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Julio César Chávez (born July 12 , 1962 in Ciudad Obregón , Sonora ) is a retired Mexican world champion Boxer . Chávez grew up in ". Chávez wore a black ribbon on the night of September 21 , 1985 , during his world title defense against Dwight Pratchett , to honor all his countrymen and women who fell during the Mexico City Earthquake two days previously. Chávez's relationship with boxing promoter Don King was controversial. During a short period during the 1990s, Chávez tried to break his ties to King and sign with Bob Arum . After being threatened by a gang that his son would be kidnapped, Chávez became one of the first people to denounce the Kidnappings Of Famous People's Relatives in Mexico during the middle and late 1990s. Chávez held a short romantic relationship with then budding actress Salma Hayek during 1994. On November 24 , 2003 , he came out of retirement to avenge an earlier loss to Willy Wise , knocking Wise out in two rounds in Mexico City . In April of 2004, Chávez went back into the ring, for what he again claimed would be, his last appearance. In that fight, nicknamed ''Adiós, México, Gracias'' (''Good-bye, Mexico, Thank you''), he beat his former conqueror, Frankie Randall (the first man to beat Chávez and drop him), by a ten round decision. On May 28 , 2005 , Chávez once again stepped into a boxing ring, outpointing Ivan Robinson over ten rounds at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California , the city where he had won his first world title 21 years before. On September 17 , he lost by a knockout in five rounds to Grover Wiley , after allegedly injuring his right hand. Chávez then told his promoter Bob Arum that he was definitely retiring from boxing. Chávez holds a record of 107 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, with 80 knockouts. He holds the records for most successful defenses of a world title (27) and most title fights (37). Chavez also earned the second best winning streak (89-0) of an undefeated fighter in boxing history. His son, Julio Jr. , is also a professional boxer. See also
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