Pedro Carrasco

Pedro Juan Carrasco García (11 July 1943 – 27 January 2001) was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain.

Professional career

Carrasco was crowned European Lightweight champion in 1967. This triumph was followed four years later, in 1971, with a victory over Mando Ramos in Madrid by disqualification in 11 rounds for the WBC's world Lightweight title. The victory was marred by controversy because Carrasco won the title while lying on the canvas: he had been hit in the head by Ramos. The fight's referee expressed confusion as to whether the blow was legal, but he decided to call it an illegal blow and raised Carrasco's hand in signal of victory. Carrasco immediately became a national hero in Spain, as Spain's second-ever world boxing champion.

Carrasco, who was a culturally educated fighter, became a sensation with the media, especially with tabloid magazines, and he started to be seen with Spanish show business stars. His picture appeared on the covers of such magazines as ¡Hola! many times. He married the singer Rocío Jurado, with whom he had a daughter, Rocío Carrasco. He was also married to Raquel Mosquera for five years.

In 1971, and because of the controversial nature of his world championship win over Ramos,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the WBC ordered a rematch, and it was fought in Los Angeles. There, the fight was controversial again, this time because Carrasco looked to most onlookers and fans to be clearly the winner but the decision was favorable to Ramos and he retook the title. They had another rematch, and Ramos beat Carrasco again.

Carrasco's career boxing record was 106–3–2 (66 KOs). After beginning his career 12–1–1, Carrasco had a streak on which he went 92–0–1. The draw came after Carrasco had won 83 consecutive fights. This undefeated streak was longer than Julio César Chávez's (90–0–1). Chávez's streak, however, was from the beginning of the career, and he was 87–0 before the draw.

