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He was born in July 1962 in Kolakan, Cenaloa, Mexico, former world champion Julio “J” Chavez, and watching his mother is working hard. They lived in a train car. His mother promised that he would get her out of there. He lived with eleven others.
Chavez followed his brothers in boxing. On March 17, 1980, he first appeared and reflected his loss. He was packed and moved away.
He was relatively unknown until he left Mexico to fight. In September 1984, No. 43-0 (such as Rocky Marciano), he won his first world title against Mario Martinez, the hero of feathers in WBC, 33-1-2, at the Olympic Hall of Los Angeles, California. The hero broke down, stopped him in the eighth round.
In April 1985, he defended his title against Robin Castillo, 60-4-2, at the England Forum in Los Angeles, which stopped him in six rounds.
In August of 1986, the majority decision defeated Rocky Lucridge, 34-4. Then Juan Laport was defeated, 27-6, with his shows and not what they were before.
In November 1987, the Wbc Lightweight Edwin ‘Chapo Rosario, 31-2, defeated Las Vegas, Nevada, and recorded a share in the eleventh round. When the lights came out, he returned to the bottle.
In October 1988, WBA Jose Lewis defeated “Ramirez, 101-6, and won a technical decision in the eleventh round.
After that, a match with “Black Mamba” Mayweather, 34-5, known for his victory over the Mexicans, at the Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, which stopped him in the tenth round.
In September 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he won the Olympic Gold Medal, Milndrick Taylor, 24-0, in the last round while he was well behind him at points, and recorded a payment with two seconds staying when referee Richard Steel saw Taylor coach If the next Dofa, the steps are waved.
In September 1992, Hector fought the “muscles”, 40-1, in Las Vegas, Nevada, defeated him in twelve rounds.
In February 1993, nearly 136,000 stadiums in Mexico, stopping Greg Hogan, 31-4. The atmosphere was electric, as he stopped it in five rounds.
He was always in the gym, even before he turned into alcohol. He was wandering in ten rounds a day.
In the shade, away from the fans, alcohol was replaced by cocaine. The debate has become more difficult. The drug was sneaked into the gym in his gym bag.
In front of his fans and interviews, he would have occupied his words. Searching for rapid drugs was difficult, being who was. Successful covered his problems. Finally, he made an invitation to wake up in rehabilitation. He was in the battle of his life, and after weeks, he returned to the drug. He told his family and friends that he would overcome it, but he could not.
Only when he was ready to surrender, he finally overcome his addiction. He began opening complete treatment programs to help others who were addicted.
In early 2000, he was talking about his addiction and problems in overcoming it.
In talking about addiction, he made it public, unlike other athletes. In the participation, he said, “I want to help others like the help you got!”
His daily battle was not in the ring, but in the bottle and then the drug.
This was evident in September 1993, when Bennell fought “Sweet Bay”, 32-1, to the draw of the majority, in San Antonio, Texas, knowing that he got a gift against this slow boxer that the fans began to notice was not ” The boxer was one day.
In January 1994, Frankie “Al-Jarrah” Randal, 48-2-1, was punished due to low strikes in the seventh and eleventh rounds before he fell for the first time in the eleventh round. The decision to divide. On 89-0, he was finally beaten. In the return match four months after, he caused the head in the eighth round a serious reduction and got a controversial technical decision with the division of grades.
After that, in a match with Milndrick Taylor, 32-3-1, he stopped him in eight rounds in Las Vegas. He won in his next five battles before meeting with the Oscar gold medal “Golden Boy” de la Hoya, 21-0, in Las Vegas and got a lesson in boxing and suffered from a reduction in the loss of the battle in the fourth round.
He would go 4-0, when he drew with Miguel Angel Gonzalez, 42-1, in Mexico City, before the return match with De La Hoya. Once again, Chavez was suspended in the eighth round of Las Vegas and was never a warrior who could not be stopped by the fans.
By the late nineties of the last century, it ended for Ceveles, as he lost to Willie Wise, 23-6-4, in Las Vegas. Later, in July 200, he will lose again, this time in front of Kostya Tszyu, 24-1, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Later, in the return match in November with Willie Wise, 26-10-4, he won a two-round. In May 2004, he won a match with Frankie “Al-Jarrah” Randal, 58-14-1, in Mexico City.
Later on, in May 2005, Ivan Robinson defeated 32-9-2, in Los Angeles, which will be his final victory. After that, in his last battle in September, he lost to GROOVER WILY, 29-6-1, who was suspended in five rounds, in Phoenix, Arizona, ended his career with a score of 107-6-2, with 85 knockouts.
Chavez got more than 100 million, but spending money on alcohol, drugs and bad investments, most of them lost.
The years have caused mental problems with depression. Once surrounded by many, he found himself more than others. His son Julio Junior, 54-6-1, watched the WBC medium weight champion, but he failed to test drugs for the second time. His other son Omar has currently turned into a box with a record of 41-9-1. Chavez turned a bad relationship with them over time into a good relationship.
Chavez found the Julio Cesar Chavez Medical Center, where he shares with others its problems and how he could overcome this addiction in Mexico. His fans heard how he overcame his financial and family problems.
This concludes the profession of one of the best boxers in Mexico, if not better, at all.
Last update on 09/09/2025