- Rocky Juarez
Infobox_Boxer
name=Rocky Juarez
realname=Ricardo Rocky Juarez
nickname=Rocky
weight=Super featherweight
nationality= American
birth_date=birth date and age|1980|4|15|mf=y
death_date=
birth_place=Houston, Texas , U.S.
home=Houston, Texas , U.S.
style=Orthodox
total=32
wins=28
KO=20
losses=4
draws=0
no contests=0Ricardo Rocky Juarez (born
April 15 ,1980 inHouston, Texas ) is a professionalMexican-American boxer. Juarez has a current professional record of 28 wins, 4 losses, no draws, with 19 wins coming by way of knockout.Professional career
Juarez turned pro on
January 25 ,2001 with a unanimous decision againstPascali Adorno . A highly touted prospect, Juarez rose up the ranks with wins againstHector Velazquez , andJoe Morales . Juarez's 10th round knockout ofAntonio Diaz was namedRing Magazine Knockout of the Year for 2003. His first challenge came from 1996 OlympianZahir Raheem onJuly 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 toHumberto Soto , who was a late sub replacement toIn 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 againstMexican legend,Marco Antonio Barrera for his WBC Super featherweight title.Juarez fought Barrera on
May 20 ,2006 in theStaples Center inLos 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. 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 onSeptember 16 , this time Barrera winning comfortably on points through a unanimous decision (117-111, 115-113, 115-113).Juarez has reached an agreement in principle to ink an exclusive promotional agreement with Golden Boy Promotions ever-growing stable of talent. His first fight under the promotion will be against
Robert Guerrero (20-3-1 13 KOs) for Guerrero'sIBF Featherweight Title. The fight will be held onSeptember 15 ,2007 and will be televised on HBO.With
Jorge Barrios being pulled out of his fight againstJuan Manuel Marquez on September 15th, Eric Gomez and managerShelly Finkel have confirmed that Rocky Juarez will now step in and face Marquez as that night’s headliner.Juarez, was to have faced IBF featherweight champion
Robert Guerrero , another Finkel client, on that same pay-per-view card.On
September 6 , 2008, Rocky Juarez, (27-4, 19 KO's) won byTKO at 2:55 in the 11th round of the 12-rounder over former WBO Junior Lightweight ChampionJorge Rodrigo Barrios , (47-3-1, 34 KO's).. [ [http://www.ringsidereport.com/rsr/news.php?readmore=1074 ringsidereport.com, Houston Fighters Juan Diaz and Rocky Juarez Win Big, but Judges are the Big Losers] ] [ [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=130423 abs-cbnnews.com, Diaz takes IBO lightweight belt via split decision] ]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 the1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in his home town. During the 2000 Olympics Gold medal round, Juarez loss controversially againstBekzat Sattarkhanov who was warned several times for holding and not penalized. Juarez accepted the silver medal.*1998 United States Amateur Featherweight champion. Results were:
**DefeatedDaniel Chavez points
**DefeatedDarling Jimenez points
**DefeatedAaron Torres points
**DefaatedHong Gu points
*1999 United States Amateur Featherweight champion. Results were:
**DefeatedJose Santa Cruz points
**DefeatedFrancisco Valentin TKO 3
**DefeatedRay Martinez points
**DefeatedAaron Torres points
**DefeatedSteve Luevano points
*2000 United States Amateur Featherweight champion
*Member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team as a Featherweight, winning a silver medal. Results were:
**DefeatedBijan Batmani (Iran) RSC-3
**DefeatedFalk Huste (Germany) points
**DefeatedSomluck Kamsing (Thailand) RSC-4
**DefeatedKamil Dzamalutdinov (Russia) points
**Lost toBekzat Sattarkhanov (Kazakhstan) pointsExternal links
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