Julio César Chávez (born on July 12, 1962 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico) is a retired Mexican professional boxer.
He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. In a career that spanned over twenty-five years, Chávez won six world titles in three weight divisions: WBC Super Featherweight in 1984, WBA Lightweight in 1987, WBC Lightweight in 1988, WBC Super Lightweight in 1989, IBF Light Welterweight in 1990, and WBC Super Lightweight in 1994.
Julio César Chávez was known for his outstanding punching power, devastating body attack, remarkable strong chin and the relentless stalking of his opponents. He ranks #24 on ESPN's ''50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time''. On December 7, 2010, he was inducted in the prestigious International Boxing Hall of Fame for the Class of 2011. He's the father of undefeated prospect Omar Chávez and current WBC Middleweight Champion, Julio César Chávez, Jr.
Biography
Early years
Julio César Chávez was born on July 12, 1962 in
Obregón,
Sonora, Mexico. His father, Rodolfo Chavez, worked for the railroad, and Julio grew up in an abandoned railroad car with his five sisters and four brothers. He began boxing as an amateur at the age of sixteen and then he moved to
Culiacán to pursue a professional career. Chávez came from a poor family and became a boxer for money, he stated: "I saw my mom working ironing and washing peoples clothes, and I promised her I would give her a house someday and she would never have that job again."
Early career and Super Featherweight title
Chávez made his professional debut at age 17. In his 12th fight, on March 4, 1981, Chávez faced Miguel Ruiz in
Culiacán,
Sinaloa. At the end of the first round, Chavez landed a blow that knocked out Ruiz. Delivered as the bell sounded, the blow was ruled a disqualification in the ring and Ruiz was declared the winner. The next day, however, after further review, the Mexican boxing commission reversed the result and proclaimed Chávez the winner.
Chávez won his first championship, the vacant WBC super featherweight title, on September 13, 1984, by knocking out fellow Mexican Mario "Azabache" Martínez at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Martínez had been the betting favorite in the bout. On April 19, 1985, Chávez defended his title against number one ranked contender Ruben Castillo (63-4-2) by knocking him out in the sixth round. On July 7, 1985, Chavez defeated future champion Roger Mayweather via a second round knock out. On August 3, 1986, Chavez won a twelve round majority decision over former WBA and future IBF Super Featherweight champion Rocky Lockridge in Monte Carlo, Monaco. In his next bout, he defeated former champion Juan Laporte by a twelve round unanimous decision. On March 18, 1987, he defeated number one ranked challenger Francisco Tomas Da Cruz (27-1-0) by third round knockout. He successfully defended his WBC Super Featherweight title a total of nine times.
Stepping up to Lightweight
On November 21, 1987, Chávez moved up to the lightweight division and faced WBA lightweight champion
Edwin Rosario. Prior to the bout, there were concerns about how Chávez would handle the move up in weight against the hard punching Puerto Rican. Chávez commented, "Everything I've accomplished as champion, and the nine title defenses, would be thrown away with a loss to Rosario." The two fighters nearly exchanged blows during a press conference after Rosario threatened to send Chávez back to Mexico in a coffin. Chávez would ultimately give a career defining performance as he defeated Rosario by an eleventh round TKO to win the title. HBO Punchstat showed Rosario landing 263 of 731 punches thrown in the fight (36%) and Chavez 450 of 743 (61%). After the bout, Sports Illustrated ran the headline, ''"Time To Hail César: WBA lightweight champion César Chávez of Mexico may be the world's best fighter."'''
On April 16, 1988, Chávez defeated number one ranked contender Rodolfo Aguilar (20-0-1) by sixth round technical knockout. On June 4, 1988, he successfully defended his title against former two-time champion Rafael Limón by scoring a seventh round TKO. Later that year, he unified the WBA and WBC belts by a technical decision win over champion José Luis Ramírez. An accidental head-butt opened a cut on Ramírez's forehead and the doctor halted the fight, sending the decision to the judges' scorecards at that point in the fight. Chávez, ahead on all scorecards, was declared the winner. He was also awarded the Ring lightweight title after the victory.
Chavez vacated his WBA and WBC lightweight titles in order to move up to the super lightweight division.
