Jesús Chávez (44-8, 30) was born in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico on November 12, 1972. At the age of 21 years on August 5, 1994, he made his professional boxing debut against Lewis Wood, winning the fight via 4-round unanimous decision.
On his 37th career fight at 28 years old, Jesús Chávez got a shot at the WBC super-featherweight titles against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on November 10, 2001 but lost the fight via 9th-round retirement.
He became a super-featherweight world champion (WBC) on August 15, 2003 at the age of 30 years old, on his 42nd career fight, after defeating Sirimongkol Singwancha via 12-round unanimous decision.
He then went on to become world champion at the lightweight weight class as well, winning the IBF title against Leavander Johnson via 11th-round TKO on September 17, 2005.
Chávez' last fight was a 4th-round retirement loss to Jorge Linares at age 37 on October 24, 2010. He retired on a 4-fight losing streak.
Some of Jesús Chávez' best fights have been against Carlos Gerena, Humberto Soto, Carlos Hernández and Érik Morales.
Chávez has 8 losses on his boxing record.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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Oct 24, 2010 37 years, 11 months 44-8 (30) | 25 years, 2 months 29-1 (18) | 4 | RTD | LOSS | ||
Dec 19, 2009 37 years, 1 months 44-7 (30) | 29 years, 7 months 48-7-2 (32) | 10 | UD | LOSS | ||
Sep 26, 2009 36 years, 10 months 44-6 (30) | 33 years, 3 months 34-2-1 (17) | 10 | MD | LOSS | ||
Apr 4, 2009 36 years, 4 months 44-5 (30) | 28 years, 7 months 24-2 (20) | 8 | RTD | LOSS | ||
48 | Sep 6, 2008 35 years, 9 months 44-4 (30) | Andrés Ledesma | 9 | TKO | WIN | |
47 | Apr 4, 2008 35 years, 4 months 43-4 (29) | Daniel Jiménez | 10 | UD | WIN | |
46 | Feb 3, 2007 34 years, 2 months 42-4 (29) | Julio Díaz | LT | 3 | KO | LOSS Lost IBF |
45 | Sep 17, 2005 32 years, 10 months 42-3 (29) | Leavander Johnson | LT | 11 | TKO | WIN Won IBF |
May 28, 2005 32 years, 6 months 41-3 (28) | 34 years, 4 months 41-4-1 (24) | 12 | SD | WIN | ||
Feb 28, 2004 31 years, 3 months 40-3 (28) | 27 years, 5 months 45-1 (34) | SFT | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost WBC | |
42 | Aug 15, 2003 30 years, 9 months 40-2 (28) | Sirimongkol Singwancha | SFT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBC |
Mar 22, 2003 30 years, 4 months 39-2 (28) | 32 years, 2 months 38-4 (30) | 6 | TKO | WIN | ||
40 | Nov 15, 2002 30 years 38-2 (27) | Johnny Walker | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
39 | Jun 28, 2002 29 years, 7 months 37-2 (26) | Julio Sánchez León | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
38 | Mar 22, 2002 29 years, 4 months 36-2 (25) | Gerardo Zayas | 3 | KO | WIN | |
Nov 10, 2001 28 years, 11 months 35-2 (24) | 24 years, 8 months 26-0 (19) | SFT | 9 | RTD | LOSS For WBC | |
36 | May 26, 2001 28 years, 6 months 35-1 (24) | Juan José Arias | SFT | 12 | UD | WIN |
35 | Feb 23, 2001 28 years, 3 months 34-1 (24) | Tom Johnson | SFT | 8 | TKO | WIN |
34 | Jan 14, 2001 28 years, 2 months 33-1 (23) | Benito Rodríguez | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
