In a career spanning 18 years, Carlos Zárate fought 70 times with 66 wins and 4 losses. By his last professional fight on February 29, 1988, Zárate's boxing record stood at 66-4 (63 KO wins, 2 KO losses).
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Carlos Zárate (Cañas) is a retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Tepito, Mexico City, Mexico on May 23, 1951. Zárate made his professional boxing debut at the age of 18, on February 2, 1970. He is a former bantamweight world champion. Zárate turned 72 last month, on the 23rd. Zárate is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 70 |
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Wins | 66 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 63 |
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Total Title Wins | 1 |
Title Defenses | 9 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 10 |
Losses via KO | 2 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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70 | Feb 29, 1988 | 36 | Daniel Zaragoza | Loss * | TKO10 |
69 | Oct 16, 1987 | 36 | Jeff Fenech | Loss * | TD |
68 | Aug 15, 1987 | 36 | Richard Savage | Win | TKO5 |
67 | Jun 19, 1987 | 36 | Tony Montoya | Win | TKO3 |
66 | May 5, 1987 | 35 | John Boyd | Win | TKO5 |
65 | Feb 20, 1987 | 35 | Francis Childs | Win | KO4 |
64 | Dec 13, 1986 | 35 | Alex Galván | Win | TKO7 |
63 | Nov 21, 1986 | 35 | Edward Rodriquez | Win | TKO3 |
62 | Sep 13, 1986 | 35 | Gerardo Esparza | Win | KO5 |
61 | Jul 19, 1986 | 35 | Alejandro García | Win | KO2 |
60 | May 23, 1986 | 35 | Jesus Muñiz | Win | UD |
59 | May 5, 1986 | 34 | Héctor Nápoles | Win | KO2 |
58 | Apr 12, 1986 | 34 | Jose de la Dora | Win | KO3 |
57 | Feb 25, 1986 | 34 | Adam García | Win | MD |
56 | Jun 3, 1979 | 28 | Lupe Pintor | Loss * | SD |
55 | May 1, 1979 | 27 | Celso Chairez | Win | TKO5 |
54 | Mar 10, 1979 | 27 | John Mensah Kpalongo | Win * | KO3 |
53 | Oct 28, 1978 | 27 | Wilfredo Gómez | Loss * | TKO5 |
52 | Sep 30, 1978 | 27 | Rudy González | Win | TKO4 |
51 | Jun 9, 1978 | 27 | Emilio Hernández | Win * | KO4 |
50 | Apr 22, 1978 | 26 | Andres Hernández | Win * | TKO13 |
49 | Feb 25, 1978 | 26 | Alberto Dávila | Win * | TKO8 |
48 | Dec 2, 1977 | 26 | Juan Francisco Rodríguez | Win * | TKO5 |
47 | Oct 29, 1977 | 26 | Danilo Batista | Win * | KO6 |
46 | Apr 23, 1977 | 25 | Alfonso Zamora | Win | TKO4 |
45 | Feb 5, 1977 | 25 | Fernando Cabanela | Win * | TKO3 |
44 | Nov 13, 1976 | 25 | Waruinge Nakayama | Win * | KO4 |
43 | Aug 28, 1976 | 25 | Paul Ferreri | Win * | TKO12 |
42 | Aug 2, 1976 | 25 | Antonio Paredes | Win | TKO2 |
41 | Jun 26, 1976 | 25 | Félix Llanos | Win | KO2 |
40 | May 8, 1976 | 24 | Rodolfo Martínez | Win * | KO9 |
39 | Mar 27, 1976 | 24 | César Deciga | Win | TKO4 |
38 | Dec 7, 1975 | 24 | Néstor Jiménez | Win | KO2 |
37 | Oct 11, 1975 | 24 | Jorge Torres | Win | TKO8 |
36 | Sep 20, 1975 | 24 | Benicio Segundo Sosa | Win | TKO4 |
35 | Aug 16, 1975 | 24 | José Sánchez | Win | TKO3 |
34 | Jun 20, 1975 | 24 | Orlando Amores | Win | KO3 |