Stepping up to Super Lightweight
In his next bout, he won the WBC super lightweight title by defeating
Roger Mayweather for a second time. Mayweather did not come out of his corner after the tenth round, giving Chavez the TKO win. In 1989, Chávez defeated future champion
Sammy Fuentes by tenth round TKO. In his next bout, he handed
Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes (44-0) his first career loss by scoring a third round knockout.
Chávez vs Taylor
On March 17, 1990, he faced Meldrick Taylor, the undefeated IBF Junior Welterweight champion, in a title unification fight. While Taylor won the early rounds, Chávez rallied in the later rounds, scoring a knockdown with seconds remaining in the fight. Although Taylor rose at the referee's count of six, he did not respond coherently to referee Richard Steele's questions, continued to hold the ropes all along, and Steele stopped the fight with only two seconds remaining. Many boxing fans and members of the media were outraged that Steele would stop a match that Taylor was winning with only two seconds left, while others felt that Steele was justified in stopping the fight given Taylor's condition and the fact that he was unable to respond to Steele before the conclusion of the match. Steele defended his decision by saying that his concern is protecting a fighter, regardless of how much time is left in the round or the fight. As Steele put it, "I stopped it because Meldrick had took a lot of good shots, a lot of hard shots, and it was time for it to stop. You know, I'm not the timekeeper, and I don't care about the time. When I see a man that has had enough, I'm stopping the fight." ''The Ring'' named it the "Fight of the Year" for 1990, and later the "Fight of the Decade" for the 1990s. While many hoped for an immediate rematch, Taylor moved up in weight in his next bout and the fighters did not meet again until 1994 when Chávez dominated and then knocked out a faded Taylor in eight rounds.
After unifying the titles, Chávez engaged in a busy series of title defenses and non-title fights. On December 8, 1990, he defeated the WBC mandatory challenger Kyung-Duk Ahn (29-1) by third round knockout. On March 18, 1991, he defeated WBC number four ranked fighter John Duplessis (34-1) by fourth round TKO. On September 14, 1991, Chávez won a twelve round unanimous decision over former champion Lonnie Smith. April 10, 1992, he scored a TKO victory over number one ranked contender Angel Hernandez (37-0-2, 22 KOs) in the fifth round. Later that year, he defeated Frankie Mitchell (29-1) by fourth round TKO.
Chávez vs Camacho
On September 12, 1992, Chávez faced
WBO light welterweight champion Hector "Macho" Camacho (41-1-0, 18 KOs) in a highly anticipated bout. Chavez dominated Camacho en route to a unanimous decision win. The final scores were 117-111, 119-110 and 120-107 for Chávez. After the fight, on his arrival to Mexico, the President
Carlos Salinas de Gortari sent the special car for the
Pope to take him from the airport to the President's house. Chavez was already known as a folk hero in Mexico.
Chávez vs. Haugen
His 1993 fight with
Greg Haugen featured trash talk from Haugen, who derided Chavez's 82-fight unbeaten streak as consisting mostly of "Tijuana taxi drivers that my mother could have knocked out" and insisting that "There aren't 130,000 Mexicans who can afford tickets" to see the fight in
Estadio Azteca. Chavez responded by saying, "I really hate him bad. When he looks at me, I want to vomit. I am going to give him the worst beating of his life; I am going to make him swallow the words that came out of his dirty mouth." Haugen was proven wrong on both counts: 132,274 showed up to set a record for fight attendance, and they watched Chávez drop Haugen quickly and then back off with the apparent intention of punishing him for his prefight remarks. However, the referee had seen enough by the fifth round and stopped it for a TKO victory for Chávez. After the fight, Chávez commented to Haugen; "Now you know I don't fight with taxi drivers", and a bloodied Haugen sportingly responded, "They must have been tough taxi drivers.". Later that year, Chávez scored a sixth-round TKO victory over number one ranked contender
Terrence Alli.
Draw with Whitaker and first career loss
After a division record twenty consecutive defenses of his light welterweight title, Chávez (87-0) moved up one more weight division to challenge
Pernell Whitaker (32-1) for his WBC welterweight title in September 1993. The result of the fight was a controversial majority draw, allowing Chávez to remain undefeated. Various members of the American media, including
The Ring magazine and
Sports Illustrated were critical of the decision, and Sports Illustrated put Pernell Whitaker on the cover of its next magazine with a one word title, "Robbed!". Chávez stated after the fight: "I felt I was forcing the fight ... he just kept holding me too much, he was throwing too many low blows too." There was no rematch.
