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This story is regarding JJC's twelfth professional boxing bout.
For many years the leading record books, including both Pugilato and The Ring Record Book, recorded the first loss of Julio Cesar Chavez as being by disqualification. This has since been changed to a knockout victory for Chavez, based on confirmation from the local boxing commission in Culiacan.
The very interesting part is this... Ramon Felix, manager of Chavez, happened to be a member of the Culiacan commission at the time.
So, was he 89-0-1? If Roy Jones Jr had a manager on the boxing commission when he had a DQ lost to Montell Griffith his record would have been at 49-0 (Marciano's record I mention because Roy fought and won the WBA Heavyweight Championship; Larry Holmes made it to 48-0 before losing to Spinks) before suffering a loss.
So, before we go posting big numbers (which many don't mean much) we should use a weighted ranking system that considers the level of competition, how often they fought, how often they fought the best, at what level of ease or difficulty did they win or lose a bout, how well did they perform in rematches, how well did they fight in bouts they had great adversity (cuts, swelling, etc), and so on... these are the things that helps us define a true champion and legend and helps us separate them from the fighters who were good and had great statistics but not elite.
For many years the leading record books, including both Pugilato and The Ring Record Book, recorded the first loss of Julio Cesar Chavez as being by disqualification. This has since been changed to a knockout victory for Chavez, based on confirmation from the local boxing commission in Culiacan.
The very interesting part is this... Ramon Felix, manager of Chavez, happened to be a member of the Culiacan commission at the time.
So, was he 89-0-1? If Roy Jones Jr had a manager on the boxing commission when he had a DQ lost to Montell Griffith his record would have been at 49-0 (Marciano's record I mention because Roy fought and won the WBA Heavyweight Championship; Larry Holmes made it to 48-0 before losing to Spinks) before suffering a loss.
So, before we go posting big numbers (which many don't mean much) we should use a weighted ranking system that considers the level of competition, how often they fought, how often they fought the best, at what level of ease or difficulty did they win or lose a bout, how well did they perform in rematches, how well did they fight in bouts they had great adversity (cuts, swelling, etc), and so on... these are the things that helps us define a true champion and legend and helps us separate them from the fighters who were good and had great statistics but not elite.
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