Elisha Obed

Elisha Obed (born February 21, 1952 in Nassau, Bahamas) was a Bahamian boxer at middleweight.

Amateur career

Obed entered the amateur ranks at age 12. Fighting almost weekly, he ran up an undefeated record of 46-0 (16 knockouts). At 14, he decided to turn professional.

Professional career

For almost 6 years, he lingered on small promotions on the island of the Bahamas. He was billed as undefeated, but he had lost a fight by knockout to veteran Kid Carew. His loss to Kid Carew was unlisted for almost 8 years, as he was reported incorrectly as undefeated in the press until his loss to Eckhard Dagge.

Veteran trainer, manager, and promoter Moe Fleischer traveled to Nassau to "check-out" this upcoming prospect. Mike Dundee, son of Angelo Dundee came in as his manager.

Soon after Obed was fighting main events. He earned a top ten ranking by knocking out former title contender Bunny Grant. Obed made his U.S. debut in Florida. Knocked out every top middleweight boxer in Florida in the early 1970s, including state Champion Dennis Riggs and former champion Jimmy Williams.

In 1975 he captured the WBC Light Middleweight Title by defeating Miguel de Oliveira. He defended the title twice before losing the belt to Germany's Eckhard Dagge in 1976 when he quit, claiming he had blurred vision. Obed stated that he had been thumbed in the eye by Dagge. In actuality, he was later found to have a detached retina and is legally blind in that eye.

Obed decided to enter the middleweight ranks. By 27, he was back to where he started from, fighting on local fight cards in Nassau. He retired in 1988.

