Early life

Julio César Chávez was born on July 12, 1962 in Ciudad 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. Chávez came from a poor family and became a boxer for money, he stated: "I saw my mom working, ironing, and washing people's clothes, and I promised her I would give her a house someday and she would never have that job again." He began boxing as an amateur at the age of 16 and he then moved to Tijuana to pursue a professional career.

Career

Chávez made his professional debut at age 17. In his 12th fight, on March 4, 1980, Chávez faced Miguel Ruiz in Culiacán, Sinaloa. At the end of the first round, Chavez landed a blow that knocked Ruiz out. Delivered as the bell sounded, the blow was ruled a disqualification in the ring and Ruiz was declared the winner. The next day, however, his manager, Ramón Felix, consulted with the Mexican boxing commission, and after further review, the result was overturned and Chávez was declared 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, due partly to his previous victory over former WBC world champion Rolando Navarette in a non-title 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 former and future champion Roger Mayweather via a second round knockout. 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.

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 won 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 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.

Light Welterweight

In his next bout, he won the WBC Light Welterweight 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

Main article: Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor

On March 17, 1990, he faced Meldrick Taylor, the undefeated IBF Light Welterweight Champion, in a title unification fight. While Taylor carried the fight to Chavez through round 8, Julio rallied in the last four rounds. With about 30 seconds left in the 12th round, he landed a hard straight right hand on the chin of Taylor, which hurt him badly. Shortly thereafter, he knocked down the former olympian. Although Taylor rose at the referee's count of six, he failed to respond coherently to referee Richard Steele's questions and continued to hold onto the ropes in the corner, resulting in Steele stopping 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 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. On 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. Chávez 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.

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. Chávez 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 18 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. Since the late 1980s, Chávez stated several times that he wanted a fight against Whitaker. The Whitaker team, among them Lou Duva, told to Ring Magazine that they did not want a fight against Chavez in those days. In the eyes of many experts, Whitaker waited for Chávez to age. The result of the fight was a controversial majority draw, allowing Chávez to remain undefeated with Whitaker retaining his title. Various members of the American media, including The Ring Magazine and Sports Illustrated, were critical of the decision. 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 affected 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. After the head cut, during round eight, the referee called for the doctor, who then stopped the fight. Under WBC rules, Randall lost one point, giving Chávez the technical victory. The two faced one another in a rubber match 10 years later, which Chávez won.

Chavez then faced Meldrick Taylor in a rematch, four years after their historic first fight. Chavez defeated him in the eighth round by a 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 Light Welterweight 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," Chávez 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 doctor to stop the fight in the fourth round. Until their eventual rematch in 1998, Chávez 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, Chávez 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 Light Welterweight 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 stated years after: "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 then 32-year-old 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. His defeat was avenged two years later by his son, Julio César Chávez, Jr., who knocked Wiley out in the third round of their fight.

Personal life

During the late part of his career, Chávez struggled with drug addiction and alcohol abuse. He stated that he started drinking the night after his fight against Edwin Rosario. He later developed a cocaine habit. Chávez got into rehab several times until he recovered. Nowadays he remains sober, in shape, training and weighs around 140 pounds (64 kg).

Chávez is the father of prospect Omar Chávez and former WBC Middleweight Champion Julio César Chávez, Jr. He works as an analyst for ESPN and Azteca, and spends his time between Mexico and the United States, where he owns businesses and properties.

Career in review

Chávez won six world titles in three weight divisions: WBC Super Featherweight (1984), WBA Lightweight (1987), WBC Lightweight (1988), WBC Light Welterweight (1989), IBF Light Welterweight (1990) and WBC Light Welterweight (1994) for the second time. He was also awarded the The Ring Lightweight Championship 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 three champions: Randall, 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 25th year as a professional boxer with a record of 107 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, with 86 knockouts and is considered one of the greatest fighters of all times. He holds records for most successful consecutive defenses of world titles (27), most title fights (37), most title-fight victories (31) and he is after Joe Louis (with 23) 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 extremely strong chin. Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, stated that Chávez is one of the greatest fighters of his generation and top five of all time from his point of view. Trainer Angelo Dundee said that Chávez had one of the strongest chin in boxing history. 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

