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Cornelius Boza-Edwards

BORN   May 27 1956; Kampala, Uganda
HEIGHT 5-9
WEIGHT 129-138 lbs
MANAGER Mickey Duff

Boza-Edwards was a fine left-handed, boxer-puncher; He lost but 7 of 53 bouts and scored 34 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World and the EBU Super Featherweight Championship of Europe

He defeated such men as Bobby Chacon, Rafael "Bazooka" Limon, John Montes, Melvin Paul, Guy Villegas, Pedro Laza, Charlie Brown, Roberto Elizondo, John Verderosa, Carlos Hernandez, Pedro Jimenez and Tommy Glencross

Cornelius was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993

1976
Dec 13 Barry Price                London, England                   KO  6
Dec 20 Paul Clemit                London, England                   TK  3

1977
Jan 25 Tommy Wright               London, England                   TK  1
Feb  1 Danny Connolly             London, England                   TK  2
Feb 14 George McGurk              London, England                   TK  1
Mar 16 Godfrey Butler             Solihull, England                 KO  2
Apr 18 Billy Vivian               London, England                   KO  1
May 31 Tommy Glencross            London, England                   TK  2
Jun 14 Mario Oliveira             London, England                   TK  2
Sep 27 Des Gwilliam               London, England                   LT  6
Nov  8 Bingo Crooks               London, England                    W  8
Dec  6 Dilwyn Collins             London, England                   KO  5

1978
Feb 21 Carlos Foldes              London, England                   WF  5
Jul 19 Ethem Oezakalin            Bellaria, Italy                   TK  3
Sep 26 George Feeney              London, England                    W  8
Nov  4 Godfrey Mwamba             Lusaka, Zambia                    TK  3
Dec 18 Georges Cotin              London, England                   TK  1

1979
Jan 13 Frankie Moultrie           Miami Beach, Fl                    W  8
Mar  4 Pedro Jimenez              San Remo, Italy                    W  6
Mar 31 Godfrey Mwamba             Lusaka, Zambia                    TK  2
Jun 24 Fernando Jimenez           Monte Carlo, Monaco               TK  5
Nov  3 Jose Luis Gonzalez         Glasgow, Scotland                 TK  3

1980
Mar 16 Fili Ramirez               Las Vegas, Nv                     TK  7
Apr  1 James Washington           London, England                   TK  2
Apr 22 Benny Marquez              London, England                   TK  4
Jun  7 Jerome Artis               Glasgow, Scotland                 KO  3
Jun 28 Ronnie Green               London, England                   TK  6
Jul 12 Jose Manuel Velazquez      London, England                   TK  3
Aug  9 Alexis Arguello            Atlantic City, NJ                 LT  8
Oct 14 Roberto Torres             London, England                   TK  2
Nov 28 Ramon Contreras            San Diego, Ca                      W 10

1981
Mar  8 Rafael "Bazooka" Limon     Stockton, Ca                       W 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
May 30 Bobby Chacon               Las Vegas, Nv                     TK 14
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug 29 Rolando Navarrete          Viareggio, Italy                  LK  5
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 24 Juan Carlos Alvarez        London, England                   TK  3

1982
Feb  9 Arturo Leon                London, England                   TK  4
Mar 17 Carlos Hernandez           London, England                   TK  4
          -EBU Super Featherweight Championship of Europe
Apr 24 John Verderosa             Atlantic City, NJ                 TK  3
Jun 26 Roberto Elizondo           Las Vegas, Nv                      W 10
Oct  9 Blaine Dickson             Las Vegas, Nv                      W 10

1983
Feb 27 Pedro Laza                 Las Vegas, Nv                     TK  9
May 15 Bobby Chacon               Las Vegas, Nv                      L 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep  9 Rocky Lockridge            Las Vegas, Nv                      L 10

1984
Feb 19 Trevor Evelyn              Tampa, Fl                         TK  2
Jun 17 Guy Villegas               Tampa, Fl                         TK  7
Oct 13 Charlie Brown              Belfast, Ireland                  TK  3

1985
Mar 17 Gary Gamble                Tampa, Fl                         TK  4
Apr 14 Melvin Paul                London, England                   KO  2
Jul 14 John Montes                Tampa, Fl                          W 10

1986
Mar 30 Terrence Alli              Las Vegas, Nv                      D 10
Sep 26 Hector "Macho" Camacho     Miami Beach, Fl                    L 12
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World

1987
Jul  9 Ali Kareem Muhammad        New York, NY                       W 10
Oct 10 Jose Luis Ramirez          Paris, France                     LK  5
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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