Background
Chavez was born in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico and raised in Chicago.
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He fights with the nickname El Matador, meaning "The Killer", in honor to his first gym, Tom O'Shea"s Northwestern Settlement Matadors in Chicago. He became a legal United States. resident as a child, but at age 16 he was convicted of being an accessory to armed robbery, spent four years in prison, and was subsequently deported back to Mexico. Nevertheless, he struggled to regain American citizenship and work his way up in boxing ranks.
In another exciting fight, Chávez rocked Morales early in the first round.
Morales recovered and knocked Chávez down twice in the 2nd round, but Chávez came back and fought hard for the rest of the fight, despite having a torn rotator cuff and torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament. In an exciting 12-round war, Chávez pulled out a close decision. Leavander Johnson"s death
In an unfortunate bout, Chávez out-hustled Johnson throughout the entire fight, beating him severely for the entire fight until the referee finally stepped in and ended lieutenant
Johnson died several days later when he went into a coma. Despite being implicated in the tragedy, Johnson"s family encouraged Chavez to keep fighting.
In 2007, Chavez lost his IBF title to Julio Díaz.
Chavez, of Austin, also floored Ledesma in the 7th round. On April 4, 2009, Chavez was defeated by Michael Katsidis via 8th round TKO. He is trained by Richard Lord.
Achievements
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He is the former NABF, WBC Super Featherweight and IBF Lightweight Champion. Chávez"s first title opportunity came against WBC Super Featherweight champion Floyd Mayweather Junior. where he retired in the 9th round after an entertaining bout. He rebounded to win Mayweather"s vacated WBC title, but lost it to then two-time champion Erik Morales. Morales won a close decision, but Chávez gained further respect for his effort. In his next fight, he took on former IBF Champion Carlos Hernández, who in turn had also lost his own title to Morales. He then moved up to the Lightweight division to take on IBF champion Leavander Johnson. On September 6, 2008, Jesus "El Matador" Chavez, (44-4 with 31 Win by TKO) knocked out visiting Andres Ledesma,of Colombia 42 seconds into the 9th round of their lightweight bout, at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas. His struggle to attain legal United States. residence and work his way up the boxing ranks was documented in the film "Split Decision".
