Omar Chávez
Mexican boxer
Omar Chávez
Personal information
Nickname(s)
Terremoto ("Earthquake")
Businessman
BornOmar Alonzo Chávez Carrasco
(1990-01-04) January 4, 1990 (age 36)
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
WeightWelterweight
Light welterweight
Lightweight
Super Middleweight
Boxing career
Reach74 in (188 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights50
Wins41
Win by KO28
Losses8
Draws1

Omar Alonso Chávez Carrasco (born January 4, 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer and the one time WBC Youth Intercontinental welterweight champion.[1] He is the son of former three-division world champion of boxing, Julio César Chávez, and younger brother of Julio César Chávez Jr.

Personal life

Omar was born in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He is the son of legendary boxing champion Julio César Chávez and his then-wife Amalia Carrasco, and brother of former middleweight champion Julio César Chávez, Jr.[2][3] Omar's face became known to boxing fans when his father would take him and his older brother, Julio Jr. into the ring as children, before each of Chávez Sr.'s fights.[4]

He also has a sister, Nicole.

Professional career

On December 16, 2006 when Chávez was 16 years old he began his professional career, beating fellow debutant Jesús García with a first round knockout on the undercard which included his brother Julio in their native Culiacán. He won his next five straight fights in just over a year, four of them by knockout. Omar was signed with Bob Arum's Top Rank.[5]

On July 18, 2009, Chávez, for the second time would face Marco Antonio Nazareth, who had won four and lost three coming into their bout. In the fourth round Nazareth had received many heavy blows and the referee decided to stop the fight. As Nazareth sat on his stool he collapsed.[6] He was rushed to the local hospital where he underwent a three-hour operation to treat a cerebral hemorrhage, but he died four days later.[7]

Omar has started to improve on his punching power and proved it with a 1st round K.O. of Eugenio Lopez.[8] In September 2011, Chávez beat Alberto Martínez to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental Welterweight Championship.[9]

On December 12, 2011, Omar Chavez faced Jorge Paez Jr, son of Jorge "Maromero" Paez. Although Chavez was looking for the knockout, Paez Jr. was more the boxer and manage to beat Chavez with a unanimous 10-round decision.

After a hiatus of two years, Chavez returned to the boxing rings in 2023, and won then[10] and had a fight on March 31, 2024, against Muchi Zavala by second-round knockout at Tijuana.[11]

Professional boxing record

50 fights 41 wins 8 losses
By knockout 28 0
By decision 13 8
Draws 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Photos: Omar Chavez and Rodrigo Juarez Go To War". Boxingscene.com. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  2. ^ Dwyre, Bill (June 4, 2011). "Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. slugs way to world title". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ "Most Popular E-mail Newsletter". USA Today. June 5, 2011.
  4. ^ "Omar Chavez". BoxRec.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  5. ^ "Rojas vs. Cardenas - Top Rank Boxing". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  6. ^ "Marco Nazareth fighting for his life". Fightnights.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  7. ^ Mark Vester (22 July 2009). "Marco Nazareth passes away after Chávez loss". Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  8. ^ "War in Mexico: Ponce De Leon, Segura, Chavez, Espadas in Action". Insidepulse.com. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  9. ^ "Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Makes First World Title Defense Against Manfredo". Thesweetscience.com. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  10. ^ https://boxrec.com/en/event/885930
  11. ^ https://boxrec.com/en/event/897543
  • Boxing record for Omar Chávez from BoxRec (registration required)
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