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Osvaldo "Ossie" Ocasio
("Jaws")

BORN   August 12 1955; Santurce, Puerto Rico
HEIGHT.. 5-11 1/2
WEIGHT 188 1/2-239 lbs
MANAGER Bill Daily
RECORD 23-13-1 (12 KO)

Ocasio was a fighter with wonderful potential who was "fed to the Lion" too early in his career; He was a muscular fighter with a good punch who had built an impressive, but limited, record when Heavyweight Champ, Larry Holmes, pegged him for a title challenger; During his career, he won the WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World

Ossie defeated such men as Jimmy Young, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Pierre Coetzer, Robbie Williams and "Young" Joe Louis

 
1976
Feb 20 Lorenzo Simons             Hato Rey, Puerto Rico              KO  3 
Apr  5 Rafael Guerrero            San Juan, Puerto Rico              KO  2 
Apr 27 Luis Reins                 San Juan, Puerto Rico              KO  1 
Jul 17 Ed Turner                  San Juan, Puerto Rico               W  8 
Aug 16 Aaron Solomon              San Juan, Puerto Rico              KO  1 

1977
Feb 12 Ed Turner                  Bayamon, Puerto Rico               KO  2 
Mar 17 Gene Idelette              San Juan, Puerto Rico              KO  1 
Jun 14 Roy Morris                 Orlando, Fl                        KO  2 
Jun 25 Frank Schram               Bayamon, Puerto Rico               KO  4 
Jul 12 Tom Nickson                Orlando, Fl                        KO  4 

1978
Apr  8 Kevin Isaac                Bayamon, Puerto Rico                W 10 
Jun  9 Jimmy Young                Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10 

1979
Jan 27 Jimmy Young                San Juan, Puerto Rico               W 10 
Mar 23 Larry Holmes               Las Vegas, Nv                      LT  7 
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World
Nov 20 Jack Sterling              Miami, Fl                          KO  1 

1980
Apr 22 Michael Dokes              San Juan, Puerto Rico               D 10 
Jun 27 Michael Dokes              San Juan, Puerto Rico              LT  1 
Oct 23 Barry Funches              New York, NY                        W 10 

1981
Mar 17 John L. Gardner            London, England                    LK  6 

1982
Feb 13 Robbie Williams            Johannesburg, Trans, SA             W 15 
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World
Dec 15 "Young" Joe Louis          Chicago, Il                         W 15 
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World

1983
May 20 Clifford "Randy" Stephens  Las Vegas, Nv                       W 15 
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World

1984
May  5 John Odhiambho             Guaynabo, Puerto Rico              TK 15 
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World
Dec  1 Piet Crous                 Sun City, Bophtswana, SA            L 15 
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World

1986
Mar 23 Narcisco "Sixto" Maldonado Reno, Nv                            W 10 

1987
May 15 Dwight Muhammad Qawi       Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10 
Aug 15 Evander Holyfield          St. Tropez, France                 LT 11 
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World;
           IBF Cruiserweight Championship of the World

1988
Mar  6 Pierre Coetzer             Cape Town, Cape, SA                 W 10 
Nov 26 Pierre Coetzer             Johannesburg, Trans, SA             L 10 

1989
Dec  7 Ray Mercer                 Las Vegas, Nv                       L  8 

1990
Jan 11 Tyrell Biggs               Atlantic City, NJ                   L 10 
May 18 Bruce Seldon               San Jose, Ca                        L  8 
Jun 27 Lennox Lewis               London, Eng                         L  8 
Oct  3 Jess Harding               Basildon, Eng                      TK  8 
Dec 14 Mike Hunter                Sydney, NSW, Aus                    L 10 

1992
Aug 20 Carl "Truth" Williams      Atlantic City, NJ                   L 10 
Nov 23 Alex Garcia                Inglewood, Ca                      LT  8
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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