Alfredo Escalera

Name: Alfredo Escalera
Alias: El Salsero/Petro
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Birthplace: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 173cm
Reach: 179cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainers: Victor Valle and Gregorio Benitez

Preceded by: Kuniaki Shibata

WBC Super Featherweight Champion 1975 Jul 5 – 1978 Jan 28

Succeeded by: Alexis Arguello

• 1970 NYGG Sub Novice 135-lb Champion
• Escalera often brought a boa constrictor into the ring with him.
• Father of Alfredo Escalera Jr.