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Omar Alonso Chávez Carrasco (born January 4, 1990) is a Mexican
professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
and the one time WBC Youth Intercontinental
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champion. He is the son of former three-division world champion of boxing,
Julio César Chávez Julio César Chávez González (; born July 12, 1962), also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005. A multiple-time world champion in three weight divisions, Chávez was liste ...
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Personal life

Omar was born in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He is the son of legendary boxing champion
Julio César Chávez Julio César Chávez González (; born July 12, 1962), also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005. A multiple-time world champion in three weight divisions, Chávez was liste ...
and his then-wife Amalia Carrasco, and brother of former
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champion Julio César Chávez, Jr. Omar's face became known to boxing fans when his father would take him and his older brother, Julio Jr. into the ring as children, before each of Chávez Sr.'s fights. He also has a sister, Nicole.


Professional career

On December 16, 2006 when Chávez was 16 years old he began his professional career, beating fellow debutant Jesús García with a first round
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on the undercard which included his brother Julio in their native
Culiacán Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531 by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de ...
. He won his next five straight fights in just over a year, four of them by knockout. Omar was signed with Bob Arum's Top Rank. On July 18, 2009, Chávez, for the second time would face Marco Antonio Nazareth, who had won four and lost three coming into their bout. In the fourth round Nazareth had received many heavy blows and the referee decided to stop the fight. As Nazareth sat on his stool he collapsed. He was rushed to the local hospital where he underwent a three-hour operation to treat a
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, but he died four days later. Omar has started to improve on his punching power and proved it with a 1st round K.O. of Eugenio Lopez. In September 2011, Chávez beat Alberto Martínez to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental
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Championship. On December 12, 2011, Omar Chavez faced Jorge Paez Jr, son of Jorge "Maromero" Paez. Although Chavez was looking for the knockout, Paez Jr. was more the boxer and manage to beat Chavez with a unanimous 10-round decision. After a hiatus of two years, Chavez returned to the boxing rings in 2023, and won then and had a fight on March 31, 2024, against Muchi Zavala by second-round knockout at Tijuana.https://boxrec.com/en/event/897543


Professional boxing record

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align=center , Win, , 35-3-1 , , align=left, César Chávez , KO , , 1 (8) , , 2016-12-10 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win, , 34-3-1 , , align=left, Hector Muñoz , MD , , 10 (10) , , 2015-06-26 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win, , 33-3-1 , , align=left, Richard Gutierrez , UD , , 8 (8) , , 2015-04-18 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss, , 32-3-1 , , align=left, Ramón Álvarez , UD , , 10 (10) , , 2014-09-27 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win, , 32-2-1 , , align=left, Joachim Alcine , UD , , 10 (10) , , 2013-10-19 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win, , 31-2-1 , , align=left, Daniel Sandoval , UD , , 10 (10) , , 2014-05-03 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win, , 30-2-1 , , align=left, Charlie Navarro , UD , , 10 (10) , , 2013-07-06 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win, , 29-2-1 , , align=left, Pablo Vasquez , TKO , , 2 (10) , , 2013-03-23 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss, , 28-2-1 , , align=left, Jorge Páez, Jr. , UD , , 10 (10) , , July 21, 2012 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win, , 28-1-1 , , align=left, Emilio Julio Julio , RTD , , 9 (10) , , March 22, 2012 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss, , 27-1-1 , , align=left, Jorge Páez, Jr. , MD , , 10 (10) , , December 17, 2011 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 27-0-1 , , align=left, Alberto Martínez , TKO , , 1 (2:51) , , September 9, 2011 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 26-0-1 , , align=left, Genaro Trazancos , TKO , , 4 (0:52) , , May 28, 2011 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 25-0-1 , , align=left, Ignasi Caballero , KO , , 2 (1:34) , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 24-0-1 , , align=left, Rodrigo Juárez , KO , , 4 (2:47) , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 23-0-1 , , align=left, Miguel Galindo , KO , , 2 (1:09) , , July 24, 2010 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 22-0-1 , , align=left, Rodrigo Juárez , SD , , 8 (8) , , May 5, 2010 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 21-0-1 , , align=left, José Arelis López , UD , , 6 (6) , , March 3, 2010 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 20-0-1 , , align=left, Eugenio López , KO , , 1 (1:44) , , February 20, 2010 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 19-0-1 , , align=left, Carlos Urrea , TKO , , 2 (2:39) , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 18-0-1 , , align=left, James Ventry , UD , , 6 (6) , , October 10, 2009 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 17-0-1 , , align=left, Marco Nazareth , TKO , , 4 (2:59) , , July 18, 2009 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 16-0-1 , , align=left, Patrick Cape , TKO , , 2 (2:19) , , June 20, 2009 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 15-0-1 , , align=left, Tyler Ziolkowski , KO , , 2 (1:48) , , May 2, 2009 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 14-0-1 , , align=left, Rodolfo Armenta , MD , , 4 (4) , , February 6, 2009 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 13-0-1 , , align=left, Brian Carden , TKO , , 1 (1:50) , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 12-0-1 , , align=left, Miguel Hernández , UD , , 4 (4) , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 11-0-1 , , align=left, Jeremy Marts , KO , , 1 (2:44) , , August 2, 2008 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , style="background: #B0C4DE", Draw , , 10-0-1 , , align=left, Miguel Hernández , MD , , 4 (4) , , June 21, 2008 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 10-0-0 , , align=left, Juan Castíllo , KO , , 1 (2:59) , , May 17, 2008 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 9-0-0 , , align=left, Marco Nazareth , UD , , 4 (4) , , April 26, 2008 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 8-0-0 , , align=left, Antonio Valencia , TKO , , 3 (2:40) , , March 29, 2008 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 7-0-0 , , align=left, Iván García , TKO , , 2 (1:32) , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 6-0-0 , , align=left, Miguel Camacho , MD , , 4 (4) , , February 9, 2008 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 5-0-0 , , align=left, Miguel Hernández , TKO , , 1 (1:27) , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 4-0-0 , , align=left, Enrique Fernández , KO , , 1 (0:29) , , May 19, 2007 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 3-0-0 , , align=left, Jesús Hernández , KO , , 3 (1:55) , , April 28, 2007 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 2-0-0 , , align=left, Óscar Sánchez , TKO , , 1 (2:49) , , March 31, 2007 , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , , 1-0-0 , , align=left, Jesús García , KO , , 1 (2:00) , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center


See also

* Notable boxing families


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez, Omar Boxers from Sinaloa Sportspeople from Culiacán Light-welterweight boxers Welterweight boxers 1990 births Living people Mexican male boxers 21st-century Mexican sportsmen