Alfonso Gerald Frazer (born January 4, 1948) is a former
Panamanian
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who held the
Lineal and
WBA Light welterweight titles. He competed in the
men's featherweight event at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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.
1964 Olympic results
Below is the record of Alfonso Gerald Frazer, a Panamanian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:
* Round of 32: lost to Heinz Schulz (German Unified Team) referee stopped contest
Professional career
Known as "Peppermint," Frazer began his professional career in 1965 and won the Lineal and
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxi ...
light welterweight
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional boxing
In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, ...
titles by defeating
Nicolino Locche
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by unanimous decision in 1972.
He lost the belt in his first defense by knockout to
Antonio Cervantes
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later that year, and also lost a rematch to Cervantes by TKO in 1973.He fought future champion
Aaron Pryor
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in 1979 and was TKO'd in the fifth round. He never challenged for a major title again, and retired in 1981.
Professional boxing record
See also
*
List of light welterweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the Nati ...
*
List of WBA world champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.
Boxers who won t ...
References
External links
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Alfonso "Peppermint" Frazer - CBZ Profile
1948 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Panama City
Welterweight boxers
Panamanian male boxers
Olympic boxers of Panama
Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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