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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Lineal Champion

Eddie Gazo

BORN   September 12 1950; San Lorenzo, Nicaragua
WEIGHT 152 1/4-162 lbs

Gazo was a competitive scrapper who compiled a career record of 44-12-2 with 24 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World and the Welterweight Championship of Nicaragua; He was named the "Progress of the Year" fighter for 1977 by The Ring magazine
 

Eddie defeated such men as Miguel Angel Castellini, Koichi Wajima, Kenji Shibata, Jae-Keum Lim and Leo Campbell

1971
Oct  6 Carlos Espinosa             Leon, Nicaragua                 W  6
       Sol Brillante Mitchell      Leon, Nicaragua                KO  3
       Carlos Sanchez              Managua, Nicaragua              W  6
       Carlos Ampie                Granada, Nicaragua             KO  3

1972
       Roberto Arias               Chinandega, Nicaragua           W 10
       Gerardo Sanders             Managua, Nicaragua             KO  2
       Monaco Valle                Jinotepe, Nicaragua            KO  1
       Frank Darce                 Leon, Nicaragua                 W 10
       Henry Thompson              Chinandega, Nicaragua          KO  5
       Freddy Menochal             Chinandega, Nicaragua           W 10
       Zapito Menochal             Chinandega, Nicaragua           W 10
       Felix Bojorge               Chinandega, Nicaragua          KO  5
       Leo Campbell                Chinandega, Nicaragua           W 10

1973
       Tarzan Suazo                Esteli, Nicaragua              KO  6
       Julio Blanco                Managua, Nicaragua              D 10
       Pantera Negra               Managua, Nicaragua              W 10
       Carlos Espinosa             Managua, Nicaragua              W 10
Jun 14 Omar Perez                  Managua, Nicaragua              L 10
Jul  5 Omar Perez                  Managua, Nicaragua              W 10
Jul 27 Frank Medina                Managua, Nicaragua              W 10
Aug  8 Orlando Sinclair            Managua, Nicaragua             KO  5
Sep 20 Carlos Espinosa             Managua, Nicaragua             LK 10
Oct 10 Gerardo Sanders             Managua, Nicaragua             KO  6
Nov  2 Carlos Espinosa             Managua, Nicaragua              W 12
          -Welterweight Championship of Nicaragua
Dec 12 Gerardo Sanders             Masaya, Nicaragua              KO  6

1974
Jan  8 Roberto Arias               Managua, Nicaragua             KO  8
Feb  4 Adalberto Vanegas           Cartagena, Colombia             D 10
Mar 18 Hernan Grimaldi             Managua, Nicaragua             KO  4
Apr  8 Roberto Arias               Managua, Nicaragua              W 10
Apr 20 Gerardo Sanders             Esteli, Nicaragua               W 10
May 22 Rodolfo Contreras           in Costa Rica                  KO 10

1975
Feb  7 Edmond Camayagua            Managua, Nicaragua             KO  6
Apr 18 Carlos Obregon              Bogota, Colombia               LK  6
May  5 Walter Zuniga               San Jose, Costa Rica            W 10
Jun  6 Jose Scott                  San Jose, Costa Rica            L 10
Jul 17 Ezequiel Obando             Managua, Nicaragua             KO  4

1976
Mar 13 Rodrigo Delgado             Managua, Nicaragua             KO 10
May 15 Rosalio Matute              Managua, Nicaragua             KO  6
Jul  3 Dino Del Cid                Managua, Nicaragua             KO  3
Sep  4 Jorge De Avila              Managua, Nicaragua             KO  7

1977
Mar  5 Miguel Angel Castellini     Managua, Nicaragua              W 15
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Jun  7 Koichi Wajima               Tokyo, Japan                   TK 11
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 13 Kenji Shibata               Tokyo, Japan                    W 15
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 18 Jae-Keum Lim                Incheon, South Korea            W 15
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1978
Aug  9 Masashi Kudo                Akita City, Japan               L 15
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1979
Oct  3 Pedro Cisneros              Managua, Nicaragua              W 10
Nov  5 Ezequiel Obando             San Salvador, El Salvador      KO  9
Dec 14 Trombo Machado              San Jose, Costa Rica           KO  5

1980
Jan 19 Carlos Grimaldi             Managua, Nicaragua              W 10
Feb 23 Lino Cajinas                Managua, Nicaragua             KO 10
May  3 Thomas Hearns               Detroit, Mi                    LK  1
Sep  5 Edgar Bravo                 Managua, Nicaragua             KO  1
Sep 20 Miguel Angel Castellini     Buenos Aires, Argentina        LK  9

1981
Apr 24 Bert Lee                    San Francisco, Ca              LK  6
Oct  6 Fulgencio Obelmejias        Caracas, Venezuela             LK  2

1983
Oct  8 John Mugabi                 Atlantic City, NJ              LT  4
Dec  1 John Mortensen              Copenhagen, Denmark             L  6

1984
Mar 17 Julian Jackson              San Juan, Puerto Rico          LK  2


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