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Total Fights | 67 |
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Wins | 59 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 47 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 16 years and one month, Bobby Chacon fought 67 times with 59 wins, 7 losses, and 1 draw.
Chacon retired from professional boxing with a record of 59-7-1, which included two world-title wins and two successful title defense fights at two weight classes — featherweight and super-featherweight. He had a 70.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 47 of his total 67 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. Chacon suffered five knockout losses in his career, four of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Bobby Jones on June 2, 1988.
Some of Chacon's best fights and notable victories include wins over three Hall-of-Famers (Jose Torres, Rubén Olivares, and Danny Lopez), Jesus Estrada, Cornelius Boza Edwards, Alfredo Marcano, Rafael Limón, and Rafael Solis.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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67 | Jun 2, 1988 | 36 | Bobby Jones | Win | UD |
66 | Jun 23, 1987 | 35 | Martin Guevera | Win | TKO3 |
65 | Oct 4, 1985 | 33 | Rafael Solis | Win | TKO5 |
64 | Aug 15, 1985 | 33 | Arturo Frias | Win | TKO7 |
63 | May 20, 1985 | 33 | Davey Montana | Win | KO8 |
62 | Mar 5, 1985 | 33 | Freddie Roach | Win | MD |
61 | Jun 12, 1984 | 32 | Carlton Sparrow | Win | TKO5 |
60 | Jan 14, 1984 | 32 | Ray Mancini | Loss * | TKO3 |
59 | May 15, 1983 | 31 | Cornelius Boza Edwards | Win * | UD |
58 | Dec 11, 1982 | 31 | Rafael Limón | Win * | UD |
57 | Jun 15, 1982 | 30 | Arturo Leon | Win | UD |
56 | May 4, 1982 | 30 | Rosendo Ramirez | Win | TKO8 |
55 | Mar 16, 1982 | 30 | Salvador Ugalde | Win | TKO3 |
54 | Feb 23, 1982 | 30 | Renan Marota | Win | TKO8 |
53 | Nov 7, 1981 | 29 | Augustin Rivera | Win | RTD6 |
52 | May 30, 1981 | 29 | Cornelius Boza Edwards | Loss * | RTD13 |
51 | Mar 12, 1981 | 29 | Leon Smith | Win | TKO3 |
50 | Feb 5, 1981 | 29 | Roberto Garcia | Win | TKO10 |
49 | Mar 21, 1980 | 28 | Rafael Limón | Win | SD |
48 | Nov 16, 1979 | 27 | Alexis Argüello | Loss * | RTD7 |
47 | Jun 18, 1979 | 27 | Jose Torres | Win | UD |
46 | Apr 9, 1979 | 27 | Rafael Limón | Draw | TD |
45 | Feb 26, 1979 | 27 | Shig Fukuyama | Win | TKO5 |
44 | Dec 6, 1978 | 27 | Gerald Hayes | Win | UD |
43 | Sep 27, 1978 | 26 | Augie Pantellas | Win | TKO7 |
42 | May 19, 1978 | 26 | Ignacio Campos | Win | TKO7 |
41 | Nov 15, 1977 | 25 | Arturo Leon | Loss | SD |
40 | Aug 20, 1977 | 25 | Rubén Olivares | Win | UD |
39 | Jul 15, 1977 | 25 | Alejandro Lopez | Win | RTD7 |
38 | Jun 9, 1977 | 25 | Miguel Estrada | Win | TKO2 |
37 | May 19, 1977 | 25 | Ramon Contreras | Win | TKO8 |
36 | Jan 13, 1977 | 25 | Julio Leal | Win | TKO7 |
35 | Dec 16, 1976 | 25 | Miguel Meza | Win | TKO3 |
34 | Nov 10, 1976 | 24 | Bonnie Necessario | Win | TKO2 |
33 | Feb 25, 1976 | 24 | David Sotelo | Win | UD |
32 | Feb 17, 1976 | 24 | Modesto Concepcion | Win | TKO10 |
31 | Jan 27, 1976 | 24 | Gene Prado | Win | KO5 |
30 | Dec 7, 1975 | 24 | Rafael Limón | Loss | UD |
29 | Nov 18, 1975 | 23 | Fel Clemente | Win | TKO5 |
28 | Jun 20, 1975 | 23 | Rubén Olivares | Loss * | TKO2 |
27 | Mar 1, 1975 | 23 | Jesus Estrada | Win * | KO2 |
26 | Sep 7, 1974 | 22 | Alfredo Marcano | Win * | TKO9 |
25 | May 24, 1974 | 22 | Danny Lopez | Win | TKO9 |
24 | Mar 4, 1974 | 22 | Genzo Kurosawa | Win | TKO5 |
23 | Feb 1, 1974 | 22 | Jorge Ramos | Win | TKO5 |
22 | Oct 13, 1973 | 21 | Jose Luis Martin del Campo | Win | TKO9 |
21 | Sep 28, 1973 | 21 | Jorge Ramos | Win | TKO10 |
20 | Jun 23, 1973 | 21 | Rubén Olivares | Loss | RTD9 |
19 | Apr 28, 1973 | 21 | Chucho Castillo | Win | TKO10 |
18 | Mar 30, 1973 | 21 | Frankie Crawford | Win | UD |
