This was mentioned in "Brazil's First Boxing World Champion" after Eder's impressive destruction of Johnny Caldwell. If Jofre had moved up in March of 1962 to face then World Champion Davey Moore for the featherweight crown, no warm-ups at the poundage, do you think he could have got it done against the bigger man at that time?
"[Moore is] the best featherweight since Willie Pep was in his prime. Just look at Davey's record. He goes all over the world to fight his top contenders right in their own backyard. And he belts them over as fast as they keep turning up. In 1961 Moore won 9 out of 9, 4 by knockout, which is par for any course. Moore is head and shoulders above everyone in his class, but i'm not sure he can lick the guy who is champion of the class below his - Eder Jofre." Edward Brennan, Matchmaker at Madison Square Garden, talking to Boxing Illustrated.
