# 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, 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

| 110 fights | 105 wins | 3 losses |
| By knockout | 67 | 0 |
| By decision | 34 | 3 |
| By disqualification | 4 | 0 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 110 | Win | 105–3–2 | Beau Jaynes | TKO | 6 (10) | 1972-12-01 | Pabellón Polideportivo del Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain | |
| 109 | Win | 104–3–2 | Enrico Barlatti | TKO | 4 (10) | 1972-09-22 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 108 | Loss | 103–3–2 | Mando Ramos | SD | 15 (15) | 1972-06-28 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | For WBC lightweight title |
| 107 | Loss | 103–2–2 | Mando Ramos | SD | 15 (15) | 1972-02-18 | Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Lost WBC lightweight title |
| 106 | Win | 103–1–2 | Mando Ramos | DQ | 12 (15) | 1971-11-05 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | Won vacant WBC lightweight title |
| 105 | Win | 102–1–2 | Jerry Wells | TKO | 5 (10) | 1971-09-10 | Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 104 | Win | 101–1–2 | Bruno Meggiolaro | PTS | 10 (10) | 1971-07-30 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 103 | Win | 100–1–2 | Klaus Jacoby | KO | 3 (10) | 1971-07-08 | Plaza de Toros, Zaragoza, Spain | |
| 102 | Win | 99–1–2 | David Pesenti | DQ | 10 (10) | 1971-06-18 | La Monumental, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 101 | Win | 98–1–2 | Rene Roque | UD | 15 (15) | 1971-05-21 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | Won EBU super lightweight title |
| 100 | Win | 97–1–2 | Jake Gulino | KO | 9 (10) | 1971-04-17 | Milan, Italy | |
| 99 | Win | 96–1–2 | Pietro Vargellini | TKO | 5 (10) | 1971-02-19 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 98 | Win | 95–1–2 | Joe Tetteh | PTS | 10 (10) | 1970-12-26 | Madrid, Spain | |
| 97 | Draw | 94–1–2 | Joe Tetteh | PTS | 10 (10) | 1970-11-20 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 96 | Win | 94–1–1 | Thomas Matthews | TKO | 2 (8) | 1970-09-04 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 95 | Win | 93–1–1 | Olli Mäki | PTS | 10 (10) | 1970-08-22 | Valencia, Spain | |
| 94 | Win | 92–1–1 | Jean Pierre Le Jaouen | TKO | 6 (10) | 1970-06-26 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 93 | Win | 91–1–1 | Carlos Almeida | TKO | 5 (8) | 1970-06-13 | Plaza de Toros, Almería, Spain | |
| 92 | Win | 90–1–1 | Jose Jaime Marquez Pereyra | KO | 2 (8) | 1970-05-22 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 91 | Win | 89–1–1 | Lakdar El Harizi | KO | 6 (10) | 1970-03-18 | Valencia, Spain | |
| 90 | Win | 88–1–1 | Jose Luis Vallejo | TKO | 2 (10) | 1970-03-04 | Pabellón de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 89 | Win | 87–1–1 | Dave Wyatt | TKO | 3 (10) | 1970-02-19 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 88 | Win | 86–1–1 | Jake Gulino | TKO | 6 (10) | 1970-01-29 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 87 | Win | 85–1–1 | Massimo Consolati | TKO | 3 (10) | 1970-01-15 | Estadio Insular, Las Palmas, Spain | |
| 86 | Win | 84–1–1 | Dino Del Cid | DQ | 2 (10) | 1969-12-30 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 85 | Win | 83–1–1 | Vic Andreetti | TKO | 10 (10) | 1969-12-19 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 84 | Win | 82–1–1 | Giampiero Salami | TKO | 6 (10) | 1969-11-22 | PalaEur, Roma, Italy | |
| 83 | Win | 81–1–1 | Bill Whittenburg | TKO | 5 (10) | 1969-11-07 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 82 | Win | 80–1–1 | Victor Baerga | TKO | 4 (10) | 1969-10-23 | Pabellón del Centro Deportivo Municipal, Vigo, Spain | |
| 81 | Win | 79–1–1 | Paul Rourre | TKO | 9 (10) | 1969-09-27 | Valencia, Spain | |
| 80 | Win | 78–1–1 | Angel Robinson Garcia | PTS | 10 (10) | 1969-09-10 | Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 79 | Win | 77–1–1 | Massimo Consolati | RTD | 4 (10) | 1969-08-06 | Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 78 | Win | 76–1–1 | Paul Rourre | TKO | 6 (10) | 1969-07-24 | Campo de Fútbol de Arana, Ordizia, Spain | |
| 77 | Win | 75–1–1 | Miguel Velasquez | PTS | 15 (15) | 1969-06-13 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | Retained EBU lightweight title |
| 76 | Win | 74–1–1 | Klaus Jacoby | KO | 2 (10) | 1969-04-17 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 75 | Win | 73–1–1 | Ould Makloufi | KO | 6 (10) | 1969-03-29 | Malaga, Spain | |