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
110	Template:Yes2Win	Template:Nowrap	Beau Jaynes	TKO	6 (10)	1972-12-01	Template:Small
109	Template:Yes2Win	104–3–2	Enrico Barlatti	TKO	4 (10)	1972-09-22	Template:Small
108	Template:No2Loss	103–3–2	Mando Ramos	SD	15 (15)	1972-06-28	Template:Small	Template:Small
107	Template:No2Loss	103–2–2	Mando Ramos	SD	15 (15)	1972-02-18	Template:Small	Template:Small
106	Template:Yes2Win	103–1–2	Mando Ramos	DQ	12 (15)	1971-11-05	Template:Small	Template:Small
105	Template:Yes2Win	102–1–2	Jerry Wells	TKO	5 (10)	1971-09-10	Template:Small
104	Template:Yes2Win	101–1–2	Bruno Meggiolaro	PTS	10 (10)	1971-07-30	Template:Small
103	Template:Yes2Win	100–1–2	Klaus Jacoby	KO	3 (10)	1971-07-08	Template:Small
102	Template:Yes2Win	99–1–2	David Pesenti	DQ	10 (10)	1971-06-18	Template:Small
101	Template:Yes2Win	98–1–2	Rene Roque	UD	15 (15)	1971-05-21	Template:Small	Template:Small
100	Template:Yes2Win	97–1–2	Jake Gulino	KO	9 (10)	1971-04-17	Template:Small
99	Template:Yes2Win	96–1–2	Pietro Vargellini	TKO	5 (10)	1971-02-19	Template:Small
98	Template:Yes2Win	95–1–2	Joe Tetteh	PTS	10 (10)	1970-12-26	Template:Small
97	Template:DrawDraw	94–1–2	Joe Tetteh	PTS	10 (10)	1970-11-20	Template:Small
96	Template:Yes2Win	94–1–1	Thomas Matthews	TKO	2 (8)	1970-09-04	Template:Small
95	Template:Yes2Win	93–1–1	Olli Mäki	PTS	10 (10)	1970-08-22	Template:Small
94	Template:Yes2Win	92–1–1	Jean Pierre Le Jaouen	TKO	6 (10)	1970-06-26	Template:Small
93	Template:Yes2Win	91–1–1	Carlos Almeida	TKO	5 (8)	1970-06-13	Template:Small
92	Template:Yes2Win	90–1–1	Jose Jaime Marquez Pereyra	KO	2 (8)	1970-05-22	Template:Small
91	Template:Yes2Win	89–1–1	Lakdar El Harizi	KO	6 (10)	1970-03-18	Template:Small
90	Template:Yes2Win	88–1–1	Jose Luis Vallejo	TKO	2 (10)	1970-03-04	Template:Small
89	Template:Yes2Win	87–1–1	Dave Wyatt	TKO	3 (10)	1970-02-19	Template:Small
88	Template:Yes2Win	86–1–1	Jake Gulino	TKO	6 (10)	1970-01-29	Template:Small
87	Template:Yes2Win	85–1–1	Massimo Consolati	TKO	3 (10)	1970-01-15	Template:Small
86	Template:Yes2Win	84–1–1	Dino Del Cid	DQ	2 (10)	1969-12-30	Template:Small
85	Template:Yes2Win	83–1–1	Vic Andreetti	TKO	10 (10)	1969-12-19	Template:Small
84	Template:Yes2Win	82–1–1	Giampiero Salami	TKO	6 (10)	1969-11-22	Template:Small
83	Template:Yes2Win	81–1–1	Bill Whittenburg	TKO	5 (10)	1969-11-07	Template:Small
82	Template:Yes2Win	80–1–1	Victor Baerga	TKO	4 (10)	1969-10-23	Template:Small
81	Template:Yes2Win	79–1–1	Paul Rourre	TKO	9 (10)	1969-09-27	Template:Small
80	Template:Yes2Win	78–1–1	Angel Robinson Garcia	PTS	10 (10)	1969-09-10	Template:Small
79	Template:Yes2Win	77–1–1	Massimo Consolati	RTD	4 (10)	1969-08-06	Template:Small
78	Template:Yes2Win	76–1–1	Paul Rourre	TKO	6 (10)	1969-07-24	Template:Small
77	Template:Yes2Win	75–1–1	Miguel Velasquez	PTS	15 (15)	1969-06-13	Template:Small	Template:Small
76	Template:Yes2Win	74–1–1	Klaus Jacoby	KO	2 (10)	1969-04-17	Template:Small
75	Template:Yes2Win	73–1–1	Ould Makloufi	KO	6 (10)	1969-03-29	Template:Small
74	Template:Yes2Win	72–1–1	Tore Magnussen	TKO	3 (15)	1969-03-06	Template:Small	Template:Small
73	Template:Yes2Win	71–1–1	Jose Luiz Penteado	DQ	4 (10)	1969-01-02	Template:Small
72	Template:Yes2Win	70–1–1	Al Rocca	TKO	3 (10)	1968-12-05	Template:Small
71	Template:Yes2Win	69–1–1	Kid Rainbow	TKO	3 (10)	1968-11-16	Template:Small
70	Template:Yes2Win	68–1–1	Olli Mäki	PTS	15 (15)	1968-10-18	Template:Small	Template:Small
69	Template:Yes2Win	67–1–1	Bruno Melissano	TKO	3 (15)	1968-09-13	Template:Small	Template:Small
68	Template:Yes2Win	66–1–1	Valerio Nunez	TKO	3 (10)	1968-08-10	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	65–1–1	Serafino Lucherini	PTS	10 (10)	1968-07-31	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	64–1–1	Jose Luiz Penteado	TKO	3 (10)	1968-07-20	Template:Small
65	Template:Yes2Win	63–1–1	Kid Tano	KO	8 (15)	1968-05-10	Template:Small	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	62–1–1	Enrique Levy	TKO	4 (10)	1968-04-07	Template:Small
63	Template:Yes2Win	61–1–1	Giampiero Salami	TKO	4 (10)	1968-03-19	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	60–1–1	Eduardo Batista	RTD	2 (10)	1968-03-10	Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	59–1–1	Paul Rourre	TKO	4 (10)	1968-02-04	Template:Small
60	Template:Yes2Win	58–1–1	Franco Brondi	TKO	4 (10)	1967-12-22	Template:Small
59	Template:Yes2Win	57–1–1	Hector Omar Oliva	TKO	4 (10)	1967-12-15	Template:Small
58	Template:Yes2Win	56–1–1	Aldo Pravisani	PTS	10 (10)	1967-12-01	Template:Small
57	Template:Yes2Win	55–1–1	Børge Krogh	RTD	8 (15)	1967-06-30	Template:Small	Template:Small