33 | Aug 4, 2000 27 years, 8 months 32-1 (22) | Miguel Andrade | 2 | KO | WIN | |
32 | Jun 23, 2000 27 years, 7 months 31-1 (21) | Russell Mosley | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
31 | Mar 3, 2000 27 years, 3 months 30-1 (20) | Darryl Pinckney | SFT | 4 | TKO | WIN |
30 | Nov 15, 1999 27 years 29-1 (19) | Adarryl Johnson | SFT | 5 | TKO | WIN |
29 | Aug 27, 1999 26 years, 9 months 28-1 (18) | Armando Bósquez | SFT | 4 | TKO | WIN |
28 | Jul 31, 1999 26 years, 8 months 27-1 (17) | Bruno Rabanales | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
27 | May 22, 1999 26 years, 6 months 26-1 (16) | Julio Álvarez | SFT | 12 | UD | WIN |
26 | Oct 2, 1998 25 years, 10 months 25-1 (16) | Rudolfo Lunsford | SFT | 4 | TKO | WIN |
25 | Aug 15, 1998 25 years, 9 months 24-1 (15) | Eloy Ortega | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
24 | Apr 18, 1998 25 years, 5 months 23-1 (14) | Moisés Rodríguez | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
23 | Oct 4, 1997 24 years, 10 months 22-1 (13) | Troy Dorsey | SFT | 7 | RTD | WIN |
22 | Aug 19, 1997 24 years, 9 months 21-1 (12) | Wilfredo Negrón | SFT | 5 | TKO | WIN |
21 | Jun 10, 1997 24 years, 6 months 20-1 (11) | John Brown | SFT | 12 | UD | WIN |
20 | May 5, 1997 24 years, 5 months 19-1 (11) | Louie Espinoza | SFT | 8 | TD | WIN |
19 | Mar 3, 1997 24 years, 3 months 18-1 (11) | Louie Leija | SFT | 6 | TKO | WIN |
18 | Nov 8, 1996 23 years, 11 months 17-1 (10) | Miguel Tepanacatl | 2 | KO | WIN | |
17 | Aug 9, 1996 23 years, 8 months 16-1 (9) | Javier Jáuregui | FT | 12 | UD | WIN |
16 | May 17, 1996 23 years, 6 months 15-1 (9) | Felipe Castillo | 10 | UD | WIN | |
15 | Mar 31, 1996 23 years, 4 months 14-1 (9) | Cedric Mingo | FT | 12 | UD | WIN |
14 | Feb 22, 1996 23 years, 3 months 13-1 (9) | Eldon Sneed | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
13 | Dec 6, 1995 23 years 12-1 (8) | Roberto Ávila | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
12 | Nov 2, 1995 22 years, 11 months 11-1 (8) | Gilbert Salinas | 8 | UD | WIN | |
11 | Sep 21, 1995 22 years, 10 months 10-1 (8) | Lupe Rodríguez | 6 | KO | WIN | |
10 | Aug 25, 1995 22 years, 9 months 9-1 (7) | Héctor Vicencio | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Jul 29, 1995 22 years, 8 months 8-1 (6) | Arturo Rangel | 2 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Jul 13, 1995 22 years, 8 months 7-1 (5) | Manuel Mendez | 2 | RTD | WIN | |
Jun 20, 1995 22 years, 7 months 6-1 (4) | 20 years, 5 months 6-2-1 (1) | 7 | TKO | WIN | ||
6 | May 3, 1995 22 years, 5 months 5-1 (3) | Tony Duran | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
Jan 7, 1995 22 years, 1 months 4-1 (2) | 23 years, 11 months 8-0 (7) | 8 | SD | LOSS | ||
4 | Oct 15, 1994 21 years, 11 months 4-0 (2) | César Armando Martínez | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Oct 13, 1994 21 years, 11 months 3-0 (1) | Jamie Cooper | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Aug 19, 1994 21 years, 9 months 2-0 (0) | Rudy Hernandez | 4 | UD | WIN | |
1 | Aug 5, 1994 21 years, 8 months 1-0 (0) | Lewis Wood | 4 | UD | WIN |