33 | Mar 14, 1975 | 23 | Joe Guevara | Win | RTD3 |
32 | Feb 4, 1975 | 23 | Alberto Cabanig | Win | TKO4 |
31 | Nov 23, 1974 | 23 | James Martinez | Win | TKO7 |
30 | Oct 27, 1974 | 23 | Francisco Cruz | Win | TKO2 |
29 | Aug 3, 1974 | 23 | Magallo Lozada | Win | TKO5 |
28 | May 25, 1974 | 23 | Juan Ordoñez | Win | KO3 |
27 | May 3, 1974 | 22 | Chamaco Limón | Win | KO3 |
26 | Apr 9, 1974 | 22 | Alfonso Ibarra | Win | KO2 |
25 | Feb 22, 1974 | 22 | Carlos Armenta | Win | KO1 |
24 | Jan 30, 1974 | 22 | Víctor Ramírez | Win | UD |
23 | Dec 11, 1973 | 22 | Sixto Pérez | Win | KO2 |
22 | Nov 1, 1973 | 22 | Eduardo Miranda | Win | KO5 |
21 | Oct 2, 1973 | 22 | Antonio Castañeda | Win | TKO9 |
20 | Aug 21, 1973 | 22 | Alberto Torres | Win | TKO5 |
19 | Jul 12, 1973 | 22 | Francisco Pino | Win | KO2 |
18 | Jun 2, 1973 | 22 | Juan Ramón Pérez | Win | KO2 |
17 | Dec 3, 1972 | 21 | Juan Ramón Pérez | Win | KO2 |
16 | Oct 31, 1972 | 21 | Armando Carrasco | Win | KO2 |
15 | Oct 8, 1972 | 21 | Arturo Patiño | Win | KO2 |
14 | Aug 19, 1972 | 21 | Jesús Escobedo | Win | KO2 |
13 | Mar 19, 1972 | 20 | José Luis Morales | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Feb 7, 1972 | 20 | José González | Win | KO2 |
11 | Jan 28, 1972 | 20 | Emiliano Mayoral | Win | TKO3 |
10 | Nov 26, 1971 | 20 | Victor Nava | Win | KO3 |
9 | Aug 7, 1971 | 20 | Julio Martínez | Win | KO2 |
8 | May 5, 1971 | 19 | Ramón Pinedo | Win | KO2 |
7 | Mar 20, 1971 | 19 | Fermín Ramos | Win | KO2 |
6 | Feb 15, 1971 | 19 | Antonio Lucas | Win | KO3 |
5 | Dec 18, 1970 | 19 | Alfredo Pérez | Win | KO2 |
4 | Nov 17, 1970 | 19 | Nuno Temix | Win | TKO3 |
3 | Apr 1, 1970 | 18 | Costeñito Sotelo | Win | KO2 |
2 | Mar 2, 1970 | 18 | José Pavón | Win | KO1 |
1 | Feb 2, 1970 | 18 | Luis Castañeda | Win | KO3 |
* World-title fight
Zárate was a bantamweight world champion. He has held one world title at bantamweight, which was a lineal championship win.
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Carlos Zárate is 178 cm tall (5' 10.08") with a reach of 183 cm (6' 0.05"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 5 cm (1.97").
Zárate has a 90% KO rate. Of his total 63 KO wins, 46 were in the early rounds, 13 in the mid rounds, and four in the later rounds. He has two first-round KO wins.
Carlos Zárate's professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1970 to 1988.
Zárate made his professional boxing debut against Luis Castañeda at the age of 18 on February 2, 1970, defeating Castañeda via 3rd round KO. He went on to win 51 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 50 wins via stoppage.
Zárate had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on May 8, 1976 after 39 professional fights, against Rodolfo Martínez for the bantamweight WBC title. He defeated Martínez via 9th round KO to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Zárate has won one world title at bantamweight. For all the details about Zárate's world title wins and defenses refer to "Carlos Zárate World Titles".