| 74 | Win | 72–1–1 | Tore Magnussen | TKO | 3 (15) | 1969-03-06 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | Retained EBU lightweight title |
| 73 | Win | 71–1–1 | Jose Luiz Penteado | DQ | 4 (10) | 1969-01-02 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 72 | Win | 70–1–1 | Al Rocca | TKO | 3 (10) | 1968-12-05 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 71 | Win | 69–1–1 | Kid Rainbow | TKO | 3 (10) | 1968-11-16 | Pabellón del Centro Deportivo Municipal, Vigo, Spain | |
| 70 | Win | 68–1–1 | Olli Mäki | PTS | 15 (15) | 1968-10-18 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain | Retained EBU lightweight title |
| 69 | Win | 67–1–1 | Bruno Melissano | TKO | 3 (15) | 1968-09-13 | La Monumental, Barcelona, Spain | Retained EBU lightweight title |
| 68 | Win | 66–1–1 | Valerio Nunez | TKO | 3 (10) | 1968-08-10 | Plaza de Toros, Valladolid, Spain | |
| 67 | Win | 65–1–1 | Serafino Lucherini | PTS | 10 (10) | 1968-07-31 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain | |
| 66 | Win | 64–1–1 | Jose Luiz Penteado | TKO | 3 (10) | 1968-07-20 | Pabellón del Centro Deportivo Municipal, Vigo, Spain | |
| 65 | Win | 63–1–1 | Kid Tano | KO | 8 (15) | 1968-05-10 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | Retained EBU lightweight title |
| 64 | Win | 62–1–1 | Enrique Levy | TKO | 4 (10) | 1968-04-07 | Plaza de Toros de La Merced, Huelva, Spain | |
| 63 | Win | 61–1–1 | Giampiero Salami | TKO | 4 (10) | 1968-03-19 | Valencia, Spain | |
| 62 | Win | 60–1–1 | Eduardo Batista | RTD | 2 (10) | 1968-03-10 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | |
| 61 | Win | 59–1–1 | Paul Rourre | TKO | 4 (10) | 1968-02-04 | Estadio Insular, Las Palmas, Spain | |
| 60 | Win | 58–1–1 | Franco Brondi | TKO | 4 (10) | 1967-12-22 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 59 | Win | 57–1–1 | Hector Omar Oliva | TKO | 4 (10) | 1967-12-15 | Pabellón de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 58 | Win | 56–1–1 | Aldo Pravisani | PTS | 10 (10) | 1967-12-01 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 57 | Win | 55–1–1 | Børge Krogh | RTD | 8 (15) | 1967-06-30 | Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain | Won EBU lightweight title |
| 56 | Win | 54–1–1 | Jesse Green | TKO | 3 (10) | 1967-06-02 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 55 | Win | 53–1–1 | Angel Neches | PTS | 10 (10) | 1967-05-13 | Salamanca, Spain | |
| 54 | Win | 52–1–1 | Abdelkader ben Bachir | KO | 3 (8) | 1967-04-29 | Ring del Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain | |
| 53 | Win | 51–1–1 | Benito Gallardo | TKO | 5 (10) | 1967-04-08 | Salamanca, Spain | |
| 52 | Win | 50–1–1 | Roy Ate | TKO | 3 (10) | 1966-10-07 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 51 | Win | 49–1–1 | Daniel Deneux | TKO | 6 (10) | 1966-09-22 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 50 | Win | 48–1–1 | Boualem Belouard | TKO | 3 (10) | 1966-09-09 | Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 49 | Win | 47–1–1 | Tony Falcon | TKO | 2 (10) | 1966-09-02 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 48 | Win | 46–1–1 | Joaquin Martin | TKO | 5 (10) | 1966-08-13 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain | |
| 47 | Win | 45–1–1 | Pedro Gomez Acebo | TKO | 3 (10) | 1966-08-05 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 46 | Win | 44–1–1 | Manuel Prieto | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-07-17 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Spain | |
| 45 | Win | 43–1–1 | Ricardo Navarro | TKO | 4 (10) | 1966-07-08 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 44 | Win | 42–1–1 | Vitor Alves | TKO | 5 (8) | 1966-06-28 | Valencia, Spain | |
