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On February 20, 1993, he challenged Mexican legend Julio César Chávez for the WBC light welterweight title at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, a fight attended by 132,247 spectators. Haugen's legacy is likely best defined by the Chavez fight, but not for his performance in the ring.
José Luis Castillo (born December 14, 1973) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2014. Generally considered one of the best lightweights of his era, he is a two-time world champion at that weight, having held the WBC title twice, from 2000 to 2002 and 2004 to 2005; and the Ring magazine and lineal titles from 2004 to 2005.
Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sergio Martínez was a professional boxing match contested on September 15, 2012, for the WBC and The Ring Middleweight championship. [1]
However, what is regarded as Steele's biggest controversy in his long career is the first fight between Julio Cesar Chavez and Meldrick Taylor. [5] Taylor had been winning the fight entering the twelfth and final round and was ahead by enough of a margin on all three judges' scorecards that it would have been impossible for Chavez to win except ...
Despite many attempts at becoming a title challenger again, Limón could not achieve this goal. He lost most of his fights after the fourth installment of his series with Chacon, including the bout against Camacho and other fights against Julio César Chávez, Rolando Navarrete in a rematch of their 1982 bout won by Limon, and Roger Mayweather ...
vs. Method Round Notes Welterweight 147 lb Pernell Whitaker (c) vs. Julio César Chávez: D 12/12 Note 1: Super Featherweight 130 lb Azumah Nelson (c) vs. Jesse James Leija: D 12/12 Note 2: Light Middleweight 154 lb Terry Norris (c) def. Joe Gatti: TKO 1/12 Note 3: Middleweight 160 lb Thomas Tate: def. Eduardo Ayala UD 10/10 Lightweight 135 lb ...
De La Hoya and Chavez had previously fought each other over two years earlier on June 7, 1996 for Chavez's WBC super lightweight title. In a highly–anticipated matchup, De La Hoya dominated the aging champion, winning the first three rounds on all three judge's scorecards before the fight was stopped in the fourth round due to a large gash Chavez had received over his eye after a De La Hoya ...
Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr., billed as Mexican Showdown, was a professional boxing fight held on May 6, 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Álvarez was declared the winner by unanimous decision, having been judged the winner of all 12 rounds by each of the three ringside judges.