Reevaluation 1: Eder Jofre

No, Kostya Tsyzu is...

 

He beat the best of his era......during a talented era......
Eder was past prime against Harada, with weight problems......
Eder had everything.....power in both hands, awesome skills, very complete fighter.......and one of the best body punches ever....

 

bit of a fanboy article but it is very thoroughly written, i suggest you read with an open mind.

http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=200

 

Thank you. Taken into consideration.
But he is surely not the most overrated boxer of all time.
He was not stopped during his whole career which can't be said about many . Even his 2 losses to Harada which were his only losses were by close decision , only watching the entire fights can tell who the winner was if there was.
I always welcome reevaluation.

 

Johnny Caldwell held a version of the world crown, their fight was a unification bout.

 

Fair enough anyone questioning Jofre a bit, but doing the old "number of former, future world champions " thing is not going to hold up by itself.Usually it's a pretty damn weak and irrelevant way to judge any fighter, especially one from an era where there weren't as many belts going around.

research the era and you will see the circumstances of how Jofre came to be regarded as the best Bantam.tryand judge who he fought on their own merits as best you can and watch a lot of everything you can get hold of.

If you still don't rate him too highly then fine, but these weak manufactered stat startpoints are no way to assess any fighter.Even Terry Norris.

Im not a lists man really, though i do struggle to see how he could fit into all the top '20s he appears in unless it's of the inherent goodness/h2h effectiveness type.

 

Just winding you up a bit, Cass-122. :good

Since we're talking about bantamweights/featherweights, I'm interested to see whose resume- at those weights, you would rate highly. It helps to establish context.

Either way, I'll give my full evaluation of Jofre's resume in a while.

 

He was widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter of his era by people who watched him a lot more that you have and also just about the only champ of that time already considered an all-time great in their respective division (with old timers who never used to rate contemporary fighters that highly). Boxing Illustrated also ran an article about the 'best pfp fighters' in their lifetime (15 year anniversary) and Jofre came 1st ahead of Monzon, Napoles, Ali, Griffith etc.

 

One thing to note is that Harada's resume, even without Jofre on it, was still pretty damned good. Victories over Rudkin, Ebihara, Kingpetch in the first fight, and Medel in the rematch, and a number of other very good, solid contenders speak well of the man's ability.

Another thing to note is that Jofre wasn't just content to fight challengers in his own back-yard. His defenses against Caraballo, Aoki, and Jamito were all staged in his opponent's home country. So were the losses against Harada. So Jofre didn't feast on home cooking as much as others might believe.