Rocky Juarez
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Name: Rocky Juarez
Birth Name: Ricardo Juárez
Hometown: Houston, Texas, USA
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 165cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions
Amateur Highlights
- 1996 Junior Olympic International Champion at Bantamweight.
- 1997 US Junior Champion at Bantamweight
- 1997 World Amateur Championships participant in Budapest, Hungary at Bantamweight.
- Lost to Crinu Olteanu (Romania) 4-18
- 1998 United States Amateur Featherweight Champion. Results were:
- Defeated Daniel Chavez points
- Defeated Darling Jimenez points
- Defeated Aaron Torres points
- Defaated Hong Gu points
- 1999 United States Amateur Featherweight Champion. Results were:
- Defeated Jose Santa Cruz points
- Defeated Francisco Valentin TKO 3
- Defeated Ray Martinez points
- Defeated Aaron Torres points
- Defeated Steven Luevano points
- 1999 World Amateur Championships Gold medalist in Houston, United States at Featherweight.
- Defeated Bakhtiyar Tilegenov (Kazakhstan) 4-1
- Defeated Falk Huste (Germany) 12-6
- Defeated Alex Arthur 5-1
- Defeated Ramazan Paliani 6-5
- Defeated Tulkunbay Turgunov 13-2
- 2000 United States Amateur Featherweight champion.
- 2000 US Olympic Trials Champion at Featherweight.
- 2000 1st America´s Olympic Qualifier Champion at Featherweight.
- Defeated Israel Galarza (Puerto Rico) 21-7
- Defeated Andres Ledesma (Colombia) 17-3
- Defeated Jorge Martinez (Mexico) 15-5
- Member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team as a featherweight, winning a silver medal. Results were:
- Defeated Bijan Batmani (Iran) RSC 3
- Defeated Falk Huste (Germany) 17-15
- Defeated Somluck Kamsing (Thailand) RSC 4
- Defeated Kamil Djamaloudinov (Russia) 23-12
- Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov (Kazakhstan) 14-22
Professional Highlights
His 10th round knockout of Antonio "Chelo" Diaz was named Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year for 2003. On May 20, 2006 Juarez lost a split decision, in a bid to capture Marco Antonio Barrera's WBC super featherweight title.
Career Factoids
- Has a record of 0-4-1 (0 KO) in World Title fights.
- Has a record of 3-6-1 (2 KO) against former or current world titlists.
- Won against Hector Acero-Sanchez, Guty Espadas Jr., Jorge Rodrigo Barrios.
- Lost against Humberto Soto, Marco Antonio Barrera (twice), Juan Manuel Marquez, Chris John, Jorge Linares.
- Draw against Chris John.
Regional & Minor Titles
- WBC Continental Americas Featherweight
- WBC Silver Featherweight