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Alfonso Zamora

BORN   February 9 1954; Mexico City, Mexico
HEIGHT 5-4
WEIGHT 117 3/4 - 121 1/2 lbs
MANAGER Manuel Carillo

Zamora was a powerful hitter who lost little time in throwing bombs; He came to fight and ended most of his bouts early; Thirty-two of his thirty-eight bouts ended in knockout victories; During his career, he won the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
He defeated such men as Eusebio Pedroza, Soo-Hwan Hong, Alberto Sandoval, Gilberto Illueca, Thanomchit Sukhothai, Francisco Villegas, Shintaro Uchiyama and Tetsuro Kawakami

Zamora was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005

 
1973
Apr 16 Heraclio Amaya             San Luis Potosi, Mexico            KO  2
Jun  2 Antonio Enriquez           La Paz, Mexico                     TK  3
Jun 25 Juan Ramon Perez           La Paz, Mexico                     KO  2
Jul  8 Sixto Esqueda              La Paz, Mexico                     KO  1
Aug 21 Pajarito Pascencia         Tijuana, Mexico                    KO  1
Sep 16 Cruz Vega                  Monterrey, Mexico                  KO  3
Oct 10 Tortillo Armenta           Monterrey, Mexico                  KO  2
Oct 30 Julio Romero               Tijuana, Mexico                    KO  2
Dec 11 Salvador Lozano            Tijuana, Mexico                    KO  9

1974
Jan 23 Pedro Lara                 Zihuatanejo, Mexico                KO  2
Feb 24 Felix Castro               Mexicali, Mexico                   KO  3
Mar 31 Tetsuro Kawakami           Mexicali, Mexico                   KO  3
Apr 17 Pedro Ibanez               Matamoros, Mexico                  KO  2
May  7 Cesar Ordonez              Tijuana, Mexico                    KO  3
May 25 Raul Tirado                Mexico City, Mexico                TK  2
Jul  9 Shintaro Uchiyama          Inglewood, Ca                      KO  6
Aug 31 Adrian Zapanta             Monterrey, Mexico                  KO  1
Oct  5 Francisco Villegas         Juarez, Mexico                     KO  2
Nov 23 Jose Antonio Rosa          Inglewood, Ca                      TK  3

1975
Feb  4 Tanny Amancio              Victoria, Mexico                   KO  4
Mar 14 Soo-Hwan Hong              Inglewood, Ca                      KO  4
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jun  2 Jorge Torres               Tijuana, Mexico                    TK  9
Aug 30 Thanomchit Sukhothai       Anaheim, Ca                        TK  4
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Dec  6 Socrates Batoto            Mexico City, Mexico                KO  2
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1976
Apr  3 Eusebio Pedroza            Mexicali, Mexico                   KO  2
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jul 10 Gilberto Illueca           Juarez, Mexico                     KO  3
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Sep  5 Candido Sandoval           Durango, Mexico                    KO  3
Oct 16 Soo-Hwan Hong              Inchon, South Korea                TK 12
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1977
Feb 12 Alejandro Orejel           Tijuana, Mexico                    KO  2
Apr 23 Carlos Zarate              Inglewood, Ca                      LT  4
Nov 19 Jorge Lujan                Los Angeles, Ca                    LK 10
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1978
Jun 23 Hector Medina              Obregon, Mexico                    KO  6
Oct 26 Alberto Sandoval           Inglewood, Ca                      KO  9

1979
Jan 18 Luis Rosario               New York, NY                        W 10
Jul 22 Juan Alvarez               San Luis Potosi, Mexico            LF  5
Nov 16 Eddie Logan                Inglewood, Ca                      LT  7

1980
Jul 17 Melvin Johnson             Los Angeles, Ca                    KO  3
Sep 19 Rigoberto Estrada          Los Angeles, Ca                    LT  3
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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