Some of Zárate's best fights and notable victories include wins over Alfonso Zamora, Emilio Hernández, John Mensah Kpalongo, Juan Francisco Rodríguez, Alberto Dávila, Danilo Batista, and Fernando Cabanela.
Zárate had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a super-bantamweight bout against fellow Mexican boxer Daniel Zaragoza on February 29, 1988 for the vacant super-bantamweight WBC title. Zárate lost the fight via 10th round TKO. It's been 35 years, 3 months, and 12 days since this fight.
Zárate fought a total of 70 times during his professional career, which includes 14 world-title fights at two weight divisions — super-bantamweight and bantamweight. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances in his fights. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
May 8, 1976: Zárate wins his first world title by defeating Rodolfo Martínez via 9th round KO. He is now the WBC bantamweight world champion.
November 13, 1976: Zárate successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Waruinge Nakayama, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
February 5, 1977: Zárate successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Fernando Cabanela, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
April 23, 1977: Carlos Zárate beats Alfonso Zamora via 4th round TKO.
October 29, 1977: Zárate successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Danilo Batista, winning the fight via 6th round KO.
December 2, 1977: Zárate successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Juan Francisco Rodríguez, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
February 25, 1978: Zárate successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Alberto Dávila, winning the fight via 8th round TKO.
June 9, 1978: Zárate successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Emilio Hernández, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
March 10, 1979: Zárate successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against John Mensah Kpalongo, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Zárate's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his last fight against Daniel Zaragoza, and all the other wins and losses of his career.
On February 29, 1988, a 36-year old Carlos Zárate (66-3, 63 KO) faced fellow Mexican boxer Daniel Zaragoza, who was 30 years old with a record of 35-4 for the vacant WBC (vacant) super-bantamweight title. Zaragoza was on a seven-fight win streak with 19 KO wins. Zárate was the taller of the two by 8 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Zaragoza had four losses, but had never been stopped.
Zárate lost to Zaragoza via 10th round TKO. He is now on a two-fight losing streak. This was the last professional fight of his boxing career.
On October 16, 1987, a 36-year old Carlos Zárate (66-2, 63 KO) faced an undefeated Australian boxer Jeff Fenech, who was 23 years old with a record of 17-0. Zárate was challenging Fenech's WBC super-bantamweight title. Fenech was on a 17-fight win streak with 14 KO wins. Zárate was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 12 cm reach advantage.
Zárate lost to Fenech via 4 round technical-decision. His 12-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On August 15, 1987, a 36-year old Carlos Zárate (65-2, 62 KO) fought Richard Savage in his 68th professional fight. He defeated Savage via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On June 19, 1987, a 36-year old Carlos Zárate (64-2, 61 KO) fought Tony Montoya in his 67th professional fight. He defeated Montoya via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On May 5, 1987, a 35-year old Carlos Zárate (63-2, 60 KO) fought John Boyd in his 66th professional fight. He defeated Boyd via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On February 20, 1987, a 35-year old Carlos Zárate (62-2, 59 KO) fought Francis Childs in his 65th professional fight. He defeated Childs via 4th round KO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On December 13, 1986, a 35-year old Carlos Zárate (61-2, 58 KO) fought Alex Galván in his 64th professional fight. He defeated Galván via 7th round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On November 21, 1986, a 35-year old Carlos Zárate (60-2, 57 KO) fought Edward Rodriquez in his 63rd professional fight. He defeated Rodriquez via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On September 13, 1986, a 35-year old Carlos Zárate (59-2, 56 KO) fought Gerardo Esparza in his 62nd professional fight. He defeated Esparza via 5th round KO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On July 19, 1986, a 35-year old Carlos Zárate (58-2, 55 KO) fought Alejandro García in his 61st professional fight. He defeated García via 2nd round KO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak.
On May 23, 1986, a 35-year old Carlos Zárate (57-2, 55 KO) fought Jesus Muñiz in his 60th professional fight. He defeated Muñiz via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a four-fight winning streak.
