Eddie Jose Gazo Roa (born 12 September 1950) is a Nicaraguan former
professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1984. He held the
Lineal and
WBA light middleweight
Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA an ...
titles from 1977 to 1978.
Professional career
Gazo turned pro in 1971, and captured the
WBA and lineal light middleweight titles in 1977 with a decision win over
Miguel Angel Castellini
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Places
* Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
* São Miguel (disam ...
.
That year he was named
The Ring magazine Progress of the Year fighter. He defended the belt three times before losing it to
Masashi Kudo the following year. He retired in 1984 following a string of losses that concluded with a defeat to
Julian Jackson.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of light middleweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight / Light Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the ...
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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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Eddie Gazo - CBZ Profile
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1950 births
Nicaraguan male boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
Living people
World boxing champions
People from Boaco Department