Preceded by Miguel de Oliveira

WBC Light Middleweight boxing champion 13 Nov 1975– 17 Jun 1976

Succeeded by Eckhard Dagge

Professional boxing record

88 Wins (59 knockouts, 29 decisions), 21 Losses (9 knockouts, 12 decisions), 4 Draws, 2 No Contests [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	4-1	James "Killer" Coakley	PTS	10	06/03/1988	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	3-0	James "Killer" Coakley	PTS	10	21/03/1987	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	7-6	Arnold Neal	KO	4	02/02/1986	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	9-2	Earl "Pee Wee" Boger	TKO	8	22/01/1986	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Loss	4-4	Arnold Neal	KO	5	17/05/1985	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	11-6-1	Rocky Fabrizio	PTS	10	28/09/1984	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	7-6	"Jazzy" Jeff Nelson	KO	8	18/06/1984	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-6	Allen Briscoe	KO	3	01/07/1983	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	5-3	"Jazzy" Jeff Nelson	PTS	10	22/03/1983	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	3-8	Lonnie Wilcox	KO	3	05/11/1982	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	6-12	Willie Ray Taylor	PTS	8	15/05/1982	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	21-12	Homer Jackson	PTS	10	16/02/1982	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	15-0	Bobby Czyz	DQ	6	12/11/1981	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Loss	13-6	Ralph Hollett	UD	10	25/08/1981	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	42-49, 41-48, 41-49.
Win	--	Edison Stubbs	KO	2	10/08/1981	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-1	Sherwin Johnson	PTS	10	01/05/1981	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	16-6	Homer Jackson	PTS	10	25/03/1981	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	1-4	Eddie McNeeley	KO	4	14/03/1981	Freeport, Bahamas
Win	24-12	Rocky Stevens	KO	9	30/01/1981	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	19-12-1	Sammy Masias	KO	5	07/10/1980	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	21-1-2	Steve "Jazzman" Gregory	PTS	10	24/07/1980	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Win	--	Apakuki Sakuru	PTS	10	30/05/1980	Suva, Fiji
Loss	21-0	Fulgencio Obelmejias	KO	3	03/03/1980	Caracas, Venezuela
Win	6-0	Willie Featherstone	SD	10	12/02/1980	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	45-49, 49-45, 48-45.
Win	13-13-1	Sammy Barr	KO	4	26/12/1979	Nassau, Bahamas
No Contest	13-13-1	Sammy Barr	NC	4	23/11/1979	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	2-4-1	Richie Lee Roberts	PTS	10	19/10/1979	Freeport, Bahamas
Loss	13-0	Curtis Parker	TKO	7	11/09/1979	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:30 of the seventh round.
Win	3-2	Charlie Grimmett	KO	9	17/08/1979	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-2	Hector Maldonado	KO	5	22/06/1979	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	29-31	Terry "Buzzsaw" Rondeau	KO	6	04/05/1979	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	12-29-2	Pablo "Hot Rod" Rodriguez	KO	5	21/04/1979	Freeport, Bahamas
Win	2-4-1	Juan "Navigator" Serrano	PTS	10	30/03/1979	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	10-10-1	Lionel "Tough Skin" Cameron	KO	4	23/02/1979	Nassau, Bahamas
No Contest	0-8	"Scary" Gary Smith	NC	4	13/01/1979	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Loss	25-4	Tony Chiaverini	UD	10	02/12/1978	Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Loss	12-1	Georg Steinherr	PTS	10	31/10/1978	Munich, Bayern, Germany
Loss	12-1	Marijan Beneš	PTS	10	02/09/1978	Berlin, Germany
Win	4-21	Henry "Tiger" Hall	KO	7	28/04/1978	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	50-4-2	Rocky Mattioli	KO	7	11/03/1978	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	WBC World Light Middleweight Title. Obed knocked out at 1:07 of the seventh round.
Loss	19-0-1	Joao Mendonca	PTS	10	02/12/1977	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Win	25-4	Henry "Slick" Mitchell	KO	3	23/10/1977	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Loss	9-0	Ayub Kalule	PTS	10	02/06/1977	Randers, Denmark
Draw	26-4	Jean-Claude LeClair	PTS	10	22/02/1977	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	48-45, 48-48, 46-47.
Win	42-5-3	Fernand Marcotte	UD	10	18/01/1977	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Win	12-9-1	Sammy Barr	SD	10	19/11/1976	Nassau, Bahamas
Draw	12-9	Sammy Barr	PTS	10	24/09/1976	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	35-25-3	Victor "Taco" Perez	UD	10	21/09/1976	Orlando, Florida, United States
Win	35-15-1	Larry Brazier	KO	1	07/08/1976	Freeport, Bahamas	Brazier knocked out at 2:50 of the first round.
Loss	18-3	Eckhard Dagge	TKO	10	18/06/1976	Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany	WBC World Light Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:47 of the tenth round.
Win	7-1-2	Sea Robinson	UD	15	24/04/1976	Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire	WBC World Light Middleweight Title.
Win	41-6	Tony "K.O. King" Gardner	KO	2	28/02/1976	Nassau, Bahamas	WBC World Light Middleweight Title. Gardner knocked out at 2:55 of the second round.
Win	43-1-1	Miguel De Oliveira	TKO	11	13/11/1975	Paris, France	WBC World Light Middleweight Title.
Win	7-20-1	Nick Peoples	KO	6	13/10/1975	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	24-6-1	Gene "Mobile" Wells	KO	5	22/07/1975	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	Wells knocked out at 1:50 of the fifth round.