On May 5, 1986, a 34-year old Carlos Zárate (56-2, 54 KO) fought Héctor Nápoles in his 59th professional fight. He defeated Nápoles via 2nd round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On April 12, 1986, a 34-year old Carlos Zárate (55-2, 53 KO) fought Jose de la Dora in his 58th professional fight. He defeated de la Dora via 3rd round KO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On February 25, 1986, a 34-year old Carlos Zárate (54-2, 53 KO) fought Adam García in his 57th professional fight. He defeated García via 4th round majority decision, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On June 3, 1979, a 28-year old Carlos Zárate (54-1, 53 KO) faced fellow Mexican boxer Lupe Pintor, who was 24 years old with a record of 38-4 in a bantamweight title-defense fight. Pintor was on a five-fight win streak with 32 KO wins. Zárate was the taller of the two by 15 cms and also had a 15 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Pintor had four losses, but had never been stopped.
Zárate lost to Pintor via 15 round split-decision and lost the WBC bantamweight title. His two-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On May 1, 1979, a 27-year old Carlos Zárate (53-1, 52 KO) fought Celso Chairez in his 55th professional fight. He defeated Chairez via 5th round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On March 10, 1979, a 27-year old Carlos Zárate (52-1, 51 KO) faced John Mensah Kpalongo in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Kpalongo via 3rd round KO to retain the WBC bantamweight title, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On October 28, 1978, a 27-year old Carlos Zárate (52-0, 51 KO) faced an undefeated Puerto Rican boxer Wilfredo Gómez, who was 21 years old with a record of 21-0-1. Zárate was challenging Gómez' WBC super-bantamweight title. Gómez was on a 21-fight win streak with 21 KO wins. Zárate was the taller of the two by 12 cms and also had a 17 cm reach advantage.
Zárate lost to Gómez via 5th round TKO. He suffers the first loss of his career, and his 52-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On September 30, 1978, a 27-year old Carlos Zárate (51-0, 50 KO) fought Rudy González in his 52nd professional fight. He defeated González via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 52-fight winning streak, with 28 back-to-back KO wins.
On June 9, 1978, a 27-year old Carlos Zárate (50-0, 49 KO) faced Emilio Hernández in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Hernández via 4th round KO to retain the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 51-fight winning streak, with 27 back-to-back KO wins.
On April 22, 1978, a 26-year old Carlos Zárate (49-0, 48 KO) faced Andres Hernández in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Hernández via 13th round TKO to retain the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 50-fight winning streak, with 26 back-to-back KO wins.
On February 25, 1978, a 26-year old Carlos Zárate (48-0, 47 KO) faced Alberto Dávila in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Dávila via 8th round TKO to retain the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 49-fight winning streak, with 25 back-to-back KO wins.
On December 2, 1977, a 26-year old Carlos Zárate (47-0, 46 KO) faced Juan Francisco Rodríguez in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Rodríguez via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 48-fight winning streak, with 24 back-to-back KO wins.
On October 29, 1977, a 26-year old Carlos Zárate (46-0, 45 KO) faced Danilo Batista in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Batista via 6th round KO to retain the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 47-fight winning streak, with 23 back-to-back KO wins.
On April 23, 1977, a 25-year old Carlos Zárate (45-0, 44 KO) fought an undefeated fellow Mexican boxer Alfonso Zamora, who was 23 years old with a record of 29-0. Zamora was on a 29-fight win streak with 29 KO wins. Zárate was the taller of the two by 16 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage.
Zárate defeated Zamora via 4th round TKO. He handed Zamora the first loss of his career, and put an end to Zamora's 29-fight win streak. Zárate is now on a 46-fight winning streak, with 22 back-to-back KO wins.
On February 5, 1977, a 25-year old Carlos Zárate (44-0, 43 KO) faced Fernando Cabanela in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Cabanela via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 45-fight winning streak, with 21 back-to-back KO wins.
