Omar Chávez
Encyclopedia
Omar Alonzo Chávez Carrasco (born January 4, 1990 in Culiacán
, Sinaloa
, Mexico
) is an undefeated Mexican
boxer
and the current WBC Youth Intercontinental
Welterweight
Champion. He's the son of legendary boxing champion Julio César Chávez
and brother of current WBC
Middleweight
Champion, Julio César Chávez, Jr.
. He's the son of legendary boxing champion Julio César Chávez
and his then-wife Amalia Carrasco. 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.
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 which by knockout. Omar is signed with Bob Arum
's Top Rank
.
, who had won four and lost three coming into their bout, collapsed after Chávez knocked him out in round four. 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.
Omar has started to improve on his punching power and proved it with a 1st round K.O. of Eugenio Lopez. In September 2011, Chávez beat Alberto Martínez to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental
Welterweight
Championship.
|align="center" colspan=8|27 Wins (20 knockouts), 0 Losses, 1 Draw
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
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Jorge Páez, Jr.
| || || December 17, 2011 || align=left|
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|Win || 27-0-1 || align=left| Alberto Martínez
|TKO || 1 (2:51) || September 9, 2011 || align=left|
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|Win || 26-0-1 || align=left| Genaro Trazancos
|TKO || 4 (0:52) || May 28, 2011 || align=left|
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|Win || 25-0-1 || align=left|
Ignasi Caballero
|KO || 2 (1:34) || || align=left|
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|Win || 24-0-1 || align=left| Rodrigo Juárez
|KO || 4 (2:47) || || align=left|
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|Win || 23-0-1 || align=left| Miguel Galindo
|KO || 2 (1:09) || July 24, 2010 || align=left|
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|Win || 22-0-1 || align=left| Rodrigo Juárez
|SD || 8 (8) || May 5, 2010 || align=left|
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|Win || 21-0-1 || align=left| José Arelis López
|UD || 6 (6) || March 3, 2010 || align=left|
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|Win || 20-0-1 || align=left| Eugenio López
|KO || 1 (1:44) || February 20, 2010 || align=left|
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|Win || 19-0-1 || align=left| Carlos Urrea
|TKO || 2 (2:39) || || align=left|
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|Win || 18-0-1 || align=left|
James Ventry
|UD || 6 (6) || October 10, 2009 || align=left|
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|Win || 17-0-1 || align=left| Marco Nazareth
|TKO || 4 (2:59) || July 18, 2009 || align=left|
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|Win || 16-0-1 || align=left| Patrick Cape
|TKO || 2 (2:19) || June 20, 2009 || align=left|
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|Win || 15-0-1 || align=left| Tyler Ziolkowski
|KO || 2 (1:48) || May 2, 2009 || align=left|
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|Win || 14-0-1 || align=left| Rodolfo Armenta
|MD || 4 (4) || February 6, 2009 || align=left|
|align=left|Armenta was undefeated going in.
|-align=center
|Win || 13-0-1 || align=left| Brian Carden
|TKO || 1 (1:50) || || align=left|
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|Win || 12-0-1 || align=left| Miguel Hernández
|UD || 4 (4) || || align=left|
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|Win || 11-0-1 || align=left| Jeremy Marts
|KO || 1 (2:44) || August 2, 2008 || align=left|
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|style="background: #B0C4DE"|D || 10-0-1 || align=left| Miguel Hernández
|MD || 4 (4) || June 21, 2008 || align=left|
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|Win || 10-0-0 || align=left| Juan Castíllo
|KO || 1 (2:59) || May 17, 2008 || align=left|
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|Win || 9-0-0 || align=left| Marco Nazareth
|UD || 4 (4) || April 26, 2008 || align=left|
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|Win || 8-0-0 || align=left| Antonio Valencia
|TKO || 3 (2:40) || March 29, 2008 || align=left|
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|Win || 7-0-0 || align=left| Iván García
|TKO || 2 (1:32) || || align=left|
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|Win ||6-0-0 || align=left| Miguel Camacho
|MD || 4 (4) || February 9, 2008 || align=left|
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|Win ||5-0-0 || align=left| Miguel Hernández
|TKO || 1 (1:27) || || align=left|
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|Win || 4-0-0 || align=left| Enrique Fernández
|KO || 1 (0:29) || May 19, 2007 || align=left|
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|Win || 3-0-0 || align=left| Jesús Hernández
|KO || 3 (1:55) || April 28, 2007 || align=left|
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|Win || 2-0-0 || align=left| Óscar Sánchez
|TKO || 1 (2:49) || March 31, 2007 || align=left|
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|Win || 1-0-0 || align=left| Jesús García
|KO || 1 (2:00) || || align=left|
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Culiacán
Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city , and 858,638 in the municipality, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa...
, Sinaloa
Sinaloa
Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
) is an undefeated Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and the current WBC Youth Intercontinental
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
Champion. He's the son of legendary boxing champion Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world...
and brother of current WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
Middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
Champion, Julio César Chávez, Jr.
Julio César Chávez, Jr.
Julio César Chávez Carrasco , is an undefeated Mexican boxer and the current WBC Middleweight Champion. His younger brother Omar Chávez is also an undefeated prospect who fights at Welterweight....
