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Carlos Zárate of Tepito was born on May 23, 1951; he debuted as a professional boxer on February 22, 1970, with a second round knockout of Luis Castaneda in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and had a string of 22 consecutive knockout wins broken by Victor Ramirez, who went ten rounds before losing on points with Zárate on January 30, 1974, at Mexico City.
Jesús Carlos Zárate Serna (born May 23, 1951) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1970 to 1988, and held the WBC bantamweight title from 1976 to 1979. Zárate was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine in 1977. Zárate was ranked #21 in The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Néstor Carlos Jiménez KO 2 (10), 2:51: Mar 9, 1979 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. Retained WBC super bantamweight title; Won inaugural The Ring super bantamweight title: 23 Win 22–0–1 Carlos Zárate: TKO 5 (15), 0:44: Oct 28, 1978 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Retained WBC super bantamweight title ...
At least six divisions had world champions who could be considered dominant: The Bantamweights had Carlos Zárate; the Super Bantamweights, (a division created in 1976) had Wilfredo Gómez winning the title in 1977 and keeping it until he left it vacant in 1983; the Lightweights had Roberto Durán, who won the title in 1972 and vacated it in ...
Wilfredo Gómez vs. Carlos Zárate; N. Ken Norton vs. Larry Holmes; S. Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali II; W. 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The boxing fight between Mexicans Carlos Zárate and Alfonso Zamora, respectively the WBC and WBA World Bantamweight titleholders, was known as The Battle of the Z Boys.Held in Inglewood, California, on April 23, 1977, the bout was not recognized as a unification fight by either of the sanctioning bodies without any specific reason given for withholding the sanction.
Carlos Zárate vs. Alfonso Zamora; Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk This page was last edited on 9 February 2024, at 12:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Contested at the Caesars Palace hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, it pitted Wilfredo Gómez, a Puerto Rican who had a record of 32 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw, and all his wins by knockout, and who was the world's Jr. Featherweight champion, against the lesser known Salvador Sánchez, who hailed from Mexico with a record of 40 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw, and 30 wins by knockout.