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Part II: The Golden Bantam: the rivalries and winning the World Title
Copying out the stories with Miranda and Barrientos
Eder would face again, after the win over Caceres, the Argentinian Angel Bustos, who came to the country for a series a bouts. Bustos had defeated the Paraguayan Kid Pascualito before boarding to Brazil, where he faced Eder right away, losing by technical knockout in the fourth round. While Eder faced and defeated Salustiano Suarez and Caceres, Bustos got a draw in his fight against another promising Brazilian of those times, Sebastião Nascimento, a fighter from the state of Minas Gerais. Afterwards, the Argentinian would still beat the Japonese Kiyoshi Miura before getting a second chance against the most promising national boxer at the time. If he had known what awaited him, he would have returned to his hometown Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, earlier: Eder won by knockout in the third round.
After only three weeks, Jofre would go through an interesting test. Giovanni Battista Zuddas, who was known as Gianni Zuddas, was and Italian boxer from the city of Cagliari, the main municipality of Sardinia, and arrived to the country being considered a substantial obstacle to the local fighter. Silver medal in the 1948 London Olympics as a bantamweight, the Italian came to Brazil at 31 years of age, with a professional record of 57-14-4, that is, more than twice as many fights as the Brazilian had in his career at that moment. Although he was not a knockout artist and was in the end of his career, the Italian made the viewers a little concerned, exactly because of his experience. But, after being severely punished by Eder Jofre, he lost on points in 10 rounds. This would be the Italian's penultimate exhibition as a professional.
In December of 1959, Eder would face another Philippine. This time, in the opposite corner would be Danny Kid, fighter ranked number three, with the Mexican Jose Becerra as the champion. Kid achieved this position after a win, in September, against the tough Joe Medel, who Eder would face in one of the most memorable fights of all time. But, before we get there, let's go back to the clash against the Philippine. Although he showed a lot of guts, coming back from three knockdowns, Kid was no match for the Brazilian, who won on points and was increasingly confident.
At last, it was time to face Ernesto Miranda again, from whom Eder could not get more than two draws about 2 years and 5 months ago. In this interval, it was not only Eder who had evolved and amassed good results: Miranda added 25 wins and one draw in this period, with the draw being against Danny Kid, in a fight in Sao Paulo. The rivals would face for the South American bantamweight title in a fight scheduled for 15 rounds, which was something new for both of them, since they had not gone beyond 12 rounds until that moment of their careers.
The Brazilian, who was the favorite, won without difficulties. Being a much better fighter than the embattled Argentinian, Eder was dominant, winning on points according to all except for only one person: Miranda himself. The Argentinian, who had already complained about the draws in 1957, saying he had won, questioned the judges and claimed they had favored the local pugilist.
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Part II: The Golden Bantam: the rivalries and winning the World Title
Copying out the stories with Miranda and Barrientos
Eder would face again, after the win over Caceres, the Argentinian Angel Bustos, who came to the country for a series a bouts. Bustos had defeated the Paraguayan Kid Pascualito before boarding to Brazil, where he faced Eder right away, losing by technical knockout in the fourth round. While Eder faced and defeated Salustiano Suarez and Caceres, Bustos got a draw in his fight against another promising Brazilian of those times, Sebastião Nascimento, a fighter from the state of Minas Gerais. Afterwards, the Argentinian would still beat the Japonese Kiyoshi Miura before getting a second chance against the most promising national boxer at the time. If he had known what awaited him, he would have returned to his hometown Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, earlier: Eder won by knockout in the third round.
After only three weeks, Jofre would go through an interesting test. Giovanni Battista Zuddas, who was known as Gianni Zuddas, was and Italian boxer from the city of Cagliari, the main municipality of Sardinia, and arrived to the country being considered a substantial obstacle to the local fighter. Silver medal in the 1948 London Olympics as a bantamweight, the Italian came to Brazil at 31 years of age, with a professional record of 57-14-4, that is, more than twice as many fights as the Brazilian had in his career at that moment. Although he was not a knockout artist and was in the end of his career, the Italian made the viewers a little concerned, exactly because of his experience. But, after being severely punished by Eder Jofre, he lost on points in 10 rounds. This would be the Italian's penultimate exhibition as a professional.
In December of 1959, Eder would face another Philippine. This time, in the opposite corner would be Danny Kid, fighter ranked number three, with the Mexican Jose Becerra as the champion. Kid achieved this position after a win, in September, against the tough Joe Medel, who Eder would face in one of the most memorable fights of all time. But, before we get there, let's go back to the clash against the Philippine. Although he showed a lot of guts, coming back from three knockdowns, Kid was no match for the Brazilian, who won on points and was increasingly confident.
At last, it was time to face Ernesto Miranda again, from whom Eder could not get more than two draws about 2 years and 5 months ago. In this interval, it was not only Eder who had evolved and amassed good results: Miranda added 25 wins and one draw in this period, with the draw being against Danny Kid, in a fight in Sao Paulo. The rivals would face for the South American bantamweight title in a fight scheduled for 15 rounds, which was something new for both of them, since they had not gone beyond 12 rounds until that moment of their careers.
The Brazilian, who was the favorite, won without difficulties. Being a much better fighter than the embattled Argentinian, Eder was dominant, winning on points according to all except for only one person: Miranda himself. The Argentinian, who had already complained about the draws in 1957, saying he had won, questioned the judges and claimed they had favored the local pugilist.
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