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. 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. Chávez also has the longest undefeated streak in boxing history, 13 years. 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).
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He was held to a draw by two others: Pernell Whitaker and Miguel Ángel González.Ĭhávez 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 Mexico. He lost to only three champions: Randall, Oscar De La Hoya and Kostya Tszyu. 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 was also awarded the The Ring Lightweight Championship in 1988. Career in reviewĬhávez 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. 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 Culiacán to pursue a professional career. His father, Rodolfo Chavez, worked for the railroad, and Julio grew up in an abandoned railroad car with his five sisters and four brothers. Julio César Chávez was born on Jin Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. T-Bone mentioned Chavez in the song "Throwin’ Out tha Wicked" with the line "I knocking out the devil like Julio César Chávez." Early life
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