Jesús Chávez
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Jesús Chávez | |
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Real name | Jesús Gabriel Sandoval Chávez |
Nickname(s) | El Matador ("The Matador") |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
Reach | 65 in (165 cm) |
Nationality | Mexican |
Born | Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico | November 12, 1972
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 52 |
Wins | 44 |
Wins by KO | 30 |
Losses | 8 |
Jesús Gabriel Sandoval Chávez (/ˈtʃævɛz/; born November 12, 1972) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2010. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC super featherweight title from 2003 to 2004, and the IBF lightweight title from 2005 to 2007.
Early life
Chávez was born in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, and raised in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He became a legal U.S. resident as a child, but at age 16 he was convicted of being an accessory to armed robbery, spent four years in prison, and was subsequently deported back to Mexico. Nevertheless, he struggled to regain American citizenship and work his way up in boxing ranks.
Professional career
Chávez's first title opportunity came against WBC Super Featherweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. where he retired in the 9th round after an entertaining bout. He rebounded to win Mayweather's vacated WBC title on a fight for the title against 43-1 world champion Sirimongkol Eaimthuam by a twelve round unanimous decision at the Austin Convention Center in his hometown Austin, Texas on August 15, 2003, but lost it on his first defense, to the then two-time champion Erik Morales. In another exciting fight, Chávez rocked Morales early in the first round. Morales recovered and knocked Chávez down twice in the 2nd round, but Chávez came back and fought hard for the rest of the fight, despite having a torn rotator cuff and torn ACL. Morales won a close decision, but Chávez gained further respect for his effort.[2] In his next fight, he took on former IBF Champion Carlos Hernández, who in turn had also lost his own title to Morales. In an exciting 12-round war, Chávez pulled out a close decision.
IBF lightweight champion and death of Leavander Johnson
He then moved up to the Lightweight division to take on IBF champion Leavander Johnson. In an unfortunate bout, Chávez out-hustled Johnson throughout the entire fight, beating him severely for the entire fight until the referee finally stepped in and ended it. Johnson died several days later after he went into a coma. Despite being implicated in the tragedy, Johnson's family encouraged Chávez to keep fighting.
In 2007, Chávez lost his IBF title to Julio Díaz.[3][4][5]
On September 6, 2008, Jesús "El Matador" Chávez, (44-4 with 31 Win by TKO) knocked out visiting Andres Ledesma,of Colombia 42 seconds into the 9th round of their lightweight bout, at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas. Chávez, of Austin, also floored Ledesma in the 7th round.[6]
On April 4, 2009, Chávez was defeated by Michael Katsidis via 8th round TKO. He is trained by Richard Lord.
Personal life
His struggle to attain legal U.S. residence and work his way up the boxing ranks was documented in the film "Split Decision".[7] His life story was also documented in the book "Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesus El Matador Chavez".[8] In 2004, Chávez married US National Guard intelligence officer Aunisa Stroklund before she was deployed to the war in Iraq. As of 2017 Chávez and Stroklund are divorced and Chávez now resides in Dallas, Texas.[9]
Professional boxing record
52 fights | 44 wins | 8 losses |
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By knockout | 30 | 4 |
By decision | 14 | 4 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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52 | Loss | 44–8 | ![]() |
RTD | 4 (10), 3:00 | Oct 24, 2010 | ![]() |
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51 | Loss | 44–7 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Dec 19, 2009 | ![]() |
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50 | Loss | 44–6 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | Sep 26, 2009 | ![]() |
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49 | Loss | 44–5 | ![]() |
RTD | 8 (10), 0:10 | Apr 4, 2009 | ![]() |
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48 | Win | 44–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10), 0:42 | Sep 6, 2008 | ![]() |
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47 | Win | 43–4 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Apr 4, 2008 | ![]() |
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46 | Loss | 42–4 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (12), 0:22 | Feb 3, 2007 | ![]() |
Lost IBF lightweight title |
45 | Win | 42–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 11 (12), 0:38 | Sep 17, 2005 | ![]() |
Won IBF lightweight title |
44 | Win | 41–3 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | May 28, 2005 | ![]() |
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43 | Loss | 40–3 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Feb 28, 2004 | ![]() |
Lost WBC super featherweight title |
42 | Win | 40–2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Aug 15, 2003 | ![]() |
Won WBC super featherweight title |
41 | Win | 39–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (12), 2:10 | Mar 22, 2003 | ![]() |
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40 | Win | 38–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10), 2:03 | Nov 15, 2002 | ![]() |
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39 | Win | 37–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10), 2:34 | Jun 28, 2002 | ![]() |
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38 | Win | 36–2 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10), 2:26 | Mar 22, 2002 | ![]() |
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37 | Loss | 35–2 | ![]() |
RTD | 9 (12), 3:00 | Nov 10, 2001 | ![]() |
For WBC and lineal super featherweight titles |
36 | Win | 35–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | May 26, 2001 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super featherweight title |
