1. Bobby Chacon was an American professional boxer who competed from 1972 to 1988.
32 Facts About Bobby Chacon
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Bobby Chacon held titles in two weight classes, including the World Boxing Council featherweight title from 1974 to 1975 and the WBC super featherweight title from 1982 to 1983.
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Bobby Chacon trained under Joe Ponce and won his first 19 fights, including a win against former champion Jesus Castillo.
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Fourteen months into his professional career, Bobby Chacon faced world champion Ruben Olivares but lost the bout when Olivares scored a ninth-round knock out.
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Bobby Chacon outboxed Lopez and stopped him in the ninth round in an exciting fight.
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On September 7,1974, Bobby Chacon won the vacant WBC Featherweight title by defeating former WBA Junior Lightweight champion Alfredo Marcano in nine rounds at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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Bobby Chacon lost his title in his second defense against arch-rival Ruben Olivares.
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Bobby Chacon then scored nine straight wins, leading him to a third match with Olivares.
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In Bobby Chacon's next fight, he lost an upset decision to Arturo Leon.
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Bobby Chacon rebounded by scoring victories over Ignacio Campos, Augie Pantellas, Gerald Hayes and Shig Fukuyama.
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Bobby Chacon then fought to a technical draw in a rematch against Rafael Limon.
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In November 1979, Bobby Chacon received a shot at the WBC title, versus world champion Alexis Arguello.
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Arguello defeated him by a devastating knock out after Bobby Chacon sustained a bad cut in the seventh round.
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In 1980, Bobby Chacon had only one fight, but it was a significant one.
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Bobby Chacon beat Limon in their third bout, and the WBC made him their number one challenger.
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Bobby Chacon was able to find a job, but unable to convince him to join her in Hawaii, so she flew back.
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Bobby Chacon pleaded for him to leave the sport but was unsuccessful, and the night before he boxed Salvador Ugalde, she shot and killed herself with a rifle.
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Bobby Chacon went through with the fight and KO'ed Ugalde in the third round.
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About one and a half years after his wife's suicide, Bobby Chacon remarried and bought a large farm with a mansion and, according to what he said at an interview, about 40 horses.
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Bobby Chacon acquired a collection of Rolls-Royce cars and some other vehicles.
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Bobby Chacon rose from a knockdown in round three and recovered from a dangerous cut.
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In 1983, Bobby Chacon was signed to defend his WBC title in that rematch against Boza Edwards, who was the WBC's mandatory challenger.
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Bobby Chacon started 1984 with a move up in weight, to the Lightweight division, where he tried to join the exclusive club of boxing's three division world champions, but was knocked out in three during his challenge against world champion Ray Mancini in Reno.
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Bobby Chacon then beat Carlton Sparrow by a TKO in five rounds and announced his retirement.
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Bobby Chacon came back in 1985 and he won five fights, including one against former world champion Arturo Frias by a knockout in seven, and a knockout in five over Rafael Solis, who had challenged Camacho for the world Jr.
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Bobby Chacon retired in 1989 winning 14 out of his last 15 fights.
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Bobby Chacon was placed on probation in 1984 for beating his second of three wives.
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Bobby Chacon's life was again marred by tragedy in 1991, when his son Bobby Jr.
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Bobby Chacon died after falling while in hospice care for dementia on September 7,2016.
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In 2003, Bobby Chacon was included on The Rings list of "The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time".
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Bobby Chacon was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in January 2005; he was to be inducted into the West Boxing Hall of Fame later in September 2016.
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The chorus of Warren Zevon's song "Boom Boom Mancini", from his 1987 album Sentimental Hygiene, makes reference to Bobby Chacon's fight with Mancini three years earlier.