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. He is 71 years old, and will be turning 72 in 3 months and 19 days. 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 |
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Carlos Zárate's professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1970 to 1988.
Zárate made his 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.
Carlos Zárate had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career — all of them in title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Wilfredo Gómez via 5th round TKO on October 28, 1978, which ended his 52-fight win streak. He has been stopped two times and lost two times via decision. For more details about these defeats, refer to "All of Carlos Zárate's losses".
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 34 years, 11 months, and 7 days since this fight.
Zárate retired from professional boxing with a record of 66-4, which included 63 knockout wins and 2 losses via knockout, and 1 title win. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1994.
Carlos Zárate fought a total of 70 times during his professional career. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
A 24-year old Carlos Zárate (39-0, 38 KO) had his first world title fight against Rodolfo Martínez for Martínez' WBC bantamweight belt.
Zárate defeated Martínez via 9th round KO to win the WBC bantamweight title.A 25-year old Carlos Zárate (43-0, 42 KO) faced Waruinge Nakayama in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Zárate defeated Nakayama via 4th round KO to retain the WBC bantamweight title.A 25-year old Carlos Zárate (44-0, 43 KO) faced Fernando Cabanela in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Zárate defeated Cabanela via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBC bantamweight title.A 25-year old Carlos Zárate (45-0, 44 KO) faced an undefeated 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.
A 26-year old Carlos Zárate (46-0, 45 KO) faced Danilo Batista in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Zárate defeated Batista via 6th round KO to retain the WBC bantamweight title.A 26-year old Carlos Zárate (47-0, 46 KO) faced Juan Francisco Rodríguez in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Zárate defeated Rodríguez via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC bantamweight title.A 26-year old Carlos Zárate (48-0, 47 KO) faced Alberto Dávila in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Zárate defeated Dávila via 8th round TKO to retain the WBC bantamweight title.A 27-year old Carlos Zárate (50-0, 49 KO) faced Emilio Hernández in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Zárate defeated Hernández via 4th round KO to retain the WBC bantamweight title.A 27-year old Carlos Zárate (52-1, 51 KO) faced John Mensah Kpalongo in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Zárate defeated Kpalongo via 3rd round KO to retain the WBC bantamweight title.Some of Zárate's best wins were against Alfonso Zamora, Emilio Hernández, John Mensah Kpalongo, Juan Francisco Rodríguez, Alberto Dávila, Danilo Batista, and Fernando Cabanela.
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%).
Zárate had 4 losses. Daniel Zaragoza, Jeff Fenech, Lupe Pintor, and Wilfredo Gómez are the four boxers who have beaten Zárate.