👑 2-Division World Champion

Little “Eleuterio Zapanta” Dado

January 1, 1916 – July 7, 1965

📍 Place of Birth: La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

71 Wins

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7 Losses

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11 Draws

22 KOs

Career: 1932 – 1943

World Titles

NBA (WBA) National Unified World Flyweight

Won: Feb 21, 1941 UD Jackie JurichLost: Feb 21, 1942 Vacated

CSAC-California CSAC-California World Bantamweight

Won: Apr 24, 1940 UD Tony OliveraLost: Apr 24, 1941 Vacated

CSAC-California CSAC-California World Flyweight

Won: Nov 30, 1938 UD Small Montana; 1 DefenseLost: Jun 17, 1941 Vacated

Regional Belts

CSAC CSAC California Bantamweight

Won: Sep 20, 1938 UD Jimmy Babe McCusker; 3 DefensesLost: Jun 01, 1940 Vacated

Orient Orient Flyweight

Won: Sep 28, 1935 UD Speed Cabanela; 1 DefenseLost: Jun 06, 1937 Vacated

Orient Orient Super Flyweight

Won: May 04, 1935 UD Kid PacanaLost: May 03, 1936 Vacated

About Little Dado

Eleuterio “Little Dado” Zapanta (January 1, 1916 – July 7, 1965) was a Filipino flyweight and bantamweight boxer from Negros Occidental. Active in the 1930s and early 1940s, he rose to prominence as one of the world’s top fighters, earning the No. 1 Ring magazine ranking at flyweight in 1939. Dado captured the World bantamweight title in 1940 and the World flyweight title in 1941, becoming recognized in California as champion in both divisions. Ambitious to add a featherweight crown, he sought to become only the second boxer to hold three world titles simultaneously. He retired in 1943 with an official record of 90 fights, 73 wins (22 by KO), 6 losses, and 11 draws. Remembered as a trailblazer of Philippine boxing, he died in 1965 at age 49.