Win	96-36-7	Chucho Garcia	KO	5	20/06/1975	Freeport, Bahamas
Win	18-8	Nat King	KO	8	30/05/1975	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	18-6	Marcel Clay	KO	8	29/04/1975	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Win	16-5-1	Manuel Elizondo	KO	10	22/02/1975	Tucson, Arizona, United States	Elizondo knocked out at 2:35 of the tenth round.
Win	33-3-3	Fernand Marcotte	TKO	11	21/01/1975	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	NABF Light Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:08 of the 11th round.
Win	11-10	Sammy Rookard	UD	10	25/12/1974	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	27-3	Renato Garcia	UD	10	16/11/1974	Tucson, Arizona, United States
Win	24-10	Johnny "Starship Trooper" Rico	KO	2	19/10/1974	Tucson, Arizona, United States	Rico knocked out at 1:30 of the second round.
Win	20-33-2	Bobby "Songbird" Williams	KO	5	27/09/1974	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	2-4-1	Guillermo Escalera	KO	5	06/09/1974	Freeport, Bahamas
Win	19-4	Frank "Paco" Flores	KO	5	16/08/1974	Tucson, Arizona, United States	Flores knocked out at 2:50 of the fifth round.
Win	25-20-1	Carlos Marks	PTS	10	11/07/1974	Nassau, Bahamas
Draw	23-7-1	Dario Hidalgo	PTS	10	11/06/1974	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	46-46, 46-46, 48-42.
Win	92-30-6	Chucho Garcia	PTS	10	31/05/1974	Freeport, Bahamas
Win	13-10-1	Roy "General" Lee	PTS	10	26/04/1974	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-1	Jesse Rios	KO	2	09/04/1974	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	Rios knocked out at 2:45 of the second round.
Win	9-19-4	"Fast" Eddie Davis	KO	4	15/03/1974	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	11-18-1	Vicente Medina	TKO	7	26/02/1974	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:55 of the seventh round.
Win	0-2	Wendell Spencer	KO	3	15/02/1974	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	17-3	Tom Van Hatten	TKO	2	15/01/1974	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the second round.
Win	0-1	Saulo Hernandez	KO	1	14/12/1973	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	19-1	Mike Lankester	TKO	8	04/12/1973	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Win	36-17-2	Dennis "Alligator Alley" Riggs	KO	4	12/11/1973	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Win	0-1	Jose "Papo" Melendez	TKO	8	19/10/1973	Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Win	52-12-5	Bunny Grant	PTS	10	26/09/1973	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	19-7-4	Doug "Mr." Rogers	KO	4	06/08/1973	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	11-19-1	Jimmy "The Jet" Williams	KO	1	13/07/1973	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	5-6-2	Roy Goss	UD	10	23/04/1973	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	7-6-1	Al "Soul Brother" Cook	KO	6	29/03/1973	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	10-9	Terry Hayward	KO	1	03/02/1973	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	9-5-3	Sandy Torres	KO	8	26/01/1973	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	7-5-4	Joe "Sugar Foot" Hooks	KO	6	17/11/1972	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	9-5	Prince Jimmy Hamm	KO	8	26/08/1972	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	21-34-2	Roscoe Bell	PTS	10	15/07/1972	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	10-14-4	Dorman Crawford	KO	10	26/05/1972	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	33-8-3	Sugar "Bahamian Buzzsaw" Cliff	TKO	6	08/04/1972	Nassau, Bahamas	Bahamas Welterweight Title.
Win	16-8-2	Larry Adkins	PTS	10	25/09/1971	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	9-1	Ray Minus	PTS	15	05/06/1971	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-1	"Dandy" Don Fraser	KO	10	20/12/1970	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	3-10-1	Buddy Taylor	PTS	10	27/11/1970	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-2	Droopy Davis	KO	6	29/08/1970	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Bert Woods	KO	3	15/05/1970	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-1	Milton "Berle" Hall	KO	2	03/04/1970	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	"Dandy" Don Fraser	PTS	8	08/12/1969	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	3-6-2	Sandy Ronnie Jeffries	PTS	8	31/10/1969	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	14-18-7	Winston "Putting" Green	PTS	8	26/09/1969	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Sugarboy Monroe	KO	1	15/08/1969	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Kid Joe	KO	6	14/03/1969	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Cornbread Rhamina	KO	5	21/02/1969	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Mighty Joe	KO	2	07/02/1969	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-1	"Gypsy" Mike Whymms	KO	1	20/01/1969	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-1-1	Taylor Ventura	KO	2	02/12/1968	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	"Gypsy" Mike Whymms	KO	3	22/11/1968	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Freddie Majors	PTS	4	10/08/1968	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	0-1	Droopy Davis	PTS	8	11/07/1968	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Tony Mortimer	PTS	?	16/02/1968	Nassau, Bahamas
Loss	2-0	Kid Carew	KO	2	11/12/1967	Nassau, Bahamas
Draw	0-1	Taylor Ventura	PTS	4	10/11/1967	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Pino Romano	KO	3	13/10/1967	Nassau, Bahamas
Win	--	Taylor Ventura	KO	1	15/09/1967	Nassau, Bahamas

External links

• Boxing Record