Chavez continued defending his light welterweight title and on December 18, 1993, he defeated British Commonwealth light welterweight champion Andy Holligan (21-0-0) by fifth round TKO. Chávez faced Frankie Randall in January 1994, in a fight that most expected him to win easily. Instead, Randall knocked him down for the first time in his career and went on to win a split decision, and Chávez lost the title to Randall. Chávez blamed his loss on referee Richard Steele, who deducted two points from Chávez for low blows, which effected the difference on the scorecards. The WBC ordered an immediate rematch and Chávez regained the title on a split technical decision in May, 1994. The fight was fiercely contested when they collided heads, opening a large cut over Chávez's eyebrow in the seventh round. Chávez came back strong and showed he was the stronger boxer, after the head cut, the referee called for the doctor who then instructed for the fight to be stopped. Under WBC rules, Randall was deducted one point, and that gave Chávez the technical victory on the score cards. The two would face one another in a rubber match ten years later in which Julio César Chávez would win.
Chavez then faced Meldrick Taylor in a rematch, four years after their historic first fight. Chavez defeated him in the 8th round knockout that sent Taylor from one side of the ring to the other. In his next bout, Chavez defeated three-time champion Tony Lopez. In 1995, he defeated former and future super lightweight champion Giovanni Parisi. Later that year, he defended his title against number one ranked challenger David Kamau, despite suffering a cut in the opening round. Prior to the bout, Chavez indicated that he was considering retirement, "I've had a lot of problems with my arms, with my knees. I really don't want to extend myself much longer," Chavez said. "After so many years of working out, it all builds up. I am not giving what I used to be able to give. I will fight De La Hoya for a lot of money, and then retire."
Chávez vs. De La Hoya
On June 7, 1996, Chávez faced
Oscar De La Hoya. A large gash appeared over the right eye of Chávez within the first minute of the first round, leading many to assume what Chávez later confirmed—that the cut occurred earlier in training and was re-opened in the bout. Heavy blood flow prompted the referee to stop the fight in the fourth round. Until their eventual rematch in 1998, Chavez would always state that De La Hoya had not defeated him, but that a gash that he had suffered in training was the real cause of the stoppage of the fight. In his next bout, Chavez defeated former champion
Joey Gamache in his 100th career bout.
A year after De La Hoya moved up to welterweight in 1997, Chávez fought Miguel Ángel González for the vacant WBC super lightweight title. That fight ended in a draw. In a rematch with De La Hoya for the WBC welterweight belt in September 1998, De La Hoya won by 8th round TKO. About De La Hoya, Chávez recently stated: "I have nothing against him, even though he beat me twice. I have no resentment towards him...De la Hoya was younger than me during our fight, and I was on my way out of boxing. If Oscar didn’t fight me, he would not have been anything in boxing". Chavez spoke about his sparring session with De La Hoya six years before their first fight and stated: "I sparred with him and dropped him in the second round with a right hand. De la Hoya was a kid...that day after training he stayed and we went out to dinner, I gave him some $300-$400 from my pocket to help him out."
Retirement and farewell fights
Chavez won his first two bouts in 1999 before losing to unheralded Willy Wise via 10 round unanimous decision. In 2000, at the age of 38, Chávez challenged light welterweight champion
Kostya Tszyu. Chavez lost the bout via 6th round TKO. After a 2001 victory over Terry Thomas in
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Chávez retired. However, on November 24, 2003, he came out of retirement to avenge his earlier loss to Willy Wise, knocking Wise out in two rounds in
Tijuana, Mexico. In April 2004, Chávez went back into the ring, for what he again claimed would be his last appearance. In that fight, nicknamed ''Adiós, México, Gracias'' (''Good-bye, Mexico, Thank you''), he beat his former conqueror,
Frankie Randall, by a ten round decision. On May 28, 2005, Chávez once again stepped into a boxing ring, outpointing
Ivan Robinson in ten rounds at the
Staples Center.
