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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Mexican boxer (born 1962) For his son, who is also a boxer, see Julio César Chávez Jr. For the Paraguayan historian, see Julio César Chaves. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material ...
Boxer: Julio César Chávez Jr. Sergio Martínez: Nickname "La Leyenda Continua" "Maravilla" Hometown: Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico: Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina ...
[75] [76] Chavez Jr. stated he would campaign at super middleweight and pursue a world title in 2019. [77] On 25 November, there appeared to be some doubt on whether the fight would actually take place. Sources indicated Chavez Jr. had not 'complied with the necessary medical exam requirements' and thus unable to obtain the necessary license. [78]
Chavez won the fight by a controversial TKO of Taylor only two seconds before the end of the twelfth and last round, while he was behind on the score cards. The fight would later be named The Ring magazine's Fight of the Year for 1990, and later the "Fight of the Decade" for the 1990s.
A fight between Julio César Chávez and Héctor Camacho, two of the top fighters in the super lightweight division, had been discussed as early as 1989, though problems within Camacho's management team prevented HBO, who then held Chávez's television rights, from making the fight with then-HBO sports head Seth Abraham stating "While I'd love to do the fight, I'm not sure who to make the deal ...
Chavez wins via 10th-round technical knockout Julio César Chávez vs. Tony Lopez was a professional boxing match contested on December 10, 1994, for the WBC super lightweight title. [ 1 ] The fight was the featured bout on a boxing card promoted by Don King dubbed Noches de Campeones (Night of Champions in Spanish).
Speaking after the bout Norris said "I'm the best fighter in the world pound for pound. Chavez is not. I really didn't think he needed to stay around too long. He made a lot of noise." He also said that the fight should have gone beyond the 1st round saying "Richard Steele should have stopped it in the 1st round." [14]
After an uneventful start to the fight, Tszyu took control in fifth round. Chávez slipped and fell early in the round and after getting back up, was beaten badly by Tszyu who opened up a cut on Chávez's forehead after landing a five-punch combination.