Former world champion Julio ‘JC’ Chavez, was born in July 1962 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, and saw his mother working so hard. They lived in a train car. He promised his mother that he would get her away. He lived with eleven others.
Chavez followed his brothers in boxing. On 17 in March 1980 he made his debut and let his loss be reversed. He picks up his stuff and moves away.
He was relatively unknown until he moved out of Mexico to fight. In September of 1984, with a record of 43-0 (such as Rocky Marciano), he won his first world title against WBC Super Featherweight Champion Mario Martinez, 33-1-2, in the Los Angeles Olympic auditorium. He broke down the champion and stopped him in the eighth round.
In April 1985 he defended his title against Ruben Castillo, 60-4-2, on the Inglewood Forum in LA and stopped him in six rounds.
In August 1986, he won a majority decision on Rocky Lockridge, 34-4. Then he defeated Juan Laporte, 27-6, with his performances what they were once.
In November of 1987, he defeated the WBC lightweight champion Edwin ‘Chapo’ Rosario, 31-2, in Las Vegas, Nevada, with a stop in the eleventh round. When the lights went out, he went back to the bottle.
In October 1988, he defeated WBA champion Jose Luis ‘El Zurdo’ Ramirez, 101-6, and won a technical decision in the eleventh round.
Next a re-broadcast with Roger “Black Mamba” Mayweather, 34-5, known for his victories on Mexicans, in Inglewood Forum, LA, stopped him in the tenth round.
In September of 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he fought former Olympic gold medalist Meldrick Taylor, 24-0-1, in the final round, while he was well behind points, he scored with two seconds About when referee Richard Steele Taylor saw coach Lou Duva came up the stairs and blew it off.
In September of 1992 he fought Hector ‘Macho ”Camacho, 40-1, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and defeated him in twelve rounds.
In February 1993, before nearly 136,000 packed the stadium in Mexico City, Greg Haugen, 31-4, stopped. The atmosphere was electric and stopped in five rounds.
He was always in the gym, even before he turned to alcohol. He would save ten rounds a day.
In the shadows, away from the fans, alcohol was replaced by cocaine. His sparring became more difficult. He would sneak the drugs into the gym in the gym.
Before his fans and interviews, he would defeat his words. It was difficult to look for drugs, to be who he was. His success covered his problems. He eventually had a wake -up call in rehabilitation. He was in the struggle of his life and, weeks later, back on drugs. He told his family and friends he would hit it, but not.
Just when he was ready to give up, he finally hit his addiction. He started opening complete treatment programs to help others who were addicted.
In the early 2000s, he would talk about his addiction and trouble beating it.
When he talked about addiction, he made it public, unlike other athletes. In the part, he said, “I want to help others like the help I got!”
His daily struggle was not in the ring, but in the bottle and then drugs.
It was clear in September 1993, when he fought pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, 32-1, against a majority score in San Antonio, Texas, knowing he had received a gift against this smooth boxer, the fans began Revocated that he was not the boxer he once was.
In January of 1994, Frankie “The Surgeon” Randall, 48-2-1, was punished in the seventh and eleventh rounds before dropping the first time in the eleventh round. He lost the split decision. At 89-0-1 he was finally beaten. In the re -broadcast four months later, a head button in the 8th round caused a serious cut and received a controversial technical decision with the scores divided.
Next, in a rematch with Meldrick Taylor, 32-3-1, he stops in eight rounds in Las Vegas. He won his next five battles before meeting Olympic gold medalist Oscar “Golden Boy” de la Hoya, 21-0, in Las Vegas, and got a boxing lesson and had a cut for the fight in the fourth Round to lose.
He would go 4-0-1 and sign with Miguel Angel Gonzalez, 42-1, in Mexico City before the re-broadcast with De la Hoya. Again, Chavez was stopped in the eighth round in Las Vegas and was never the unstoppable fighter who admired the fans.
At the end of the 1990s, it was over Chavez, and lost to Willie Wise, 23-6-4, in Las Vegas. Two battles later, in July of 200, he would lose again, this time to Kostya Tszyu, 24-1, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Two battles later, in a re-broadcast in November with Willie Wise, 26-10-4, he won with a stop in two rounds. In May 2004, he won a re-broadcast with Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall, 58-14-1, in Mexico City.
Two fights later, in May 2005, he defeated Ivan Robinson, 32-9-2, in LA, which would be his final win. Next, in his last fight in September, he lost to Grover Wiley, 29-6-1, in five rounds, in Phoenix, Arizona, and ended his career with a 107-6-2, with 85 knockout- record.
Chavez earned more than 100 million, but spent money on alcohol, drugs and bad investments, he lost most of it.
Years caused him to have mental problems with depression. When he was surrounded by many people, he found himself more than not. He watched his son Julio, Jr., 54-6-1, became the WBC middleweight champion, but he failed a drug test for a second time. His other son Omar currently turned to Box with a record of 41-9-1. Chavez has become a bad relationship with them over time.
Chavez found the Julio Cesar Chavez Medical Center and shared his problems with others and how he and them could overcome this addiction in Mexico. His fans heard how he overcame his financial and family problems.
This closes the career of one of Mexico’s best, if not the best, boxers ever off.
Last updated on 02/09/2025
