Julio César Chávez has an overall professional boxing record of participation in 115 total fights with 107 wins (wins by KO: 86), 6 losses and 2 draws.
Julio César Chávez holds records for the most total successful defences of world titles (27), most title fight victories and fighters beaten for the title (both at 31), and most title fights (37).
Julio César Chávez has the second most title defences won by knockout (21). Chávez’s 1993 win over Greg Haugen at the Estadio Azteca set the record for the largest attendance for an outdoor boxing match: 136,274.
In 2010, Julio César Chávez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for the Class of 2011. Chávez is ranked as the 17th best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by BoxRec, and #24 on ESPN’s list of “50 Greatest Boxers of All Time”.
On September 13, 1984, Julio César Chávez won his first championship, the vacant WBC Super Featherweight title after knocking out Mario “Azabache” Martínez at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.