On September 17, 2005, at the
U.S. Airways Center in
Phoenix, Arizona, Chávez suffered a TKO loss to little-known Grover Wiley in the 115th bout of his career, retiring in his corner before the start of the 5th round, after injuring his right hand. After the bout, Chávez told his promoter,
Bob Arum, that this time he was definitely retiring from boxing.
Nowadays, Chávez lives in Mexico and works for the network TV Azteca as a boxing narrator. He owns businesses, gas stations, and properties in Mexico and the United States. He has three sons, Cristian Chavez, Julio Jr. and Omar, Last two both professional boxers and undefeated until today.
Energy Drink
Chavez has led his name to a popular brand of energy drink, "Energia De Campeones" which translates to, "Energy of Champions." The 16 oz drink, containing 80 mg of caffeine along with ample amounts of vitamin b3, b5, b6, b12 and taurine, is produced by Julio Cesar Chavez Bebidas, LLC, 1300 S. Country Club Drive, Suite 105, Mesa, AZ, 85280. (Source: www.juliochavez.net)
Career in review
Considered one of the greatest fighters in history, Chávez won six world titles in three weight divisions:
WBC Super Featherweight (1984),
WBA Lightweight (1987), WBC Lightweight (1988), WBC
Super Lightweight (1989),
IBF Light Welterweight (1990), and WBC Super Lightweight (1994). He was also awarded the
Ring Lightweight title in 1988. World champions whom Chávez defeated include
Jose Luis Ramírez,
Rafael Limón,
Rocky Lockridge,
Meldrick Taylor,
Roger Mayweather,
Lonnie Smith,
Sammy Fuentes,
Héctor "Macho" Camacho,
Juan Laporte,
Edwin Rosario,
Greg Haugen,
Tony López,
Giovanni Parisi,
Joey Gamache, and
Frankie Randall, who had taken the WBC light welterweight belt from Chávez just four months earlier. He lost to only two champions:
Oscar De La Hoya and
Kostya Tszyu. He was held to a draw by two others:
Pernell Whitaker and
Miguel Ángel González.
Chávez finally retired in his twenty-fifth year as a professional boxer with a record of 107 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, with 89 knockouts, and a reputation as one of the best boxers of all time. He holds records for most successful consecutive defenses of world titles (27), most title fights (37), most title-fight victories (31), and he is tied with Joe Louis for most title defenses won by knockout (21). Chávez also has the longest undefeated streak in boxing history, 13 years. His record was 89-0-1 going into his first loss to Frankie Randall and had an 87 fight win streak until his draw with Whitaker. He was ranked #50 on Ring Magazine's list of "100 greatest punchers of all time". As an in-fighter or swarmer, Julio César Chávez was renowned specially for his devastating left hook and his ability to take a punch due his extremly strong chin. In 2002, ''The Ring'' ranked Chávez as the 18th greatest fighter of the last 80 years. On December 7, 2010, his induction to the International Boxing Hall of Fame was announced.
Professional boxing record
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107 Wins (86 knockouts, 21 decisions),
6 Losses (4 knockouts, 2 decision),
2 Draws
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|Loss ||align=left|
Grover Wiley
| || 4 || 2005-09-17
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America West Arena, Phoenix,
Arizona
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Ivan Robinson
| || 6 || 2005-05-28
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Staples Center, Los Angeles,
California
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Frankie Randall
| || 10 || 2004-05-22
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Plaza de Toros, Mexico City,
Distrito Federal
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Willy Wise
| || 2 || 2003-11-22
|align=left| Centro de Espectaculos Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Terry Thomas
| || 2 || 2001-11-24
|align=left| Plaza De Toros Monumental, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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|- align=center
|Loss ||align=left|
Kostya Tszyu
| || 6 || 2000-07-29
|align=left|
Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix,
Arizona
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Buck Smith
| || 3 || 1999-12-18
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Loss ||align=left|
Willy Wise
| || 10 || 1999-10-02
|align=left| Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Marty Jakubowski
||| 4 || 1999-07-10
|align=left| Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Verdell Smith
| || 4 || 1999-04-01
|align=left| Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas
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|- align=center
|Loss ||align=left|
Oscar De La Hoya
| || 8 || 1998-09-18
|align=left|
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas,
Nevada
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Ken Sigurani
| || 3 || 1998-06-25
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Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket,
Connecticut
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|- align=center
|style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw ||align=left|
Miguel Angel Gonzalez
| || 12 || 1998-03-07
|align=left|
Plaza de Toros, Mexico City,
Distrito Federal
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Larry LaCoursiere
| || 10 || 1997-06-28
|align=left|
MGM Grand, Las Vegas,
Nevada
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Tony Martin
| || 10 || 1997-03-29
|align=left| Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Joey Gamache
| || 8 || 1996-10-12
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Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim,
