The Untold Story of Giulio ‘JC’ Chavez

Born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico in July 1962, former world champion Julio ‘J.C’ Chavez grew up poor and watched his mother work hard. They were on the train. He promised his mother that he would drive her out of it. He lived with 11 other people.

Chavez followed his brother to boxing. On March 17, 1980, he made his debut, turning his losses around. He packed his own and moved in.

He was relatively unknown until he moved from Mexico to fight. In September 1984, with a record of 43-0 (like Rocky Marciano), he was the first in the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California against WBC Super Featherweight Champion Mario Martinez at 33-1-2. He won the world title. He broke the champion and stopped him in the eighth round.

In April 1985, he defended the title against Reuben Castillo (60-4-2) at the Inglewood Forum in Los Angeles, stopping him in the sixth round.

In August 1986 he won a majority decision, 34-4. He then defeated 27-6 (27-6).

In November 1987, he defeated WBC lightweight champion Edwin “Chapo” Rosario 31-2 in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a halt in round 11. When the lights went out, he returned to the bottle.

In October 1988 he defeated WBA champion Joselis “Elzurdo” Ramirez (101-6) and made a technical decision in the 11th round.

Next, his rematch with Roger “Black Mamba” Mayweather (34-5), known for his Mexican victory at the Inglewood Forum in Los Angeles, stopped him in the 10th round.

In September 1990, in Las Vegas, Nevada, he was behind the points when he fought former Olympic gold medalist Meldrick Taylor in the final round, and he was two seconds left when referee Richard Steel saw Taylor The trainer Lou Dubah gained a halt and shook it off.

In September 1992, he fought Hector “Macho” Camacho in Las Vegas, Nevada, defeating him in the 12th round.

In February 1993, nearly 136,000 people stopped Greg Haugen, 31-4, before packing the Mexico City stadium. The atmosphere was electricity and stopped him in five rounds.

He was always at the gym, even before he turned to alcohol. He sparred 10 rounds a day.

In the shadows, away from the fans, alcohol was replaced by cocaine. His sparring became even more difficult. He was sneaking medicines into the gym in his gym bag.

In front of interviews with his fans, he will dig into his words. It was difficult to seek drug infiltration, who he was. His success hid his problems. He finally got a wake-up call for rehabilitation. He was in the battle of his life and, a few weeks later, he was back on drugs. He told his family and friends he would beat it, but he couldn’t.

When he was ready to give up, he ultimately beat his addiction. He began opening a full treatment program to help others who became addicted.

In the early 2000s he was talking about his addiction and trouble to beat it.

By talking about addiction, he made it public, unlike other athletes. In the sharing, he said, “I want to help others like the help I got!”

His daily fights were not in the ring, but in the bottles, and in the drugs.

In September 1993, when he fought Parnell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker (32-1) in San Antonio, Texas, he learned that he got a gift for this smooth boxer, and fans said he was I began to realize that I hadn’t noticed. The t boxer was once.

In January 1994, Frankie “Surgeon” Randall (48-2-1) was punished for a low blow in the seventh and 11th rounds, and was dropped for the first time in the 11th round. He lost his decision to split. At 89-0-1 he was finally beaten. In the rematch four months later, the eighth round headbutt caused serious cuts, with the score splitting and controversial technical decision awarded.

Next, in a rematch with Meldrick Taylor, 32-3-1, he stopped him in the eighth round in Las Vegas. He won the next five fights, was given boxing lessons and suffered from a cut that lost the fight in the fourth round before meeting Olympic gold medalist Oscar “Golden Boy” Dela Hoya 21-0 in Las Vegas. Ta.

He went 4-0-1 and painted with Miguel Angel Gonzalez (42-1) in Mexico City before his rematch with de la Jolla. Again, Chavez was stopped in the eighth round in Las Vegas and wasn’t the unstoppable warrior that fans praised.

By the late 1990s, Chavez had finished with loss to Willie Wise (23-6-4) in Las Vegas. Two fights, July 200, he lost again, this time to Costia Tweet, 24-1 in Phoenix, Arizona.

He won in two fights in his November rematch with Willie Wise, 26-10-4, with a halt in the second round. In May 2004, he won a rematch with Frankie’s “The Surgeon” Randall, 58-14-1 in Mexico City.

In two fights in May 2005, he defeated Ivan Robinson (32-9-2) in LA, which became his ultimate victory. Next, in his final fight in September, he stopped in Phoenix, Arizona, in five rounds, finishing his career at 107-6-2 with an 85 knockout record.

Chavez has won over 100 million people, but he lost most of it, spending money on alcohol, drugs and bad investments.

He has had mental problems with depression in the year. Surrounded by many people, he realized he was alone. He saw his son, Julio Jr. (54-6-1) become the WBC middleweight champion, but he failed his second drug test. His other son, Omar, has now turned into a box with a record of 41-9-1. Over time, Chavez transformed his bad relationship with them into good ones.

Chavez found the Giulio Cesar Chavez Medical Center and shared with others his problems and how to overcome this addiction in Mexico. His fans heard how he overcame his financial and family problems.

It rounds out the career of one of Mexico’s best, if not the best boxers.