107 Wins (86 knockouts, 21 decisions), 6 Losses (4 knockouts), 2 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	107-6-2	Grover Wiley		4	2005-09-17	America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Win	107-5-2	Ivan Robinson		10	2005-05-28	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Win	106-5-2	Frankie Randall		10	2004-05-22	Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Win	105-5-2	Willy Wise		2	2003-11-22	Centro de Espectaculos Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	104-5-2	Terry Thomas		2	2001-11-24	Plaza De Toros Monumental, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Loss	103-5-2	Kostya Tszyu		6	2000-07-29	Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona
Win	103-4-2	Buck Smith		3	1999-12-18	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Loss	102-4-2	Willy Wise		10	1999-10-02	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	102-3-2	Marty Jakubowski		4	1999-07-10	Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Win	101-3-2	Verdell Smith		4	1999-04-01	Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas
Loss	100-3-2	Oscar De La Hoya		8	1998-09-18	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	100-2-2	Ken Sigurani		3	1998-06-25	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut
Draw	99-2-2	Miguel Ángel González		12	1998-03-07	Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Win	99-2-1	Larry LaCoursiere		10	1997-06-28	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	98-2-1	Tony Martin		10	1997-03-29	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	97-2-1	Joey Gamache		8	1996-10-12	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California
Loss	96-2-1	Oscar De La Hoya		4	1996-06-07	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	96-1-1	Scott Walker		2	1996-02-09	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	95-1-1	David Kamau		12	1995-09-16	Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	94-1-1	Craig Houk		1	1995-07-29	Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	93-1-1	Giovanni Parisi		12	1995-04-08	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	92-1-1	Tony Lopez		10	1994-12-10	Estadio de Beisbol, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Win	91-1-1	Meldrick Taylor		8	1994-09-17	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	90-1-1	Frankie Randall		8	1994-05-07	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	89-1-1	Frankie Randall		12	1994-01-29	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	89-0-1	Andy Holligan		5	1993-12-18	Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Win	88-0-1	Mike Powell		4	1993-10-30	Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Draw	87-0-1	Pernell Whitaker		12	1993-09-10	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Win	87-0	Terrence Alli		6	1993-05-08	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	86-0	Silvio Walter Rojas		3	1993-04-10	Auditorio Benito Juarez, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Win	85-0	Greg Haugen		5	1993-02-20	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Win	84-0	Marty Jakubowski		6	1992-12-13	Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	83-0	Bruce Pearson		3	1992-10-31	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	82-0	Hector Camacho		12	1992-09-12	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	81-0	Frankie Mitchell		4	1992-08-01	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	80-0	Angel Hernandez		5	1992-04-10	El Toreo, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Win	79-0	Juan Soberanes		4	1992-03-13	La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Win	78-0	Ignacio Perdomo		7	1991-12-13	Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Win	77-0	Jorge Alberto Melian		4	1991-11-12	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Win	76-0	Lonnie Smith		12	1991-09-14	Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	75-0	Tommy Small		4	1991-04-26	Estadio General Angel Flores, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	74-0	John Duplessis		4	1991-03-18	Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	73-0	Kyung-Duk Ahn		3	1990-12-08	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	72-0	Jaime Balboa		4	1990-11-08	Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	71-0	Russell Mosley		3	1990-08-18	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	70-0	Akwei Addo		2	1990-07-05	Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Win	69-0	Meldrick Taylor		12	1990-03-17	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	68-0	Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes		3	1989-12-16	Palacio de Deporte, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Win	67-0	Sammy Fuentes		10	1989-11-18	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	66-0	Ramon Aramburu		3	1989-10-27	Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	65-0	Rodolfo Batta		1	1989-10-09	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	64-0	Kenny Vice		3	1989-07-30	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	63-0	Roger Mayweather		11	1989-05-13	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, United States
Win	62-0	Jose Luis Ramirez		11	1988-10-29	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	61-0	Vernon Buchanan		3	1988-08-01	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, United States
