Career
A southpaw from Mexico City, he fought with a wild-swinging style yet earned knockouts by wearing opponents out letting them hit him in his iron jaw. Born on January 13, 1954, Limón is best known for his legendary four-bout rivalry with Bobby Chacon. Their first fight took place on December 7, 1975, in Mexicali, Mexico, Limón defeating a streaking and heavily favoured Chacon in a ten-round decision.
Following this he and Chacon met for the second time, an accidental head-butt resulting in a seven round no contest.
The pair met for a third time on March 21, 1980, in Los Angeles, Chacon earning a very controversial 10-round decision. In spite of this Limón found himself fighting later that year for the world title Arguello had vacated.
Limon made his first defense against England-based Ugandan Cornelius Boza Edwards, losing a 15-round decision. Held on December 11, 1982 in Sacramento, it was the first with a world championship at stake.
Limón dropped Chacón in rounds 3 & 10, but Chacon turned the tables with only a few seconds left in round 15 and knocked Limón down.
Limón climbed the ropes to get to his feet to finish the fight, yet lost on the judges" cards in a split decision. He was no match for Camacho, who landed 6 crisp punches for every miss Limón threw and stopped him in 5 rounds. Limón went on boxing until 1992, losing to a number of future world champions and important boxers, including Julio César Chávez and Roger Mayweather, but never again challenged for a world title.
His record is 52-23-2 (39 KOs).