Three-time boxing world champion, Éder Jofre died at the age of 86 in São Paulo; Former boxer was one of the greatest boxers in the history of the sport
Éder Jofre, one of the biggest names in the history of Brazilian sport, died this Sunday, 02, at the age of 86. The ex-boxer’s passing was confirmed by Andrea Jofre, daughter of the boxing legend, on her official profile. Éder had been hospitalized in São Paulo since March due to pneumonia.
According to information from “UOL Esporte”, Jofre died due to urinary sepsis and acute renal failure. The national sports idol still suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease known as ‘boxing dementia’, which was diagnosed in 2015.
Born in March 1936, Éder Jofre is considered one of the greatest boxers in all of history. Known as “Golden Rooster”, he was world bantamweight champion in 1960 and 1962. He also won the title in the featherweight division, one above, in 1973. Jofre became the first Brazilian to win a world-class belt. maximum of the sport.
In his record, Jofre competed in 81 fights and won 75 victories, 52 by knockout. In addition, he accumulates four draws and only two defeats. In 2002, the Brazilian was elected the best boxer of the last fifty years by “The Ring” magazine.
In 2021, his accomplishments were recognized and he was inducted into the US West Coast Hall of Fame. He also made history by becoming the first Brazilian to be immortalized in two categories, as he was inducted into the New York Hall of Fame in 1992.
São Paulo mourns the death of Éder Jofre
In its profile on Twitter, São Paulo mourned the death of the former boxer, who came to defend the colors of the Tricolor when he was an amateur fighter. “São Paulo Futebol Clube, with immense sadness, regrets the death of champion Eder Jofre in the early hours of this Sunday, October 2, in Embu das Artes (SP), as a result of pneumonia,” the club wrote.
Source: sportbuzz
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