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Alfredo Escalera
("El Salsero")

BORN   March 21 1952; Carolina, Puerto Rico
WEIGHT 128 1/2-142 lbs
MANAGERS Victor Valle, Gregorio Benitez

Escalera was a capable fighter who had a great career; He lost but 14 of 70 bouts and scored 31 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World and the WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight Championship

Alfredo defeated such men as Kuniaki Shibata, Tyrone Everett, Ricardo Arredondo, Gene Hatcher, Maurice Watkins, Johnny Lira, Ronnie McGarvey, Ray Lunny III, Shinichi "Buzzsaw" Yamabe, Antonio Amaya, Frankie Otero, Jesus Cuervo Nava, Ruby Ortiz, Jose Fernandez and Svein Erik Paulsen

1970
Sep 24 Bob Payzant                 Portland, Me                    TK  4
Dec  2 Red Walsh                   Scranton, Pa                     W  4

1971
Jan 26 Dan McClendon               Sunnyside, NY                    L  6
Mar 24 Jimmy Jaynes                Boston, Ma                       W  6
Mar 30 Richie Lugo                 Sunnyside, NY                    W  6
Jul 26 Henry Ocasio                New York, NY                     W  4
Aug 10 Eddie James                 Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Sep 14 Reynald Curtin              Montreal, Que, Canada            W 10
Sep 23 Edwin Viruet                Paterson, NJ                     L  8
Oct 26 Henry Ocasio                Sunnyside, NY                    W  8

1972
Feb 16 Diego Alcala                Sunnyside, NY                   LK  8
Jun 12 Alejandro Falcon            San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  7
Jul 14 Carlos Penson               Ponce, Puerto Rico              KO  1
Sep 18 Miguel Morales              San Juan, Puerto Rico            W 10

1973
Mar  3 Miguel Montilla             San Juan, Puerto Rico            L 10
Mar 31 Rocky Orengo                San Juan, Puerto Rico            W 10
Apr 28 Gino Febus                  Carolina, Puerto Rico            L 10
May  8 Carlos Gil                  San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  1
Jul 14 Miguel Montilla             Caguas, Puerto Rico             TK  8
Jul 21 Leo Randolph                San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  2
Aug 21 Frankie Otero               San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  5
Sep 15 Jose Luis Lopez             San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  6
Nov 12 Antonio Amaya               San Juan, Puerto Rico            W 10
Nov 30 Miguel Mayan                San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  4
Dec 17 Johnny Copeland             San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  5

1974
Feb  4 Stanley Yanachek            San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  2
Mar  4 Sigfredo Rodriguez          San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  1
Apr  1 Jorge Ramos                 San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  5
May 30 Armando Mendoza             San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  8
Aug  3 Ricardo Arredondo           San Juan, Puerto Rico           WF  8
Sep  9 Omar Ruben Realecio         San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  5
Oct 18 Eleuterio Herrnandez        Puebla, Mexico                  TK  8
Oct 28 Memo Cruz                   Oaxaca, Mexico                   L 10
Nov 29 Rodriguez Valdez            Puebla, Mexico                  KO  1
Dec 14 Mario Roman                 Mexico City, Mexico             LK  2

1975
Feb 24 Mario Roman                 San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  3
Mar 31 Francisco Villegas          San Juan, Puerto Rico            D 10
Jul  5 Kuniaki Shibata             Mito, Japan                     KO  2
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep 20 Leonel Hernandez            Caracas, Venezuela               D 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 17 Gaetan Hart                 San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  6
Dec 12 Svein  Erik Paulsen         Oslo, Norway                    TK  9
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1976
Feb 20 Jose Fernandez              Hato Rey, Puerto Rico           TK 13
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Apr  1 Shinichi "Buzzsaw" Yamabe   Nara, Japan                     TK  6
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul  1 Shinichi "Buzzsaw" Yamabe   Nara, Japan                      W 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep 18 Ray Lunny III               San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK 13
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 30 Tyrone Everett              Philadelphia, Pa                 W 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1977
Mar 17 Ronnie McGarvey             San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  6
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
May 16 Carlos Becerril             Landover, Md                    KO  8
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep 10 Sigfredo Rodriguez          San Juan, Puerto Rico            W 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1978
Jan 28 Alexis Arguello             San Juan, Puerto Rico           LT 13
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun  3 Rogelio Castaneda           San Juan, Puerto Rico            W 10
Jul 26 Larry Stanton               New York, NY                    TK  3
Oct 27 Julio Valdez                New York, NY                     L 10

1979
Feb  4 Alexis Arguello             Rimini, Italy                   LK 13
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct 13 Antonio Cruz                San Juan, Puerto Rico            D 10

1981
Oct 16 Ruby Ortiz                  New York, NY                     W 10
Nov 21 Johnny Torres               Miami, Fl                       KO  8

1982
Jan 22 Angel Cruz                  New York, NY                     L 10
Mar  8 Clemente Munoz              San Juan, Puerto Rico            W 10
Apr  9 Gene Hatcher                Fort Worth, Tx                   L 10
May 21 Jesus Cuervo Nava           Miami Beach, Fl                 KO  7
Jul  2 Johnny Lira                 Miami Beach, Fl                  W 10
Sep 18 Guillermo Fernandez         Miami Beach, Fl                  W 10
Nov 12 Maurice Watkins             Miami, Fl                        W 10

1983
Jan 29 Sergio Medina               Los Angeles, Ca                  L 10
Mar 25 Trad Thompson               Miami, Fl                       KO  3
May 13 Martin Rojas                Miami, Fl                        W 12
          -WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight Championship;
          Some sources report WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight
          Championship

Jun 16 Gene Hatcher                New York, NY                     W 10
Aug 12 Victor Babilonia            Miami, Fl                       TK  5
Sep 15 Charlie Brown               New York, NY                     L 10

 

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

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