56	Template:Yes2Win	54–1–1	Jesse Green	TKO	3 (10)	1967-06-02	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	53–1–1	Angel Neches	PTS	10 (10)	1967-05-13	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	52–1–1	Abdelkader ben Bachir	KO	3 (8)	1967-04-29	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	51–1–1	Benito Gallardo	TKO	5 (10)	1967-04-08	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	50–1–1	Roy Ate	TKO	3 (10)	1966-10-07	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	49–1–1	Daniel Deneux	TKO	6 (10)	1966-09-22	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	48–1–1	Boualem Belouard	TKO	3 (10)	1966-09-09	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	47–1–1	Tony Falcon	TKO	2 (10)	1966-09-02	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	46–1–1	Joaquin Martin	TKO	5 (10)	1966-08-13	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	45–1–1	Pedro Gomez Acebo	TKO	3 (10)	1966-08-05	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	44–1–1	Manuel Prieto	PTS	10 (10)	1966-07-17	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	43–1–1	Ricardo Navarro	TKO	4 (10)	1966-07-08	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	42–1–1	Vitor Alves	TKO	5 (8)	1966-06-28	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	41–1–1	Karl Furcht	KO	3 (10)	1966-06-17	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	40–1–1	Dris ben Amar	TKO	3 (10)	1966-06-10	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	39–1–1	Vitor Alves	KO	3 (10)	1966-06-03	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	38–1–1	Quintino Soares	TKO	6 (10)	1966-05-26	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	37–1–1	Emilio Riccetti	PTS	10 (10)	1966-05-13	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	36–1–1	Mario Oberti	PTS	10 (10)	1966-03-31	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	35–1–1	Ameur Lamine	PTS	10 (10)	1966-03-17	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	34–1–1	Pierre Tirlo	TKO	8 (10)	1966-03-03	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	33–1–1	Georges Payen	KO	3 (10)	1966-02-17	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	32–1–1	Serafino Lucherini	PTS	8 (8)	1966-02-03	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	31–1–1	Roger Younsi	TKO	1 (8)	1966-01-20	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	30–1–1	Rene Roque	PTS	8 (8)	1965-12-13	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	29–1–1	Pedro Gomez Acebo	PTS	8 (8)	1965-10-30	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	28–1–1	Mario Oberti	RTD	7 (10)	1965-09-19	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	27–1–1	Serafino Lucherini	TKO	7 (10)	1965-08-28	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	26–1–1	Cosimo Lacirignola	TKO	4 (8)	1965-07-09	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	25–1–1	Lat Shonibare	TKO	4 (8)	1965-06-28	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	24–1–1	Vincenzo Pitardi	PTS	8 (8)	1965-02-19	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	23–1–1	Juan Pinto	PTS	8 (8)	1965-02-04	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	22–1–1	Miguel Calderin	PTS	8 (8)	1964-12-23	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	21–1–1	Mohamed Halimi Laroussi	KO	3 (8)	1964-12-12	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	20–1–1	Pedro Gomez Acebo	PTS	8 (8)	1964-11-26	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	19–1–1	Aldo Pravisani	PTS	8 (8)	1964-10-16	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	18–1–1	Cosimo Lacirignola	PTS	8 (8)	1964-09-19	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	17–1–1	Tristano Tartarini	PTS	8 (8)	1964-08-14	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	16–1–1	Giancarlo Stelluti	TKO	5 (8)	1964-07-19	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	15–1–1	Fortunato Munzone	TKO	6 (8)	1964-07-06	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	14–1–1	Serafino Lucherini	PTS	8 (8)	1964-06-28	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	13–1–1	Teresito Colombo	PTS	6 (6)	1964-05-16	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	12–1–1	Giuliano Scatolini	TKO	4 (8)	1964-04-22	Template:Small
13	Template:No2Loss	11–1–1	Aldo Pravisani	PTS	8 (8)	1964-03-11	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	11–0–1	Giuseppe Amante	PTS	8 (8)	1964-02-07	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	10–0–1	Juan Pinto	PTS	8 (8)	1963-08-24	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	9–0–1	Manuel Carvajal	PTS	8 (8)	1963-08-02	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	8–0–1	Franco Rosini	PTS	6 (6)	1963-05-27	Template:Small
8	Template:DrawDraw	7–0–1	Franco Rosini	PTS	6 (6)	1963-05-10	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Pietro Ziino	PTS	4 (4)	1963-03-29	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Luciano Lambertini	TKO	4 (?)	1963-03-29	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Emilio Riccetti	PTS	6 (6)	1963-02-22	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Tristano Tartarini	PTS	6 (6)	1963-01-30	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Franco Rosini	PTS	6 (6)	1963-01-09	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Domenico Pillon	TKO	4 (6)	1962-11-27	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Carlo Leggenda	TKO	2 (6)	1962-10-24	Template:Small

Death

Carrasco's died of a heart attack in 2001.

See also

• List of world lightweight boxing champions

External links

• Template:Boxrec

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