| 43 | Win | 41–1–1 | Karl Furcht | KO | 3 (10) | 1966-06-17 | La Monumental, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 42 | Win | 40–1–1 | Dris ben Amar | TKO | 3 (10) | 1966-06-10 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 41 | Win | 39–1–1 | Vitor Alves | KO | 3 (10) | 1966-06-03 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 40 | Win | 38–1–1 | Quintino Soares | TKO | 6 (10) | 1966-05-26 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 39 | Win | 37–1–1 | Emilio Riccetti | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-05-13 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 38 | Win | 36–1–1 | Mario Oberti | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-03-31 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 37 | Win | 35–1–1 | Ameur Lamine | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-03-17 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 36 | Win | 34–1–1 | Pierre Tirlo | TKO | 8 (10) | 1966-03-03 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 35 | Win | 33–1–1 | Georges Payen | KO | 3 (10) | 1966-02-17 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 34 | Win | 32–1–1 | Serafino Lucherini | PTS | 8 (8) | 1966-02-03 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 33 | Win | 31–1–1 | Roger Younsi | TKO | 1 (8) | 1966-01-20 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 32 | Win | 30–1–1 | Rene Roque | PTS | 8 (8) | 1965-12-13 | PalaLido, Milan, Italy | |
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Pedro Gomez Acebo | PTS | 8 (8) | 1965-10-30 | Como, Italy | |
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Mario Oberti | RTD | 7 (10) | 1965-09-19 | Varese, Italy | |
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Serafino Lucherini | TKO | 7 (10) | 1965-08-28 | Gubbio, Italy | |
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Cosimo Lacirignola | TKO | 4 (8) | 1965-07-09 | Bergamo, Italy | |
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Lat Shonibare | TKO | 4 (8) | 1965-06-28 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Napoli, Italy | |
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Vincenzo Pitardi | PTS | 8 (8) | 1965-02-19 | Torino, Italy | |
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | Juan Pinto | PTS | 8 (8) | 1965-02-04 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | Miguel Calderin | PTS | 8 (8) | 1964-12-23 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | Mohamed Halimi Laroussi | KO | 3 (8) | 1964-12-12 | Basel, Switzerland | |
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Pedro Gomez Acebo | PTS | 8 (8) | 1964-11-26 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Aldo Pravisani | PTS | 8 (8) | 1964-10-16 | Palasport, Torino, Italy | |
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Cosimo Lacirignola | PTS | 8 (8) | 1964-09-19 | Milan, Italy | |
| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | Tristano Tartarini | PTS | 8 (8) | 1964-08-14 | Falconara, Italy | |
| 18 | Win | 16–1–1 | Giancarlo Stelluti | TKO | 5 (8) | 1964-07-19 | Falconara, Italy | |
| 17 | Win | 15–1–1 | Fortunato Munzone | TKO | 6 (8) | 1964-07-06 | Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy | |
| 16 | Win | 14–1–1 | Serafino Lucherini | PTS | 8 (8) | 1964-06-28 | Saint-Vincent, Italy | |
| 15 | Win | 13–1–1 | Teresito Colombo | PTS | 6 (6) | 1964-05-16 | Gallarate, Italy | |
| 14 | Win | 12–1–1 | Giuliano Scatolini | TKO | 4 (8) | 1964-04-22 | PalaLido, Milan, Italy | |
| 13 | Loss | 11–1–1 | Aldo Pravisani | PTS | 8 (8) | 1964-03-11 | PalaEur, Roma, Italy | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Giuseppe Amante | PTS | 8 (8) | 1964-02-07 | PalaLido, Milan, Italy | |
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Juan Pinto | PTS | 8 (8) | 1963-08-24 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Manuel Carvajal | PTS | 8 (8) | 1963-08-02 | Plaza de toros de las Arenas, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Franco Rosini | PTS | 6 (6) | 1963-05-27 | Modena, Italy | |
| 8 | Draw | 7–0–1 | Franco Rosini | PTS | 6 (6) | 1963-05-10 | Torino, Italy | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Pietro Ziino | PTS | 4 (4) | 1963-03-29 | Milan, Italy | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Luciano Lambertini | TKO | 4 (?) | 1963-03-29 | Milan, Italy | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Emilio Riccetti | PTS | 6 (6) | 1963-02-22 | PalaLido, Milan, Italy | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Tristano Tartarini | PTS | 6 (6) | 1963-01-30 | Milan, Italy | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Franco Rosini | PTS | 6 (6) | 1963-01-09 | Milan, Italy | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Domenico Pillon | TKO | 4 (6) | 1962-11-27 | Torino, Italy | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Carlo Leggenda | TKO | 2 (6) | 1962-10-24 | Imola, Italy | |

## Death

Carrasco's died of a heart attack in 2001.