On November 13, 1976, a 25-year old Carlos Zárate (43-0, 42 KO) faced Waruinge Nakayama in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Nakayama via 4th round KO to retain the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 44-fight winning streak, with 20 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 28, 1976, a 25-year old Carlos Zárate (42-0, 41 KO) faced Paul Ferreri in a bantamweight title-defense fight. He defeated Ferreri via 12th round TKO to retain the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 43-fight winning streak, with 19 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 2, 1976, a 25-year old Carlos Zárate (41-0, 40 KO) fought Antonio Paredes in his 42nd professional fight. He defeated Paredes via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 42-fight winning streak, with 18 back-to-back KO wins.
On June 26, 1976, a 25-year old Carlos Zárate (40-0, 39 KO) fought Félix Llanos in his 41st professional fight. He defeated Llanos via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 41-fight winning streak, with 17 back-to-back KO wins.
On May 8, 1976, in his 40th professional fight, a 24-year old Carlos Zárate (39-0, 38 KO) had his first world title fight against Rodolfo Martínez for Martínez' WBC bantamweight belt. He defeated Martínez via 9th round KO to win the WBC bantamweight title. He is now on a 40-fight winning streak, with 16 back-to-back KO wins.
On March 27, 1976, a 24-year old Carlos Zárate (38-0, 37 KO) fought César Deciga in his 39th professional fight. He defeated Deciga via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 39-fight winning streak, with 15 back-to-back KO wins.
On December 7, 1975, a 24-year old Carlos Zárate (37-0, 36 KO) fought Néstor Jiménez in his 38th professional fight. He defeated Jiménez via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 38-fight winning streak, with 14 back-to-back KO wins.
On October 11, 1975, a 24-year old Carlos Zárate (36-0, 35 KO) fought Jorge Torres in his 37th professional fight. He defeated Torres via 8th round TKO. He is now on a 37-fight winning streak, with 13 back-to-back KO wins.
On September 20, 1975, a 24-year old Carlos Zárate (35-0, 34 KO) fought Benicio Segundo Sosa in his 36th professional fight. He defeated Sosa via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 36-fight winning streak, with 12 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 16, 1975, a 24-year old Carlos Zárate (34-0, 33 KO) fought José Sánchez in his 35th professional fight. He defeated Sánchez via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 35-fight winning streak, with 11 back-to-back KO wins.
On June 20, 1975, a 24-year old Carlos Zárate (33-0, 32 KO) fought Orlando Amores in his 34th professional fight. He defeated Amores via 3rd round KO. He is now on a 34-fight winning streak, with 10 back-to-back KO wins.
On March 14, 1975, a 23-year old Carlos Zárate (32-0, 31 KO) fought Joe Guevara in his 33rd professional fight. He defeated Guevara via 3rd round RTD. He is now on a 33-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On February 4, 1975, a 23-year old Carlos Zárate (31-0, 30 KO) fought Alberto Cabanig in his 32nd professional fight. He defeated Cabanig via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 32-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On November 23, 1974, a 23-year old Carlos Zárate (30-0, 29 KO) fought James Martinez in his 31st professional fight. He defeated Martinez via 7th round TKO. He is now on a 31-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On October 27, 1974, a 23-year old Carlos Zárate (29-0, 28 KO) fought Francisco Cruz in his 30th professional fight. He defeated Cruz via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 30-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On August 3, 1974, a 23-year old Carlos Zárate (28-0, 27 KO) fought Magallo Lozada in his 29th professional fight. He defeated Lozada via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 29-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On May 25, 1974, a 23-year old Carlos Zárate (27-0, 26 KO) fought Juan Ordoñez in his 28th professional fight. He defeated Ordoñez via 3rd round KO. He is now on a 28-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On May 3, 1974, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (26-0, 25 KO) fought Chamaco Limón in his 27th professional fight. He defeated Limón via 3rd round KO. He is now on a 27-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On April 9, 1974, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (25-0, 24 KO) fought Alfonso Ibarra in his 26th professional fight. He defeated Ibarra via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 26-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On February 22, 1974, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (24-0, 23 KO) fought Carlos Armenta in his 25th professional fight. He defeated Armenta via 1st round KO. He is now on a 25-fight winning streak.
On January 30, 1974, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (23-0, 23 KO) fought Víctor Ramírez in his 24th professional fight. He defeated Ramírez via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 24-fight winning streak.
