In a career that spanned over 25 years, Chávez won six world titles in three weight divisions: WBC Super Featherweight in 1984, WBA Lightweight in 1987, WBC Lightweight in 1988, WBC Light Welterweight in 1989, IBF Light Welterweight in 1990, and WBC Light Welterweight in 1994.

While Taylor won the early rounds, Chávez rallied in the later rounds, scoring a knockdown with seconds remaining in the final round of the fight.

On September 14, 1991, Chávez won a twelve round unanimous decision over former champion Lonnie Smith.

Considered one of the greatest fighters in history, Chávez won six world titles in three weight divisions: WBC Super Featherweight ( 1984 ), WBA Lightweight ( 1987 ), WBC Lightweight ( 1988 ), WBC Light Welterweight ( 1989 ), IBF Light Welterweight ( 1990 ) and WBC Light Welterweight ( 1994 ) for the second time.

While there was little doubt that Taylor had solidly won the first three quarters of the fight, the question at hand was whether he would survive the final quarter, especially after the end of the 11th round when Taylor was so dazed that he nearly went into Chávez ' corner between rounds, until referee Richard Steele directed him back to his own.

Hernandez lost to Jesús Chávez on May 28, 2005, in a fight that, had he won, would have led him to another world title fight.

President Hugo Chávez ' Fifth Republic Movement won 92 seats ( 56 %).

In the Venezuelan presidential election of 1998, Hugo Chávez was elected to his first term as President of Venezuela with the largest percentage of the popular vote ( 56. 2 %) since 1983, when Jaime Lusinchi won with 58. 4 % of the vote.

In the end, it was not enough, and Chávez won a substantial majority, and won 20 of 23 states.

President Chávez won the vote by a substantial majority with 59 % of the total.

On September 26, 2003 at Super Featherweight ( 130lbs ), Julio won his professional debut by outpointing Jonathan Hernandez over six rounds in Chávez Jr .' s native Culiacán, Sinaloa.

In the first four years of the Chávez presidency, the economy grew at first ( 1999 – 2001 ), then contracted from 2001-2003 to GDP levels similar to 1997, at first because of low oil prices, then because of the turmoil caused by the 2002 coup attempt and the 2002-2003 business strike.

Instead, Randall knocked him down for the first time in his career and went on to win a split decision and Chávez lost the title to Randall.

A large gash appeared over the right eye of Chávez within the first minute of the first round, leading many to assume what Chávez later confirmed — that the cut occurred earlier in training and was re-opened in the bout.

Chávez was the mandatory challenger though he had not fought at super lightweight for two years, had recently lost to journeyman boxer Willie Wise, and had not beaten a top contender since losing his first fight to Oscar De La Hoya in 1996.

* Frankie Randall – Boxing star first to beat Julio César Chávez ; has held 3 world titles ; was raised in Morristown.

In 2000, Chávez hosted the first summit of heads of state of OPEC in 25 years.

George Foreman had his last fight ( and experienced the vision that led him to become a born-again Christian in one of its dressing rooms ) before announcing his first retirement there, and Julio César Chávez had one of his first important fights there, on the undercard of Edwin Rosario's world Lightweight championship win against José Luis Ramírez.

* January 29 – Frankie Randall causes Julio César Chávez his first defeat in 91 professional bouts, winning the WBC world Jr. Welterweight title in the process, by a split decision in 12 rounds.

Cesar Chávez was a zoot suiter when he first became interested in community politics and zoot suiter Malcolm X took part in the Harlem zoot suit riots.

In 2001, Chávez swore in all official Bolivarian Circles at the first national reunion under the following oath, which was adapted from Bolívar's own oath on the hill of Monte Sacro in 1805:

Following that, he went 28 – 2 – 1, with notable wins over Alfred Ankamah, Juan Soberanes, future World Middleweight Champion Sergio Gabriel Martinez, Buck Smith, David Kamau and Frankie Randall, a former World Light Welterweight Champion who became the first man to beat Julio César Chávez in 91 fights.

* September 13-Julio César Chávez knocks out Mario Martinez in round eight at Los Angeles, to win the vacant WBC world Jr. Lightweight title, his first of multiple titles.

On October 1 of that year, Pat Chávez became the first person to last the distance with Jorrín, losing a six round decision to the Sacramento fighter.