California
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|- align=center
|Loss ||align=left|
Oscar De La Hoya
| || 4 || 1996-06-07
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Caesars Palace, Las Vegas,
Nevada
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Scott Walker
| || 2 || 1996-02-09
|align=left|
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas,
Nevada
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
David Kamau
| || 12 || 1995-09-16
|align=left| Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Craig Houk
| || 1 || 1995-07-29
|align=left| Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, United States
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Giovanni Parisi
| || 12 || 1995-04-08
|align=left| Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Tony Lopez
| || 10 || 1994-12-10
|align=left| Estadio de Beisbol, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Meldrick Taylor
| || 8 || 1994-09-17
|align=left| MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Frankie Randall
| || 8 || 1994-05-07
|align=left| MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|- align=center
|Loss ||align=left|
Frankie Randall
| || 12 || 1994-01-29
|align=left| MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Andy Holligan
| || 5 || 1993-12-18
|align=left| Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Mike Powell
| || 4 || 1993-10-30
|align=left| Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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|- align=center
|style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw ||align=left|
Pernell Whitaker
| || 12 || 1993-09-10
|align=left| Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Terrence Alli
| || 6 || 1993-05-08
|align=left| Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Silvio Walter Rojas
| || 3 || 1993-04-10
|align=left| Auditorio Benito Juarez, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Greg Haugen
| || 5 || 1993-02-20
|align=left| Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Marty Jakubowski
||| 6 || 1992-12-13
|align=left| Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Bruce Pearson
||| 3 || 1992-10-31
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Hector Camacho
| || 12 || 1992-09-12
|align=left| Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Frankie Mitchell
| || 4 || 1992-08-01
|align=left| Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Angel Hernandez
| || 5 || 1992-04-10
|align=left| El Toreo, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Juan Soberanes
| || 4 || 1992-03-13
|align=left| La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Ignacio Perdomo
| || 7 || 1991-12-13
|align=left| Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jorge Alberto Melian
| || 4 || 1991-11-12
|align=left| Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Lonnie Smith
| || 12 || 1991-09-14
|align=left| Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Tommy Small
| || 4 || 1991-04-26
|align=left| Estadio General Angel Flores, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| John Duplessis
| || 4 || 1991-03-18
|align=left| Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Kyung-Duk Ahn
| || 3 || 1990-12-08
|align=left| Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jaime Balboa
| || 4 || 1990-11-08
|align=left| Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Russell Mosley
| || 3 || 1990-08-18
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Akwei Addo
| || 2 || 1990-07-05
|align=left| Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Meldrick Taylor
| || 12 || 1990-03-17
|align=left| Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes
| || 3 || 1989-12-16
|align=left| Palacio de Deporte, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Sammy Fuentes
| || 10 || 1989-11-18
|align=left| Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Ramon Aramburu
| || 3 || 1989-10-27
|align=left| Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Rodolfo Batta
| || 1 || 1989-10-09
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Kenny Vice
| || 3 || 1989-07-30
|align=left| Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Roger Mayweather
| || 11 || 1989-05-13
|align=left| Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Jose Luis Ramirez
| || 11 || 1988-10-29
|align=left| Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Vernon Buchanan
||| 3 || 1988-08-01
|align=left| Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Rafael Limon
||| 7 || 1988-06-04
|align=left| Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Rodolfo Aguilar
| || 6 || 1988-04-16
|align=left| Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Nicky Perez
||| 3 || 1988-03-05
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Edwin Rosario
||| 11 || 1987-11-21
|align=left| Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Danilo Cabrera
| || 12|| 1987-08-21
|align=left| Caliente Racetrack, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Francisco Tomas Da Cruz
| || 3 || 1987-04-18
|align=left| Nîmes, Gard, France
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Juan Laporte
| || 12 || 1986-12-12
|align=left| Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Rocky Lockridge
| || 12 || 1986-08-03
|align=left| Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Refugio Rojas
| || 7 || 1986-06-13
|align=left| Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Faustino Martires Barrios
||| 5 || 1986-05-15
|align=left| Stade Pierre De Coubertin, Bercy, France
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Roberto Collins Lindo
| || 2 || 1986-03-22