17 | Feb 28, 1973 | 21 | Jose Luis Martin del Campo | Win | TKO3 |
16 | Feb 15, 1973 | 21 | Arturo Pineda | Win | KO5 |
15 | Nov 6, 1972 | 20 | Ray Echevarria | Win | TKO1 |
14 | Oct 16, 1972 | 20 | Alberto Reyes | Win | TKO9 |
13 | Sep 11, 1972 | 20 | Valente Vera | Win | TKO5 |
12 | Aug 21, 1972 | 20 | Juan Montayo | Win | TKO8 |
11 | Aug 11, 1972 | 20 | Modesto Boy Dayaganon | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Jul 31, 1972 | 20 | Alfredo De La Rosa | Win | KO4 |
9 | Jul 17, 1972 | 20 | Alberto Perez | Win | KO5 |
8 | Jun 30, 1972 | 20 | Jesus Robles | Win | KO2 |
7 | Jun 19, 1972 | 20 | Alfredo De La Rosa | Win | UD |
6 | Jun 5, 1972 | 20 | Ray Llamas | Win | KO1 |
5 | May 22, 1972 | 20 | Luis Robles | Win | KO1 |
4 | May 15, 1972 | 20 | Henry Felix | Win | KO1 |
3 | May 8, 1972 | 20 | Ruben Coria | Win | KO2 |
2 | Apr 22, 1972 | 20 | Limon Salas | Win | KO1 |
1 | Apr 7, 1972 | 20 | Jose Antonio Rosa | Win | KO5 |
* World-title fight
Bobby Chacon (Schoolboy) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Pacoima, California, U.S. on November 28, 1951. He was a two-weight-class world champion. He died on September 7, 2016 at the age of 64 years. Chacon was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2005. His professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years — from 1972 to 1988.
Chacon made his professional boxing debut against Jose Antonio Rosa at the age of 20 on April 7, 1972, defeating Rosa via 5th round KO. He went on to win 18 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 16 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on September 7, 1974 after 25 professional fights, against Alfredo Marcano for the featherweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated Marcano via 9th round TKO to become the featherweight champion of the world.
Chacon won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Chacon's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Chacon had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Bobby Jones at 36 years of age, on June 2, 1988. Chacon won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
Chacon had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and two successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost four.
Bobby Chacon fought for world titles in five fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 11, 1982 | Rafael Limón | Super-featherweight | WBC | UD |
Sep 7, 1974 | Alfredo Marcano | Featherweight | WBC* | TKO |
Bobby Chacon had three world-title defense fights across two weight classes — featherweight (x2) and super-featherweight. He won two of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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May 15, 1983 | Cornelius Boza Edwards | Super-featherweight | WBC | UD |
Mar 1, 1975 | Jesus Estrada | Featherweight | WBC | KO |
Bobby Chacon lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 20, 1975 | Rubén Olivares | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Chacon fought a total of 67 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
September 7, 1974: Chacon wins his first world title by defeating Alfredo Marcano via 9th round TKO. He is now the WBC featherweight world champion.
March 1, 1975: Chacon successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Jesus Estrada, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
August 20, 1977: Bobby Chacon beats Rubén Olivares via 10th round unanimous decision.
Chacon knocked out 47 of his 67 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 70.1%. Of his total 59 wins, 47 of them were via KO (79.7%).
Chacon's first world-title win was the WBC (vacant) belt at featherweight. He defeated Alfredo Marcano via 9 round TKO to win the title.
Chacon won two world titles at two weight classes.
Chacon had a total of three title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost one time.