Eddie Gazo
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Eddie Gazo is a former professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the super welterweight (154 lb
Pound (mass)
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) division.

Pro career

Gazo turned pro in 1971, and captured the WBA light middleweight title in 1977 with a decision win over Miguel Angel Castellini
Miguel Angel Castellini
Miguel Angel Castellini is a former Argentine professional boxer. Castellini, who was active as a professional from 1965 to 1980, is most notable for having held the WBA World Light Middleweight title....

. That year he was named The Ring magazine Progress of the Year fighter. He defended the belt three times before losing it to Masashi Kudo
Masashi Kudo
Masashi Kudo is a former professional boxer. He was the WBA light middleweight champion from 1978-1979.- Biography :...

 the following year. He retired in 1984 following a string of losses that concluded with a defeat to Julian Jackson
Julian Jackson
Julian Jackson is a retired professional boxer and former three-time world champion in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions...

.

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