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Revision as of 23:46, 6 April 2010

Rocky Juarez
File:RockyJuarez.png
Born
Ricardo Rocky Juarez

(1980-04-15) April 15, 1980 (age 44)
Houston, Texas, United States
NationalityUnited States American / Mexico Mexican
Other namesRocky
Statistics
Weight(s)Super featherweight
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights35
Wins28
Wins by KO20
Losses6
Draws1
No contests0
Rocky Juarez
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Featherweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Houston Featherweight

Ricardo Rocky Juarez (born April 15, 1980 in Houston, Texas) is a professional Mexican-American boxer. Juarez has a current professional record of 28 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, with 19 wins coming by way of knockout.

Professional career

Juarez turned pro on January 25, 2001 with a unanimous decision against Pascali Adorno. A highly touted prospect, Juarez rose up the ranks with wins against Hector Velazquez, and Joe Morales. Juarez's 10th round knockout of Antonio Diaz was named Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year for 2003. His first challenge came from 1996 Olympian Zahir Raheem on July 17, 2004, in which he won by controversial decision, possibly due the fight taking place at Juarez's hometown in Houston, Texas. Juarez's first career loss came to Humberto Soto, who was a late sub replacement to In Jin Chi, Soto outboxed Juarez in the whole fight to win the Interim version of the WBC featherweight title. Juarez bounced back with back-to-back wins against Reynaldo Hurtado and Backlin Medrano and earned a shot against Mexican legend, Marco Antonio Barrera for his WBC Super featherweight title.

Juarez fought Barrera on May 20, 2006 in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Barrera used his jab to win the early rounds, but it was obvious from the start that Juarez wasn't backing down hurting Barrera's nose in the process. During the second half of the fight Juarez took control by rocking Barrera and making him spit out his mouthpiece several times. In a very close fight, the bout was announced originally as a draw, but later it was revealed that two of the judges scorecards had an error, as Barrera was granted the win by split decision.[1] Despite losing Juarez gained notoriety by standing toe to toe with one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. Although not required by contract, Barrera and Juarez met in a rematch on September 16, this time Barrera winning comfortably on points through a unanimous decision (117-111, 115-113, 115-113).[2]

As a replacement for Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, Rocky Juarez stepped in and fought Juan Manuel Márquez for the WBC Super Featherweight title on November 3, 2007. He lost to Marquez on a unanimous decision. Juarez fought most of the fight with a bad cut above his left eye due to an accidental headbutt in the first round.[3]

On September 6, 2008, Rocky Juarez, (27-4, 19 KO's) won by TKO at 2:55 in the 11th round of the 12-rounder over former WBO Junior Lightweight Champion Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, (47-3-1, 34 KO's)..[4][5]

In his fourth attempt at a title, Juarez fought Chris John to a controversial draw on February 28, 2009 in his hometown of Houston. Most ringside observers thought John won.[6] The two were supposed to fight a rematch on June 27 of that year but John withdrew from the fight due to problems with his blood tests.[6] The rematch finally took place on September 19 and the fight was won by John.[7]

Amateur career

Juarez had a lustrous amateur career with a 145-17 record, which included a 68 fight winning streak, a Featherweight Olympic silver medal and a Junior Olympic World and National gold medal. In 1999 he won the world title at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in his home town. During the 2000 Olympics Gold medal round, Juarez loss controversially against Bekzat Sattarkhanov who was warned several times for holding and not penalized. Juarez accepted the silver medal.

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.hbo.com/boxing/events/2006/0520_barrera_juarez/columns/fight_recap.html
  2. ^ http://www.eastsideboxing.com/boxing-news/Barrera-Juarez.php
  3. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=3094585
  4. ^ ringsidereport.com, Houston Fighters Juan Diaz and Rocky Juarez Win Big, but Judges are the Big Losers
  5. ^ abs-cbnnews.com, Diaz takes IBO lightweight belt via split decision
  6. ^ a b Dan Rafael (2009-06-22). "John withdraws from bout with Juarez". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  7. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4488351


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