Alfonso Zamora Quiroz (born 9 February 1954) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1980. He was the Lineal and WBA bantamweight champion, and made five title defenses. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the bantamweight event at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Amateur career Bantamweight silver medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Results were: Defeated Ricardo Fortaleza (Philippines) KO 2 Defeated Stefan Forster (West Germany) points Defeated Juan Francisco Rodríguez (Spain) KO 3 Defeated Ricardo Carreras (U.S.) points Lost to Orlando Martinez (Cuba) points
Professional career
World Bantamweight Championship He won the Lineal and WBA Bantamweight title on 14 March 1975 when he knocked out Soo-Hwan Hong in four rounds, two years after turning pro. Zamora defended his title twice that year via knockout, against Thanomchit Sukhothai and Socrates Batoto. On 3 April 1976, he knocked out future hall-of-famer Eusebio Pedroza in the second round. Later that year, he successfully defended his title via knockout against Gilberto Illueca and a rematch with Soo-Hwan Hong.
Zamora vs. Zarate
Fighting contemporaneously, and holding the WBC crown, was the fellow-Mexican legend, Carlos Zárate Serna. A showdown between the two was inevitable and they met in a non-title match on 23 April 1977. Zamora went into the bout sporting a record of 29 wins in 29 fights, all by knockout. Zarate's record was an equally impressive 45 fights, 45 wins, with 44 KOs. In a largely anticipated fight Zarate scored a technical knockout over Zamora in the fourth round.
Zamora never seemed to recover from this loss. In his next fight he lost his Lineal and WBA Bantamweight titles to Jorge Luján by knockout in the tenth round. His record thereafter was spotty, and he even was stopped on 16 November 1979 by Eddie Logan, who sported a record of 5 wins and 7 losses. He retired after losing, again by knockout, to Rigoberto Estrada on 19 September 1980. In 1983, Zamora was to fight Wilfredo Gómez, the fight ultimately was canceled.
Zamora was a knockout seeker, but he seemed to lose confidence after his devastating loss to Zarate. Nevertheless, he was selected at Number 47 on The Ring list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. His final career record included 33 wins, with 32 KOs, and 5 losses.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes38Loss33–5 Rigoberto Estrada37Win33–4 Melvin Johnson36Loss32–4 Eddie Logan35Loss32–3 Juan Alvarez34Win32–2 Luis Rosario33Win31–2 Alberto Sandoval32Win30–2 Hector Medina31Loss29–2 Jorge LujánLost WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles30Loss29–1 Carlos Zárate Serna29Win29–0 Alejandro Orejel28Win28–0 Hong Soo-hwanRetained WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles27Win27–0 Candido Sandoval26Win26–0 Gilberto IlluecaRetained WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles25Win25–0 Eusebio PedrozaRetained WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles24Win24–0 Socrates BatotoRetained WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles23Win23–0 Thanomchit SukhothaiRetained WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles22Win22–0 Jorge Torres21Win21–0 Hong Soo-hwanWon WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles20Win20–0 Tanny Amancio19Win19–0 Jose Antonio Rosa18Win18–0 Francisco Villegas17Win17–0 Adrian Zapanta16Win16–0 Shintaro Uchiyama15Win15–0 Raul Tirado14Win14–0 Cesar Ordonez13Win13–0 Pedro Ibanez12Win12–0 Tetsuro Kawakami11Win11–0 Felix Castro10Win10–0 Jose Manuel Lara9Win9–0 Salvador Lozano8Win8–0 Julio Romero7Win7–0 Tortillo Armenta6Win6–0 Cruz Vega5Win5–0 Victor Plascencia4Win4–0 Sixto Esqueda3Win3–0 Juan Ramon Perez2Win2–0 Antonio Enriquez1Win1–0 Heraclio Amaya
See also List of world bantamweight boxing champions List of Mexican boxing world champions
References
External links
Alfonso Zamora - CBZ Profile