BOXER

Éder Jofre

1936 - 2022

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Eder Jofre (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛdeʁ ˈʒofɾi]; 26 March 1936 – 2 October 2022) was a Brazilian professional boxer and architect who was both bantamweight and featherweight world champion. He is considered by many to be the greatest bantamweight boxer of all time. In 2019, he was voted the 16th greatest boxer of all time, which made 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Éder Jofre is the 51st most popular boxer (down from 44th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 283rd in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Éder Jofre ranks 51 out of 496. Before him are Oleksandr Usyk, Emile Griffith, Kim Duk-koo, Leon Spinks, Gennady Golovkin, and Earnie Shavers. After him are Ezzard Charles, John L. Sullivan, Tommy Morrison, Rocky Graziano, Piero Toscani, and Oliver Kirk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Éder Jofre ranks 256. Before him are Jim Brown, Karol Divín, Lien Chan, Satish Kumar, Alex Olmedo, and Lars Gustafsson. After him are Richard Harrison, Birthe Wilke, Guillermo Endara, Ivan Marchuk, Jair Marinho, and Abbie Hoffman. Among people deceased in 2022, Éder Jofre ranks 225. Before him are Julio Jiménez, Borys Romanchenko, Gregory Itzin, Karol Divín, Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, and Earnie Shavers. After him are James McDivitt, Mino De Rossi, Ciriaco De Mita, Franciszek Pieczka, Ivanka Khristova, and Valery Ryumin.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Éder Jofre ranks 330 out of 2,236. Before him are Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Luiz Bonfá (1922), Valdo Filho (1964), Lygia Clark (1920), Monteiro Lobato (1882), and Oswald de Andrade (1890). After him are Diane, Duchess of Württemberg (1940), Jair Marinho (1936), Zé Sérgio (1957), José Alencar (1931), Joel Camargo (1946), and Augusto da Costa (1920).

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Among BOXERS In Brazil

Among boxers born in Brazil, Éder Jofre ranks 1. After him are Robson Conceição (1988), Yamaguchi Falcão (1987), Esquiva Falcão (1989), Beatriz Ferreira (1992), Éverton Lopes (1988), Janjaem Suwannapheng (null), and Wanderson de Oliveira (1997).

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