Uruguay. On November 14, Jose Smecca became the only man to drop Jofre in his career; Jofre got up from a first-round knockdown to knock Smecca out in seven rounds.Jofre won eight fights in 1959, including one against two-time world title challenger Leo Espinoza, and a seventh-round knockout in a rematch with Caceres.