On December 11, 1973, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (22-0, 22 KO) fought Sixto Pérez in his 23rd professional fight. He defeated Pérez via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 23-fight winning streak, with 23 back-to-back KO wins.
On November 1, 1973, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (21-0, 21 KO) fought Eduardo Miranda in his 22nd professional fight. He defeated Miranda via 5th round KO. He is now on a 22-fight winning streak, with 22 back-to-back KO wins.
On October 2, 1973, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (20-0, 20 KO) fought Antonio Castañeda in his 21st professional fight. He defeated Castañeda via 9th round TKO. He is now on a 21-fight winning streak, with 21 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 21, 1973, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (19-0, 19 KO) fought Alberto Torres in his 20th professional fight. He defeated Torres via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak, with 20 back-to-back KO wins.
On July 12, 1973, a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (18-0, 18 KO) fought Francisco Pino in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Pino via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak, with 19 back-to-back KO wins.
On June 2, 1973, in their 2nd fight, a a 22-year old Carlos Zárate (17-0, 17 KO) fought Juan Ramón Pérez in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Pérez via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with 18 back-to-back KO wins.
On December 3, 1972, a 21-year old Carlos Zárate (16-0, 16 KO) fought Juan Ramón Pérez in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Pérez via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak, with 17 back-to-back KO wins.
On October 31, 1972, a 21-year old Carlos Zárate (15-0, 15 KO) fought Armando Carrasco in his 16th professional fight. He defeated Carrasco via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak, with 16 back-to-back KO wins.
On October 8, 1972, a 21-year old Carlos Zárate (14-0, 14 KO) fought Arturo Patiño in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Patiño via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak, with 15 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 19, 1972, a 21-year old Carlos Zárate (13-0, 13 KO) fought Jesús Escobedo in his 14th professional fight. He defeated Escobedo via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak, with 14 back-to-back KO wins.
On March 19, 1972, a 20-year old Carlos Zárate (12-0, 12 KO) fought José Luis Morales in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Morales via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak, with 13 back-to-back KO wins.
On February 7, 1972, a 20-year old Carlos Zárate (11-0, 11 KO) fought José González in his 12th professional fight. He defeated González via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak, with 12 back-to-back KO wins.
On January 28, 1972, a 20-year old Carlos Zárate (10-0, 10 KO) fought Emiliano Mayoral in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Mayoral via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak, with 11 back-to-back KO wins.
On November 26, 1971, a 20-year old Carlos Zárate (9-0, 9 KO) fought Victor Nava in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Nava via 3rd round KO. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak, with 10 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 7, 1971, a 20-year old Carlos Zárate (8-0, 8 KO) fought Julio Martínez in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Martínez via 2nd round KO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On May 5, 1971, a 19-year old Carlos Zárate (7-0, 7 KO) fought Ramón Pinedo in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Pinedo via 2nd round KO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On March 20, 1971, a 19-year old Carlos Zárate (6-0, 6 KO) fought Fermín Ramos in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Ramos via 2nd round KO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On February 15, 1971, a 19-year old Carlos Zárate (5-0, 5 KO) fought Antonio Lucas in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Lucas via 3rd round KO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On December 18, 1970, a 19-year old Carlos Zárate (4-0, 4 KO) fought Alfredo Pérez in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Pérez via 2nd round KO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On November 17, 1970, a 19-year old Carlos Zárate (3-0, 3 KO) fought Nuno Temix in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Temix via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On April 1, 1970, an 18-year old Carlos Zárate (2-0, 2 KO) fought Costeñito Sotelo in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Sotelo via 2nd round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On March 2, 1970, an 18-year old Carlos Zárate (1-0, 1 KO) fought José Pavón in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Pavón via 1st round KO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On February 2, 1970, an 18-year old Carlos Zárate successfully debuted against Luis Castañeda. He defeated Castañeda via 3rd round KO.
Zárate knocked out 63 of his 70 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 90%. Of his total 66 wins, 63 of them were via KO (95.5%).