Super Featherweight–Light Welterweight · Television Era (1960–1989)
Julio César Chávez
"El César del Boxeo"
Top 100 · #19 · 66.9 points107
Wins
6
Losses
2
Draws
86
KOs
80%
KO %
- Born
- 1962
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Career
- 1980–2005
Mexico's greatest idol, Chávez drew 132,000 fans to the Azteca Stadium.
Titles & Honours
- World champion in three divisions
- Unbeaten in first 89 fights
Career Timeline
1980–2005- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Andres Felix · W KO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Ramon Peraza · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Roberto Collins Lindo · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Meldrick Taylor
W TKO12 Meldrick Taylor (1990) · Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
- Signature fight
vs Héctor Camacho
W PTS12 Héctor Camacho (1992) · Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
- Signature fight
vs Pernell Whitaker
D12 Pernell Whitaker (1993) · Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
- Milestone
100th recorded win
vs Ken Sigurani · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Grover Wiley · L RTD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
2 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-02-05 | W | Andres Felix | KO | 6 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1980-03-03 | W | Fidencio Cebreros | PTS | 6 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1980-04-08 | W | Ramon Flores | KO | 3 | Navojoa, Mexico |
| 1980-05-20 | W | Roberto Garcia | TKO | 6 | Guaymas, Mexico |
| 1980-07-18 | W | Tito Geraldo | PTS | 6 | Guamúchil, Mexico |
| 1980-09-05 | W | Miguel Cebrero | PTS | 10 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1980-09-22 | W | Jesus Cuate Lara | PTS | 10 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1980-10-13 | W | Jesus Martinez | KO | 1 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1980-11-26 | W | Andres Felix | KO | 2 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1980-12-15 | W | Roberto Flores | KO | 3 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1981-02-02 | W | Julio Gaxiola | KO | 4 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1981-03-04 | W | Miguel Ruiz | KO | 1 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1981-05-08 | W | Eduardo Lalo Acosta | KO | 2 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1981-06-05 | W | Victor Gamez | KO | 1 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1981-06-26 | W | Fidel Navarro | KO | 1 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1981-07-10 | W | Bobby Fernandez | KO | 3 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1981-07-27 | W | Daniel Martinez | KO | 1 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1981-08-07 | W | Jesus Cuate Lara | KO | 2 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1981-08-31 | W | Daniel Felizardo | KO | 3 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1981-09-25 | W | Jorge Ramirez | KO | 2 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1981-10-19 | W | Jose Angel Medina | KO | 6 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1981-12-17 | W | Manuel Vasquez | KO | 7 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1982-01-12 | W | Ramon Luque | KO | 1 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1982-01-29 | W | Jesús García | KO | 2 | Guamúchil, Mexico |
| 1982-02-04 | W | Ramon Peraza | KO | 1 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1982-02-19 | W | Carlos Bryant | KO | 2 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1982-03-11 | W | Johnny Jensen | KO | 3 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1982-04-26 | W | Benny Abarca | PTS | 10 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1982-05-08 | W | Juan Carlos Alvarado | KO | 3 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1982-07-19 | W | Gustavo Salgado | KO | 2 | Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno, Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1982-08-20 | W | Santos Rodriguez | KO | 8 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1982-09-28 | W | Jose Resendez | KO | 6 | Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno, Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1982-10-23 | W | Jerry Lewis | KO | 5 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1982-12-11 | W | Jerry Lewis | KO | 6 | Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| 1983-02-25 | W | Othoniel Lopez | KO | 4 | Ensenada, Mexico |
| 1983-04-04 | W | Ernesto Herrera | KO | 2 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1983-05-01 | W | Javier Fragoso | KO | 4 | Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 1983-06-15 | W | Romero Sandoval | KO | 2 | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1983-07-16 | W | Benjamin Abarca | KO | 5 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1983-09-01 | W | Adriano Arreola | PTS | 10 | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1983-12-30 | W | Armando Flores | KO | 3 | Mazatlán, Mexico |
| 1984-05-04 | W | Ramon Avitia | KO | 6 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1984-06-13 | W | Delfino Mendoza | KO | 3 | Hermosillo, Mexico |
| 1984-09-13 | W | Mario Martínez | TKO | 8 | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1985-01-01 | W | Manuel Hernandez | TKO | 3 | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1985-04-19 | W | Ruben Castillo | TKO | 6 | The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1985-07-07 | W | Roger Mayweather | TKO | 2 | Riviera, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1985-09-21 | W | Dwight Pratchett | UD | 12 | Riviera, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1985-12-19 | W | Jeff Bumpus | TD | 5 | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1986-03-22 | W | Roberto Collins Lindo | KO | 2 | Riviera, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1986-05-15 | W | Faustino Martires Barrios | TKO | 5 | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France |