|align=left| Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jeff Bumpus
| || 5 || 1985-12-19
|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Dwight Pratchett
| || 12 || 1985-09-21
|align=left| Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Roger Mayweather
| || 2 || 1985-07-07
|align=left| Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Ruben Castillo
| || 6 || 1985-04-19
|align=left| Forum, Inglewood, California, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Manuel Hernandez
||| 3 || 1985-01-01
|align=left| Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left|
Mario Martinez
||| 8 || 1984-09-13
|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Delfino Mendoza
| || 3 || 1984-06-13
|align=left| Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Ramon Avitia
| || 6 || 1984-05-04
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Armando Flores
| || 3 || 1983-09-01
|align=left| Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Adriano Arreola
| || 10 || 1983-07-16
|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Benny Abarca
| || 5 || 1983-12-30
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Romero Sandoval
| || 2 || 1983-06-15
|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Javier Fragoso
| || 4 || 1983-05-01
|align=left| Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Ernesto Herrera
| || 4 || 1983-04-04
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Othoniel Lopez
| || 4 || 1983-02-25
|align=left| Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jerry Lewis
| || 6 || 1982-12-11
|align=left| Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, United States
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jerry Lewis
| || 5 || 1982-10-23
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jose Resendez
| || 6 || 1982-09-28
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Santos Rodriguez
||| 8 || 1982-08-20
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Gustavo Salgado
| || 2 || 1982-07-19
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Juan Carlos Alvarado
||| 3 || 1982-05-08
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Benny Abarca
||| 10|| 1982-04-26
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Johnny Jensen
| || 3 || 1982-03-11
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Carlos Bryant
||| 2 || 1982-02-19
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Ramon Peraza
| || 1 || 1982-02-04
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jesús García
||| 2 || 1982-01-29
|align=left| Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Ramon Luque
||| 1 || 1982-01-12
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Manuel Vasquez
||| 7 || 1981-12-17
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jose Angel Medina
||| 6 || 1981-10-19
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jorge Ramirez
| || 2 || 1981-09-25
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Daniel Felizardo
| || 3 || 1981-08-31
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jesus Cuate Lara
| || 2 || 1981-08-07
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Daniel Martinez
| || 1 || 1981-07-27
|align=left| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Bobby Fernandez
| || 3 || 1981-07-10
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Fidel Navarro
| || 1 || 1981-06-26
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Victor Gamez
| || 1 || 1981-06-05
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Eduardo Lalo Acosta
| || 2 || 1981-05-08
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Miguel Ruiz
| || 1 || 1981-03-04
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Julio Gaxiola
| || 4 || 1981-02-02
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Roberto Flores
| || 3 || 1980-12-15
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Andres Felix
| || 2 || 1980-11-26
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jesus Martinez
| || 1 || 1980-10-13
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Jesus Cuate Lara
||| 10 || 1980-09-22
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Miguel Cebrero
| || 10 || 1980-09-05
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Tito Geraldo
||| 6 || 1980-07-18
|align=left| Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Roberto Garcia
| || 6 || 1980-05-20
|align=left| Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Ramon Flores
| || 3 || 1980-04-08
|align=left| Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Fidencio Cebreros
| || 6 || 1980-03-03
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win ||align=left| Andres Felix
| || 6 || 1980-02-05
|align=left| Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|align=left|
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Awards and achievements
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See also
List of lightweight boxing champions
List of WBC world champions
Notable boxing families
List of boxing triple champions
References
External links
Julio César Chávez Official Site
Category:People from Culiacán
Category:People from Sinaloa
Category:Sports figures from Sonora
Category:People from Sonora
Category:People from Ciudad Obregón
Category:Mexican boxers
Category:World Boxing Council Champions
Category:World Boxing Association Champions
Category:International Boxing Federation Champions
Category:International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Welterweight boxers
Category:Light-welterweight boxers
Category:Light-welterweight boxers
Category:Lightweight boxers
Category:Super-featherweight boxers
Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
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