Fight Record 89 bouts

No.	Date	Location	Opponent	Division	Result	Rds	At Stake
89	04 Jul 1943	Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu, US	David Kui Kong Young 51-9-7	Bantamweight	L-TKO	8/12	HTBC-Hawaii World Bantamweight
88	14 Mar 1943	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Quentin Hernandez 6-8-3	Super Bantamweight	W-KO	1/10
87	08 Nov 1942	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Adolph Samuels 21-23-11	Featherweight	W-UD	10
86	05 Dec 1941	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Joho Shiroma 11-5-4	Bantamweight	W-UD	10
85	11 Aug 1941	Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu, US	David Kui Kong Young 44-9-4	Bantamweight	L-UD	10
84	09 May 1941	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Nat Corum 6-14-10	Super Bantamweight	W-UD	10
83	04 Apr 1941	Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu, US	David Kui Kong Young 42-9-3	Bantamweight	L-UD	10
82	21 Feb 1941	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Jackie Jurich 48-9-6	Flyweight	W-UD	9/10	NBA (WBA) World Flyweight · National World Flyweight
81	24 Jan 1941	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Tony Olivera 33-2-9	Bantamweight	W-UD	10
80	29 Nov 1940	Watsonville Civic Auditorium, Watsonville, US	Kenny Lindsay 5-1-1	Flyweight	W-UD	10
79	21 Oct 1940	Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, US	Nat Corum 3-10-9	Super Bantamweight	W-UD	10
78	11 Oct 1940	Watsonville Civic Auditorium, Watsonville, US	Rio Rico 0-3-0		W-KO	2/8
77	02 Sep 1940	Pismo Beach Arena, Pismo Beach, US	Olin Loy 12-16-5	Bantamweight	W-TKO	9/10
76	30 Aug 1940	Watsonville Civic Auditorium, Watsonville, US	Nick De Posta 2-2-0		W-TKO	6/8
75	13 Aug 1940	San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Jose, US	Nat Corum 3-9-8	Super Bantamweight	D	10
74	30 Jul 1940	San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Jose, US	Jackie Jurich 43-8-5	Bantamweight	W-	12
73	17 Jun 1940	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Little Pancho 93-12-23	Flyweight	D	10	CSAC-California World Flyweight
72	10 May 1940	Pismo Beach Arena, Pismo Beach, US	Henry Hook 120-69-17		W-TKO	4/10
71	24 Apr 1940	Auditorium, Oakland, US	Tony Olivera 29-1-8	Bantamweight	W-UD	10	CSAC-California World Bantamweight
70	28 Feb 1940	Auditorium, Oakland, US	Tony Olivera 29-1-7	Super Bantamweight	D	10
69	30 Jan 1940	Memorial Civic Auditorium, Stockton, US	Manuel Ortiz 19-9-0	Bantamweight	D	10
68	12 Jan 1940	Legion Stadium, Hollywood, US	Horace Mann 22-13-7	Super Bantamweight	W-TKO	7/10
67	15 Dec 1939	Watsonville Civic Auditorium, Watsonville, US	Horace Mann 22-12-7	Super Bantamweight	W-TKO	2/10
66	28 Nov 1939	Memorial Civic Auditorium, Stockton, US	Henry Hook 119-66-17	Super Bantamweight	W-TKO	3/10
65	17 Nov 1939	Watsonville Civic Auditorium, Watsonville, US	Henry Hook 119-65-17	Super Bantamweight	W-UD	10
64	20 Oct 1939	Legion Stadium, Hollywood, US	Lou Salica 48-8-9	Bantamweight	D	10
63	22 Sep 1939	Legion Stadium, Hollywood, US	Jackie Jurich 39-6-4	Super Flyweight	D	10
62	23 Aug 1939	Auditorium, Oakland, US	Jimmy Webster 16-5-1	Bantamweight	W-UD	10
61	14 Jul 1939	Legion Stadium, Hollywood, US	Joey Rosenberg 18-7-7	Super Flyweight	W-KO	3/10
60	07 Jul 1939	Watsonville Civic Auditorium, Watsonville, US	Tony Souza 42-31-21	Super Bantamweight	W-KO	3/10
59	16 Jun 1939	Legion Stadium, Hollywood, US	Lou Salica 46-7-9	Bantamweight	W-UD	10
58	02 Jun 1939	Watsonville Civic Auditorium, Watsonville, US	Tommy Cobb 21-13-7	Bantamweight	W-TKO	9/12	CSAC California Bantamweight
57	26 May 1939	Pismo Beach Arena, Pismo Beach, US	Bobby Wright 14-35-3	Bantamweight	W-TKO	8/10
56	01 Mar 1939	Auditorium, Oakland, US	Lou Salica 44-7-8	Bantamweight	D	10
55	31 Jan 1939	Memorial Civic Auditorium, Stockton, US	Young Joe Roche 39-5-7	Bantamweight	W-UD	10	CSAC California Bantamweight
54	30 Nov 1938	Auditorium, Oakland, US	Small Montana 74-11-9	Flyweight	W-UD	10	CSAC-California World Flyweight
53	25 Oct 1938	Memorial Civic Auditorium, Stockton, US	Olin Loy 10-7-5	Bantamweight	W-UD	10	CSAC California Bantamweight
52	20 Sep 1938	Memorial Civic Auditorium, Stockton, US	Jimmy Babe McCusker 21-8-2	Bantamweight	W-UD	10	CSAC California Bantamweight
51	19 Aug 1938	Pismo Beach Arena, Pismo Beach, US	Olin Loy 10-5-5		W-UD	10
50	28 Jun 1938	Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, US	Donnie Maes 10-9-3	Bantamweight	W-UD	10
49	18 May 1938	Auditorium, Oakland, US	Young Joe Roche 37-1-3	Bantamweight	W-UD	10
