Born in July 1962 in Culiacana, Sinalo in Mexico, former world champion Julio ‘JC’ Chavez grew up poor, watching his mom worked so hard. They lived in a train car. He promised his mother to get her out of there. He lived with eleven others.
Chavez followed his brothers to boxing. In March 17, 1980, he made his debut and was reverse his loss. He packed his things and moved out.
He was relatively unknown until he moved from Mexico to fighting. In September 1984, with a 43-0 record (like Rocky Marciana), he won his first world title against WBC Super Feather Lased Champion Mario Martinez, 33-1-2, at the Los Angeles Olympic Auditor, California. He broke the champion, stopping him in the eighth round.
In April 1985, he defended the title against Ruben Castill, 60-4-2, at the Inglewood Forum in LA, stopping it in six rounds.
In August 1986, he won a majority decision over Rocky Lockridge, 34-4. Then he beat Juan Laporte (27-6, with his exhibitions is not what they used to be.
In November 1987, he beat WBC lightweight champion Edwin ‘Chapo’ Rosario, 31-2, in Las Vegas, Nevada, achieved a stop in the eleventh round. When the lights turned off, he returned to the bottle.
In October 1988, he beat WBA champion Jose Luis ‘El Zurda’ Ramirez, 101-6, winning the technical decision in the eleventh round.
The following rematch with Roger “Black Mamba” Mayweather, 34-5, known for his victories over Mexicans, on the Inglewood Forum, La, stopping it in the tenth round.
In September 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he fought against the former Meldrick Taylor Gold Medal, 24-0-1, in the last round, while significantly lagging behind the points, he achieved stopped with the remaining two seconds when Judge Richard Steele saw Taylor’s coach Lou Duva came up stairs and waved.
In September 1992, he fought against Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho, 40-1, in Las Vegas, Nevada, winning him in twelve rounds.
In February 1993, before almost 136,000 packed the stadium in Mexico City, stopping Greg Haugen, 31-4. The atmosphere was electric, stopping it in five rounds.
He was always in the gym, even before he turned to alcohol. He would save ten rounds a day.
In the shadow, far from fans, alcohol was replaced by cocaine. Sparring became harder for him. He would push the drug to the gym at his gym.
In front of his fans and interviews, he would overthrow his words. Looking for a drug plate was difficult, to be what it is. His success concealed problems. He finally had a call for rehab. He was in the fight of his life and, weeks later, on drugs. He told his family and friends that he would beat her, but he couldn’t.
Just when he was ready to give up, he finally beat his addiction. He began to open all of the treatment programs to help others who were addicted.
In the early 2000s he would talk about his addiction and trouble to defeat him.
Talking about addiction, he announced, unlike other athletes. In sharing, he said, “I want to help others like the help I got!”
His daily battle was not in the ring, but in the bottle and then the drug.
It was apparently in September 1993, when he fought against Pernella “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, 32-1, to a majority draw, to San Antoni in Texas, knowing that he received a gift against this smooth boxer, fans began to notice the fans If it wasn’t “t used to be a boxer.
In January 1994, Frankie “Surgeon” Randall, 48-2-1, was punished for low kicks in the seventh and eleventh round before falling in the eleventh round for the first time. He lost a divided decision. At 89-0-1 it was finally beaten. In a rematch four months later, the main ass in the 8th round caused a serious cut and received a controversial technical decision with the division of results.
Then, in a rematch with Meldrick Taylor, 32-3-1, stopped him in eight rounds in Las Vegas. He won in his next five fights before meeting the Golden Boy “De la Hoya” De la Hoya “gold medalist in Las Vegas, and received a box lesson and suffered a cut by losing the fight in the fourth round.
He would go 4-0-1, drawing with Miguel Angel Gonzalez, 42-1, in Mexico City, before the rematch with de la Hoya. Again, Chavez was stopped in the eighth round in Las Vegas and was never an unstoppable warrior to whom the fans admired.
In the late 1990s, everything was over for Chavez, losing to Willie Wise, 23-6-4, in Las Vegas. Two struggles later, in July 200, he would lose again, this time in Kostya Tszy, 24-1, in Phoenix in Arizona.
Two struggles later, in the rematch in November with Willie Wise, 26-10-4, he won by stopping in two rounds. In May 2004, in Mexico City, he won a rematch with Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall, 58-14-1.
Two fights later, in May 2005, he beat Ivan Robinson, 32-9-2, in LA, which would be his last victory. Then, in his last fight in September, he lost to Grover Wiley, 29-6-1, stopped in five rounds, in Phoenix in Arizona, ending his career with 107-6-2, with 85 knockouts.
Chavez earned more than 100 million, but spending money on alcohol, drugs and bad investments, he lost most of it.
Years caused him to have mental problems with depression. Once surrounded by many, he found himself more than not. He watched his son Julio, Jr., 54-6-1, becoming a middle-class champion in the WBC, but for the second time he failed to test the drug. His second son Omar turned to Box currently with a record 41-9-1. Chavez turned a bad relationship with them over time.
Chavez found the Medical Center Julio Cesar Chavez, sharing his problems with others and so that he and they could overcome that addiction to Mexico. His fans heard that he had overcome his financial and family problems.
This concludes the career of one of the best Mexican, if not the best, boxers ever.
Last time updated 02.02.2025