Personal life
Omar was born in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, MexicoMexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. He's the son of legendary boxing champion Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world...
and his then-wife Amalia Carrasco. Omar's face became known to boxing fans when his father would take him and his older brother, Julio Jr.
Julio César Chávez, Jr.
Julio César Chávez Carrasco , is an undefeated Mexican boxer and the current WBC Middleweight Champion. His younger brother Omar Chávez is also an undefeated prospect who fights at Welterweight....
into the ring as children, before each of Chávez Sr.'s fights.
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 knockoutKnockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
on the undercard which included his brother Julio in their native Culiacán
Culiacán
Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city , and 858,638 in the municipality, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa...
. He won his next five straight fights in just over a year, four of which by knockout. Omar is signed with Bob Arum
Bob Arum
Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....
's Top Rank
Top Rank
Top Rank may refer to:*Top Rank, Las Vegas based boxing promotion company formed in 1973* Top Rank Records, 1950s subsidiary record label of the Rank Organisation, British company which ran from 1937 to 1996...
.
Nazareth's Death
On July 18, 2009, Chávez' opponent, Marco Antonio NazarethMarco Antonio Nazareth
Marco Antonio Nazareth , was a Mexican professional boxer.-Pro career:...
, who had won four and lost three coming into their bout, collapsed after Chávez knocked him out in round four. 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.
Omar has started to improve on his punching power and proved it with a 1st round K.O. of Eugenio Lopez. In September 2011, Chávez beat Alberto Martínez to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
Championship.
Professional record
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align="center" colspan=8|27 Wins (20 knockouts), 0 Losses, 1 Draw
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
|-align=center
| || || align=left|
Jorge Páez, Jr.Jorge Páez, Jr.
Jorge Páez, Jr. is a Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He is the current WBC Youth Intercontinental Welterweight Champion...
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|Win || 27-0-1 || align=left|
Alberto Martínez|TKO || 1 (2:51) || September 9, 2011 || align=left|
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|Win || 26-0-1 || align=left|
Genaro Trazancos|TKO || 4 (0:52) || May 28, 2011 || align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win || 25-0-1 || align=left|
Ignasi Caballero|KO || 2 (1:34) || || align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win || 24-0-1 || align=left|
Rodrigo Juárez|KO || 4 (2:47) || || align=left|
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|Win || 23-0-1 || align=left|
Miguel Galindo|KO || 2 (1:09) || July 24, 2010 || align=left|
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|Win || 22-0-1 || align=left|
Rodrigo Juárez|SD || 8 (8) || May 5, 2010 || align=left|
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|Win || 21-0-1 || align=left|
José Arelis López|UD || 6 (6) || March 3, 2010 || align=left|
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|Win || 20-0-1 || align=left|
Eugenio López|KO || 1 (1:44) || February 20, 2010 || align=left|
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|Win || 19-0-1 || align=left|
Carlos Urrea|TKO || 2 (2:39) || || align=left|
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|Win || 18-0-1 || align=left|
James Ventry|UD || 6 (6) || October 10, 2009 || align=left|
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|Win || 17-0-1 || align=left|
Marco Nazareth|TKO || 4 (2:59) || July 18, 2009 || align=left|
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|Win || 16-0-1 || align=left|
Patrick Cape|TKO || 2 (2:19) || June 20, 2009 || align=left|
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|Win || 15-0-1 || align=left|
Tyler Ziolkowski|KO || 2 (1:48) || May 2, 2009 || align=left|
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|Win || 14-0-1 || align=left|
Rodolfo Armenta|MD || 4 (4) || February 6, 2009 || align=left|
|align=left|Armenta was undefeated going in.
|-align=center
|Win || 13-0-1 || align=left|
Brian Carden|TKO || 1 (1:50) || || align=left|
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|Win || 12-0-1 || align=left|
Miguel Hernández|UD || 4 (4) || || align=left|
|align=left|
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|Win || 11-0-1 || align=left|
Jeremy Marts|KO || 1 (2:44) || August 2, 2008 || align=left|
|align=left|
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|style="background: #B0C4DE"|D || 10-0-1 || align=left|
Miguel Hernández|MD || 4 (4) || June 21, 2008 || align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win || 10-0-0 || align=left|
Juan Castíllo|KO || 1 (2:59) || May 17, 2008 || align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win || 9-0-0 || align=left|
Marco Nazareth|UD || 4 (4) || April 26, 2008 || align=left|
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|Win || 8-0-0 || align=left|
Antonio Valencia|TKO || 3 (2:40) || March 29, 2008 || align=left|
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|Win || 7-0-0 || align=left|
Iván García|TKO || 2 (1:32) || || align=left|
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|Win ||6-0-0 || align=left|
Miguel Camacho|MD || 4 (4) || February 9, 2008 || align=left|
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|Win ||5-0-0 || align=left|
Miguel Hernández|TKO || 1 (1:27) || || align=left|
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|Win || 4-0-0 || align=left|
Enrique Fernández|KO || 1 (0:29) || May 19, 2007 || align=left|
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|Win || 3-0-0 || align=left|
Jesús Hernández|KO || 3 (1:55) || April 28, 2007 || align=left|
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|Win || 2-0-0 || align=left|
Óscar Sánchez|TKO || 1 (2:49) || March 31, 2007 || align=left|
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|Win || 1-0-0 || align=left|
Jesús García|KO || 1 (2:00) || || align=left|
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