48	03 May 1938	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, US	Horace Mann 18-8-5	Super Bantamweight	W-TKO	4/10
47	26 Apr 1938	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, US	Tony Ramirez 21-26-7	Bantamweight	W-KO	2/10
46	23 Mar 1938	Auditorium, Oakland, US	Donnie Maes 9-8-2	Super Flyweight	D	10
45	02 Mar 1938	Auditorium, Oakland, US	Jackie Jurich 35-1-3	Super Flyweight	W-UD	10
44	18 Jan 1938	Memorial Civic Auditorium, Stockton, US	Little Caesar 6-16-2	Bantamweight	W-KO	2/10
43	01 Jan 1938	Memorial Civic Auditorium, Stockton, US	Horace Mann 18-6-4	Bantamweight	W-KO	1/10
42	21 Dec 1937	San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Jose, US	Tony Ramirez 21-25-7	Bantamweight	W-TKO	6/10
41	30 Nov 1937	Stockton, US	Tommy Cobb 15-4-4	Super Flyweight	W-TKO	6/10
40	14 Oct 1937	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Joey Rosenberg 13-0-5	Super Flyweight	W-UD	8
39	27 Aug 1937	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Small Montana 67-10-7	Super Flyweight	D	10
38	16 Jul 1937	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Tommy Cobb 12-3-4	Super Flyweight	W-KO	4/10
37	19 Jun 1937	Armory, Lihue, US	Tommy Cobb 12-2-4		W-TKO	2/8
36	04 Jun 1937	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Jackie Jurich 28-0-2	Super Flyweight	W-UD	10
35	09 Apr 1937	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, US	Augie Curtis 45-14-12	Super Flyweight	W-UD	10
34	19 Dec 1936	Osmena Park, Manila, PH	Little Pancho 70-11-20	Bantamweight	L-UD	12	Orient Bantamweight
33	19 Jul 1936	Bacolod City, PH	Little Pancho 66-11-20		L-UD	10
32	06 Jun 1936	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, PH	Little Pancho 65-11-19	Flyweight	D	—	Orient Flyweight
31	16 May 1936	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, PH	Little Pancho 64-11-19	Super Flyweight	L-UD	12
30	02 May 1936	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, PH	Yoichiro Hanada 15-4-6		W-UD	10
29	04 Apr 1936	Iloilo City, PH	Small Doro 3-6-2		W-TKO	4/
28	29 Feb 1936	Iloilo City, PH	Joe Brazil 11-6-8		W-UD	10
27	04 Jan 1936	Bacolod City, PH	Speed Cabanela 9-4-6	Super Bantamweight	W-UD	10
26	23 Dec 1935	Bacolod City, PH	Johnny Mortell 2-3-4		W-UD	10
25	28 Sep 1935	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, PH	Speed Cabanela 9-3-6	Flyweight	W-UD	12	Orient Flyweight
24	31 Aug 1935	Bacolod City, PH	OK Cruz 6-3-5		W-UD	10
23	08 Jun 1935	Bacolod City, PH	Augie Curtis 37-10-10		W-UD	10
22	04 May 1935	Olympic Stadium, Bacolod City, PH	Kid Pacana 1-2-0	Super Flyweight	W-UD	10	Orient Super Flyweight
21	23 Mar 1935	Bacolod City, PH	Kid Agustin 0-1-0		W-UD	10
20	02 Mar 1935	Cavite City, PH	Rocky Montano 0-1-0		W-UD	10
19	19 Jan 1935	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, PH	James Eagle 2-0-0		W-UD	10
18	29 Dec 1934	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, PH	Johnny Mortell 2-2-3		W-UD	10
17	01 Dec 1934	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, PH	Johnny Mortell 1-1-3		W-UD	8
16	10 Nov 1934	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, PH	Small Doro 3-4-2		W-UD	6
15	03 Oct 1934	Stadium, Mandaluyong City, PH	Small Doro 3-3-2		W-UD	10
14	18 Aug 1934	Stadium, Mandaluyong City, PH	Rush Medina 1-7-3		W-UD	8
13	07 Jul 1934	La Loma Stadium, Quezon City, PH	Rush Medina 1-6-3		W-TKO	6/8
12	03 Feb 1934	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	Dan Viranda 6-7-6		W-UD	6
11	20 Jan 1934	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	Joe Brazil 8-2-3		W-UD	8
10	09 Dec 1933	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	Rush Medina 1-5-3		W-UD	8
9	11 Nov 1933	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	Small Doro 2-1-2		W-UD	6
8	09 Sep 1933	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	Tony Gorilla 0-0-1		W-UD	4
7	26 Aug 1933	Silanganan Stadium, Santa Cruz, PH	Little Javier 2-0-1		W-UD	—
6	01 Jul 1933	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	Little Bagnoy 1-1-0		W-UD	4
5	08 Mar 1933	Navy Yard, Cavite City, PH	Pendio Vinia 3-2-0		W-UD	4
4	28 Jan 1933	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	Max Moro 0-1-0		L-UD	4
3	24 Dec 1932	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	Pendio Vinia 3-1-0		W-UD	4
2	03 Sep 1932	Olympic Stadium, Manila, PH	David Dencio 2-0-0		W-UD	4
1	24 Aug 1932	PH	Frankie Librado 1-0-0		D	4

Fighters’ record database is an ongoing project. Fight data may be incomplete or inaccurate. Send comment or info to feedback@philboxing.com.

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