Eder Jofre vs. Herman Marques
Eder Jofre 118 lbs beat Herman Marques 118 lbs by TKO at 2:15 in round 10 of 15
- Date: 1962-05-04
- Location: Cow Palace, Daly City, California, USA
- Referee: Fred Apostoli 5-3
- Judge: Vern Bybee 1-5
- Judge: Fred Bottaro 0.01-7
World Bantamweight Title
"Eder Jofre retained his undisputed world bantamweight championship Friday night by stopping Herman Marquez in the 10th round of a scheduled 15 round fight. Jofre had been in trouble during the 8th and 9th rounds when the challenger began staggering him with rights to the head. Then Jofre stormed out to open the 10th and dropped Marquez in a neutral corner for a count of three and Jofre moved in again and sent him down with a left hook to the jaw. Referee Fred Apostoli did not complete the count but instead walked over and raised the champion's hand. The time was 2:15. Under California rules it was a KO. Many in the crowd thought that Marquez was going to stop Jofre as the 10th opened. But the champion shook Marquez with a right uppercut to the jaw and was the boss until Apostoli ended it." - United Press International
- Referee Fred Apostoli denied when questioned that his stoppage of the bout was an over-reaction to the recent ring death of Benny 'Kid' Paret.
Unofficial scorecards:
- UPI - 6-5 Marquez
- Oakland Tribune - 5-3 Marquez
Post-fight comment: "They shouldn't have stopped the fight. Who was that ref anyway? They told us in the afternoon the three knockdown rule was waived. I went down on purpose the 1st time, you could see that. I wasn't hurt bad and I knew what I was doing all the time." - Herman Marquez
