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Eusebio Pedroza
(El Alacran)

BORN   March 2 1953; Panama City, Panama
HEIGHT 5-8 (Some sources report 5-9)
WEIGHT 117-137 lbs

Pedroza was a warrior who came to fight; He was aggressive, hit hard and sometimes got dirty; He was known for coming on strong in the late rounds; During his career, he won the WBA Featherweight Championship of the World and defended it successfully 19 times

Eusebio defeated such men as Ruben Olivares, Rocky Lockridge, Juan LaPorte, Royal Kobayashi, Cecilio Lastra, Juan Domingo Malvarez, Johnny Aba, Shigemitsu "Spider" Nemoto, Jorge Lujan, Rodolfo Francis, Ernesto Herrera, Benicio Segundo Sosa, Orlando Amores, Carlos Pinango, Bashew Sibaca, Jose Caba and Patrick Ford

Herb Goldman ranked Pedroza as the #16 All-Time Featherweight; Eusebio was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999

1973
Dec  1 Julio Garcia               Santiago, Panama                  TK  4
          -Some sources report "Panama City, Panama"
Dec 22 Jose Santana               Panama City, Panama                W  4
 
1974
Feb  8 Jorge Bernal               Panama City, Panama                W  4
          -Some sources report "W 6"
Mar  2 Loitolier Chacon Plata     Panama City, Panama               KO  1
          -Some sources report "W 8" on 3/01/74
Mar 30 Jacinto Fuentes            Panama City, Panama                W  4
          -Some sources report "KO 1"
May  4 Ricardo Vega               Panama City, Panama               TK  2
Jun 14 Ernesto Davis              Panama City, Panama               KO  1
Jul 20 Vicente Worrell Jr.        Panama City, Panama               KO  1
Sep 14 Senen Rios                 Panama City, Panama               TK  6
 
1975
Jan 15 Alfonso Perez              Panama City, Panama               LK  3
          -Some sources report 1/18/75
Feb 22 Ernesto Mathias            Panama City, Panama                W 10
          -Some sources report "KO 8"
Mar 21 Benicio Segundo Sosa       David, Panama                      W 10
Apr 26 Marcos Britton             Panama City, Panama               KO  4
Jul 19 Guillermo Almengot         Panama City, Panama               TK  7
Nov  5 Orlando Amores             Panama City, Panama               TK  9
          -Some sources report 11/15/75

1976
Apr  3 Alfonso Zamora             Mexicali, Mexico                  LK  2
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jul 10 Oscar Arnal                Caracas, Venezuela                LK  6
          -Some sources report 7/11/76

1977
Apr  2 Jose Santana              Panama City, Panama                W 10
May 14 Reynaldo Hidalgo          Panama City, Panama               TK  9
Nov 26 Rodolfo Francis           Panama City, Panama               TK  7

1978
Apr 15 Cecilio Lastra            Panama City, Panama               TK 13
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul  2 Ernesto Herrera           Panama City, Panama               TK 12
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 27 Enrique Solis             San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World

1979
Jan  9 Royal Kobayashi           Tokyo, Japan                      TK 13
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World;
           Some sources report "TK 14"
Apr  7 Hector Carrasquilla       Panama City, Panama               TK 11
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 21 Ruben Olivares            Houston, Tx                       TK 12
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 17 John Aba                  Port Moresby, New Guinea          TK 11
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World

1980
Jan 22 Shigemitsu "Spider" Nemoto Tokyo, Japan                      W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Mar 29 Juan Domingo Malvarez     Panama City, Panama               KO  9
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 20 Sa Wang Kim               Seoul, South Korea                KO  8
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct  4 Rocky Lockridge           McAffee, NJ                        W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World

1981
Jan 17 Raul Silva                Panama City, Panama               KO  4
Feb 14 Patrick Ford              Panama City, Panama               KO 13
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug  1 Carlos Pinango            Caracas, Venezuela                KO  7
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Dec  5 Bashew Sibaca             Panama City, Panama               KO  5
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World

1982
Jan 24 Juan LaPorte              Atlantic City, NJ                  W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 17 Rudy Alpizar              Panama City, Panama               NC  2

          -Pedroza received recognition as World Featherweight Champion
           after LaPorte won the WBC Featherweight Championship

Oct 16 Bernard Taylor            Charlotte, NC                      D 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World

1983
Apr 24 Rocky Lockridge           San Remo, Italy                    W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct 22 Jose Caba                 St. Vincent, Italy                 W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World;
           Some sources report 10/24/83

1984
May 27 Angel Levi Mayor          Maracaibo, Venezuela               W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun 23 Gerald Hayes              Panama City, Panama               TK 10

1985
Feb  2 Jorge Lujan               Panama City, Panama                W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun  8 Barry McGuigan            London, England                    L 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World

1986
Aug  9 Edgar Castro              Panama City, Panama                L 10

1991
Oct 25 Tomas Rodriguez           Miami, Fl                          W 10
          -Some sources report "W 8"
Dec 15 Jorge Romero              Miami, Fl                          W 10

1992
Mar 14 Tomas Quinones            Antibes, France                   KO  3
Nov 21 Mauro Gutierrez           Detroit, Mi                        L 10


*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1976
Jun 12 Pablo Jimenez              Panama City, Panama                W 10


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

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