Win	60-0	Rafael Limon		7	1988-06-04	Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	59-0	Rodolfo Aguilar		6	1988-04-16	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	58-0	Nicky Perez		3	1988-03-05	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	57-0	Edwin Rosario		11	1987-11-21	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	56-0	Danilo Cabrera		12	1987-08-21	Caliente Racetrack, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	55-0	Francisco Tomas Da Cruz		3	1987-04-18	Nîmes, Gard, France
Win	54-0	Juan Laporte		12	1986-12-12	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
Win	53-0	Rocky Lockridge		12	1986-08-03	Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Win	52-0	Refugio Rojas		7	1986-06-13	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
Win	51-0	Faustino Martires Barrios		5	1986-05-15	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Bercy, France
Win	50-0	Roberto Collins Lindo		2	1986-03-22	Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	49-0	Jeff Bumpus		5	1985-12-19	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	48-0	Dwight Pratchett		12	1985-09-21	Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	47-0	Roger Mayweather		2	1985-07-07	Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	46-0	Ruben Castillo		6	1985-04-19	Forum, Inglewood, California, United States
Win	45-0	Manuel Hernandez		3	1985-01-01	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Win	44-0	Mario Martinez		8	1984-09-13	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	43-0	Delfino Mendoza		3	1984-06-13	Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Win	42-0	Ramon Avitia		6	1984-05-04	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	41-0	Armando Flores		3	1983-09-01	Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	40-0	Adriano Arreola		10	1983-07-16	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	39-0	Benny Abarca		5	1983-12-30	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	38-0	Romero Sandoval		2	1983-06-15	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	37-0	Javier Fragoso		4	1983-05-01	Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Win	36-0	Ernesto Herrera		4	1983-04-04	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	35-0	Othoniel Lopez		4	1983-02-25	Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Win	34-0	Jerry Lewis		6	1982-12-11	Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, United States
Win	33-0	Jerry Lewis		5	1982-10-23	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	32-0	Jose Resendez		6	1982-09-28	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	31-0	Santos Rodriguez		8	1982-08-20	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	30-0	Gustavo Salgado		2	1982-07-19	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	29-0	Juan Carlos Alvarado		3	1982-05-08	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	28-0	Benny Abarca		10	1982-04-26	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	27-0	Johnny Jensen		3	1982-03-11	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	26-0	Carlos Bryant		2	1982-02-19	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	25-0	Ramon Peraza		1	1982-02-04	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	24-0	Jesús García		2	1982-01-29	Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	23-0	Ramon Luque		1	1982-01-12	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	22-0	Manuel Vasquez		7	1981-12-17	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	21-0	Jose Angel Medina		6	1981-10-19	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	20-0	Jorge Ramirez		2	1981-09-25	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	19-0	Daniel Felizardo		3	1981-08-31	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	18-0	Jesus Cuate Lara		2	1981-08-07	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	17-0	Daniel Martinez		1	1981-07-27	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	16-0	Bobby Fernandez		3	1981-07-10	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	15-0	Fidel Navarro		1	1981-06-26	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	14-0	Victor Gamez		1	1981-06-05	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	13-0	Eduardo Lalo Acosta		2	1981-05-08	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	12-0	Miguel Ruiz		1	1981-03-04	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	11-0	Julio Gaxiola		4	1981-02-02	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	10-0	Roberto Flores		3	1980-12-15	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	9-0	Andres Felix		2	1980-11-26	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	8-0	Jesus Martinez		1	1980-10-13	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	7-0	Jesus Cuate Lara		10	1980-09-22	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	6-0	Miguel Cebrero		10	1980-09-05	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	5-0	Tito Geraldo		6	1980-07-18	Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	4-0	Roberto Garcia		6 (6)	1980-05-20	Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Win	3-0	Ramon Flores		3	1980-04-08	Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
Win	2-0	Fidencio Cebreros		6	1980-03-03	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Win	1-0	Andres Felix		6	1980-02-05	Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Titles in boxing

Major World Titles:

• WBC Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)
• WBA Lightweight Champion (135 lbs)
• WBC Lightweight Champion (135 lbs)
• WBC Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)
• IBF Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)
• (2) WBC Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)

The Ring/Lineal Championship Titles:

• The Ring Lightweight Champion (135 lbs)

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