35 | Win | 34–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (12), 0:10 | Feb 23, 2001 | ![]() |
Won vacant NABF super featherweight title |
34 | Win | 33–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10), 0:10 | Jan 14, 2001 | ![]() |
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33 | Win | 32–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | Aug 4, 2000 | ![]() |
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32 | Win | 31–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | Jun 23, 2000 | ![]() |
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31 | Win | 30–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (12) | Mar 3, 2000 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super featherweight title |
30 | Win | 29–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 1:12 | Nov 15, 1999 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super featherweight title |
29 | Win | 28–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (12) | Aug 27, 1999 | ![]() |
Won vacant NABF super featherweight title |
28 | Win | 27–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 | Jul 31, 1999 | ![]() |
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27 | Win | 26–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | May 22, 1999 | ![]() |
Won vacant NABF super featherweight title |
26 | Win | 25–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (12) | Oct 2, 1998 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super featherweight title |
25 | Win | 24–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | Aug 15, 1998 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 23–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | Apr 18, 1998 | ![]() |
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23 | Win | 22–1 | ![]() |
RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | Oct 4, 1997 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super featherweight title |
22 | Win | 21–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 0:10 | Aug 19, 1997 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super featherweight title |
21 | Win | 20–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Jun 10, 1997 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super featherweight title |
20 | Win | 19–1 | ![]() |
TD | 8 (12) | May 5, 1997 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super featherweight title; Unanimous TD after Espinoza was cut from an accidental head clash |
19 | Win | 18–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (12), 2:26 | Mar 3, 1997 | ![]() |
Won vacant NABF super featherweight title |
18 | Win | 17–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10), 0:45 | Nov 8, 1996 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 16–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Aug 9, 1996 | ![]() |
Won vacant NABF featherweight title |
16 | Win | 15–1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 17, 1996 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 14–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Mar 31, 1996 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBC Continental Americas featherweight title |
14 | Win | 13–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8), 1:38 | Feb 22, 1996 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 12–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 6, 1995 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 11–1 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Nov 2, 1995 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 10–1 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10), 1:25 | Sep 21, 1995 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 9–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10) | Aug 25, 1995 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 8–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | Jul 29, 1995 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 7–1 | ![]() |
RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | Jul 13, 1995 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 6–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 | Jun 20, 1995 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 5–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | May 3, 1995 | ![]() |
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5 | Loss | 4–1 | ![]() |
SD | 8 | Jan 7, 1995 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8) | Oct 15, 1994 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 | Oct 13, 1994 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
UD | 4 | Aug 19, 1994 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
UD | 4 | Aug 5, 1994 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
References
- ^ Belinda Acosta (February 9, 2011). "The Inspiration of Jesus Chavez". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ http://www.ringsideboxingshow.com/PUGILISTICPARADISEJesusChavezErikMorales.html
- ^ Wayne 'Pocket Rocket' McCullough (September 20, 2005). "No matter the precautions, boxing's risks remain". ESPN. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ Christine Maynard (September 18, 2005). "Johnson suffers brain hemorrhage in battle with Chavez for the IBF Lightweight Championship". Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Leavander Johnson vs. Jesus Chavez". BoxRec. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Diaz takes IBO lightweight belt via split decision". abs-cbnnews.com.[dead link]
- ^ "Split Decision". Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ Juris Jurjevics (July 27, 2006). "Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesus 'El Matador' Chavez, Who Became Lightweight Champion of the World". San Diego Reader. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ Fiona Manning (May 7, 2004). "Jesus Chavez To Wed Soldier On Eve Of Iraqi Deployment". Retrieved August 13, 2017.
Further reading
- Jan Reid, The Bullet Meant for Me: A Memoir, Broadway, 2002, ISBN 0-7679-0595-4
- Adam Pitluk, Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesús "El Matador" Chávez, Who Became Lightweight Champion of the World, Da Capo Press, 2006, ISBN 0-306-81454-4
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