They were amongst the first rock acts to openly sing about Chicano themes in songs such as " Chicano Power " and " The Ballad of César Chávez " in the late 1960s.

In 2001, Chávez again ran for Mayor of Albuquerque and finished first in a seven-candidate race.

President Hugo Chávez was first elected in December 1998 on a platform calling for a National Constituent Assembly to be convened to draft a new constitution for Venezuela.

Campas, who had been considered by many Mexicans to be the next Chávez, dropped Trinidad in round two, but he lost, for his first professional defeat in 57 bouts.

In the Junior Lightweight division, he defeated top contenders Irleis Cubanito Perez, Melvin Paul, John Montes and Refugio Rojas ( Both Montes and Rojas lasted one round, and Rojas would later last seven in a world title challenge of Julio César Chávez for Chavez's world Jr. Lightweight championship ).

The boxing world championship bout held on March 17, 1990 between WBC Jr. Welterweight world champion Julio César Chávez of Mexico and IBF world champion Meldrick Taylor of the United States was a historic boxing match.

Although Taylor would continue fighting and succeed in winning another championship, the brilliance that he displayed both during and before the Chávez fight would prove elusive afterwards.

Chávez had lifted the World Boxing Association's world Lightweight championship by beating Rosario, and a unification bout between the two friends and neighbors was planned.

* June 7-Oscar de la Hoya loses to Julio César Chávez by a knockout in four rounds to win the WBC's world Junior Welterweight championship.

Since March of 1988, as commentator he has called some of boxing's most famous moments, such as Thunder Meets Lightning, when Julio César Chávez saved himself from a decision defeat by knocking out Meldrick Taylor ( who was leading the fight on two of the three official scorecards ) with only two seconds to go in the last round ; James " Buster " Douglas's upset of Mike Tyson for the World Heavyweight championship.

With the championship on the line, Randall took the fight to Chávez, compelling the champion to slow him down with an illegal low blow that cost Chávez a point.

Minutes later, the fight ended and Randall had made boxing history, as well as claiming Chávez ' WBC light welterweight championship on a split decision.

A year after De La Hoya moved up to welterweight in 1997, Chávez fought Miguel Ángel González for the vacant WBC Light Welterweight title.

He is the father of prospect Omar Chávez and former WBC Middleweight Champion Julio César Chávez, Jr.

After a division record 20 consecutive defenses of his light welterweight title, Chávez ( 87-0 ) moved up one more weight division to challenge Pernell Whitaker ( 32-1 ) for his WBC Welterweight title in September 1993.

The WBC ordered an immediate rematch and Chávez regained the title on a split technical decision in May 1994.

Under WBC rules, Randall lost one point, giving Chávez the technical victory.

He's the father of prospect Omar Chávez and former WBC Middleweight Champion Julio César Chávez, Jr ..

World champions whom Chávez defeated include Jose Luis Ramírez, Rafael Limón, Rocky Lockridge, Meldrick Taylor, Roger Mayweather, Lonnie Smith, Sammy Fuentes, Héctor " Macho " Camacho, Juan Laporte, Edwin Rosario, Greg Haugen, Tony López, Giovanni Parisi, Joey Gamache and Frankie Randall, who had taken the WBC Light Welterweight belt from Chávez just four months earlier.

In 1986, Laporte fought Julio César Chávez at the Madison Square Garden, and many thought Laporte should've deserved the 12 round decision that night, but he lost a majority decision in a contest for Chavez's WBC world Jr. Lightweight title.

Among those to have been recognized by the WBC as world champions were the Undefeated Rocky Marciano ( 49-0 ), Roy Jones, Jr., Wilfred Benítez, Wilfredo Gómez, Julio César Chávez, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Salvador Sánchez, Héctor Camacho, Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzón, Roberto Durán, Juan Laporte, Félix Trinidad, Edwin Rosario, Bernard Hopkins, Alexis Argüello, Nigel Benn, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko, Erik Morales, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

* While WBC Super Featherweight champion, Julio César Chávez wanted to fight top contender Roger Mayweather for a promoter other than Don King.

* In 2000, King-promoted Julio César Chávez was the mandatory challenger for Kostya Tszyu's WBC super lightweight title.

On June 7, 1996, Oscar De La Hoya fought Mexican legend Julio César Chávez ( 96 – 1 – 1 ) for the Lineal & WBC Light Welterweight Championships.