| 1986-06-13 | W | Refugio Rojas | TKO | 7 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1986-08-03 | W | Rocky Lockridge | MD | 12 | Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco |
| 1986-12-12 | W | Juan Laporte | UD | 12 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1987-04-18 | W | Francisco Tomas Da Cruz | TKO | 3 | Nîmes, France |
| 1987-08-21 | W | Danilo Cabrera | UD | 12 | Agua Caliente Racetrack, Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1987-11-21 | W | Edwin Rosario | TKO | 11 | Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1988-03-05 | W | Nicky Perez | TKO | 3 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1988-04-16 | W | Rodolfo Aguilar | TKO | 6 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1988-06-04 | W | Rafael Limón | TKO | 7 | Mazatlán, Mexico |
| 1988-08-01 | W | Vernon Buchanan | TKO | 3 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1988-10-29 | W | José Luis Ramírez | TD | 11 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1989-05-13 | W | Roger Mayweather | RTD | 10 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1989-07-30 | W | Kenny Vice | TKO | 3 | Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1989-10-09 | W | Rodolfo Batta | KO | 1 | Bullring by the Sea, Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1989-10-27 | W | Ramon Aramburu | KO | 3 | Mazatlán, Mexico |
| 1989-11-18 | W | Sammy Fuentes | RTD | 10 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1989-12-16 | W | Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes | TKO | 3 | Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1990-03-17 | W | Meldrick Taylor | TKO | 12 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1990-07-05 | W | Akwei Addo | KO | 2 | Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Spain |
| 1990-08-18 | W | Russell Mosley | KO | 3 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1990-11-08 | W | Jaime Balboa | TKO | 4 | Mazatlán, Mexico |
| 1990-12-08 | W | Kyung-Duk Ahn | TKO | 3 | Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1991-03-18 | W | John Duplessis | TKO | 4 | The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1991-04-26 | W | Tommy Small | KO | 4 | Estadio General Ángel Flores, Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1991-09-14 | W | Lonnie Smith | UD | 12 | The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1991-11-12 | W | Jorge Alberto Melian | KO | 4 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1991-12-13 | W | Ignacio Perdomo | RTD | 7 | Hermosillo, Mexico |
| 1992-03-13 | W | Juan Soberanes Ramos | KO | 4 | La Paz, Mexico |
| 1992-04-10 | W | Angel Hernandez | TKO | 5 | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1992-08-01 | W | Frankie Mitchell | TKO | 4 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1992-09-12 | W | Héctor Camacho | UD | 12 | Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1992-10-31 | W | Bruce Pearson | KO | 3 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 1992-12-13 | W | Marty Jakubowski | TKO | 6 | The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1993-02-20 | W | Greg Haugen | TKO | 5 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1993-04-10 | W | Silvio Walter Rojas | KO | 3 | Auditorio Benito Juárez, Guadalajara, Mexico |
| 1993-05-08 | W | Terrence Alli | TKO | 6 | Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1993-09-10 | D | Pernell Whitaker | MD | 12 | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| 1993-10-30 | W | Mike Powell | TKO | 4 | Ciudad Juárez, Mexico |
| 1993-12-18 | W | Andy Holligan | TKO | 5 | Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla City, Mexico |
| 1994-01-29 | L | Frankie Randall | SD | 12 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1994-05-07 | W | Frankie Randall | TD | 8 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1994-09-17 | W | Meldrick Taylor | TKO | 8 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1994-12-10 | W | Tony Lopez | TKO | 10 | Estadio de Béisbol, Monterrey, Mexico |
| 1995-04-08 | W | Giovanni Parisi | UD | 12 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1995-07-29 | W | Craig Houk | KO | 1 | United Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1995-09-16 | W | David Kamau | UD | 12 | The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1996-02-09 | W | Scott Walker | TKO | 2 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1996-06-07 | L | Oscar De La Hoya | TKO | 4 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1996-10-12 | W | Joey Gamache | TKO | 8 | Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California, U.S. |
| 1997-03-29 | W | Tony Martin | UD | 10 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1997-06-28 | W | Larry LaCoursiere | UD | 10 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1998-03-07 | D | Miguel Ángel González | SD | 12 | Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1998-06-25 | W | Ken Sigurani | TKO | 3 | Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S. |
| 1998-09-18 | L | Oscar De La Hoya | RTD | 8 | Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1999-04-01 | W | Verdell Smith | TKO | 4 | Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| 1999-07-10 | W | Marty Jakubowski | TKO | 4 | Plaza de Toros Calafia, Mexicali, Mexico |
| 1999-10-02 | L | Willy Wise | UD | 10 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1999-12-18 | W | Buck Smith | TKO | 3 | Culiacán, Mexico |
| 2000-07-29 | L | Kostya Tszyu | TKO | 6 | Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| 2001-11-24 | W | Terry Thomas | TKO | 2 | Plaza de Toros Monumental, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico |
| 2003-11-22 | W | Willy Wise | TKO | 2 | Centro de Espectáculos Alamar, Tijuana, Mexico |
| 2004-05-22 | W | Frankie Randall | UD | 10 | Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2005-05-28 | W | Ivan Robinson | UD | 10 | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 2005-09-17 | L | Grover Wiley | RTD | 5 | America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
Showing 115 of 115 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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