Rafael Limón (born ca. 1956) is a Mexican former boxer who was a world champion in the Super Featherweight /Jr. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Lightweight division twice. Limon shares his nickname, Bazooka, with at least two other known world boxing champions: Puerto Rico's Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gómez and Ghana's Ike 'Bazooka' Quartey. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Wilfredo Gómez (born October 29, 1956) is a former boxer and three time world champion The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the Ike "Bazooka" Quartey (born November 27, 1969 in Bukom, Ghana) is a former WBA welterweight boxing champion Limon was a southpaw, and fought with a wide arm, wild-swinging style that was all his own. In spite of the fact that he often-arm punched, he scored a lot of knockouts by wearing opponents out by letting them hit him in his iron jaw, then refusing to stop moving forward.
Limón is very famous also for his legendary rivalry with Bobby Chacon. Bobby Chacon (born November 28, 1951) in Sylmar, CA USA and was a two time world boxing champion Their first fight took place on December 7, 1975, in Mexicali, Mexico. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mexicali, is the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California. Limon defeated a streaking, and heavily-favoured Chacon by a decision in ten that day.
It was around 1977 and 1978, that negotiations took place to put Limon against the WBA's world junior lightweight champion, Samuel Serrano. The World Boxing Association (WBA is a Boxing organization that sanctions official matches and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level Samuel Serrano (born November 7, 1952) nicknamed Sammy and El Torbellino, is a Puerto Rican who won Boxing 's world junior However, the negotiations stalled and that fight never took place.
After Limón unsuccessfully challenged Alexis Arguello in February of 1979, (losing by a knockout in 11 rounds for the WBC's world junior lightweight title) he and Chacon met for the second time. Pro career "The Explosive Thin Man" suffered an unavenged first round TKO loss in his 1968 professional debut but then won 36 of his next 38 bouts which then led him to The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, That time, a clash of heads ended the fight in the seventh round no contest. No contest is a technical term used in the sport of Boxing, to describe a fight which ends for reasons outside the fighters' hands Limon and Chacon met for the third time on March 21, 1980, in Los Angeles. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Chacon came out the winner, by a very controversial decision in ten.
Despite losing to Chacón, it was Limon who later that year found himself fighting for the world title that Arguello had vacated. And so, Limon became the WBC's world junior lightweight champion by knocking out Venezuela's Idelphonso Bethelmy in round 15 at Los Angeles. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the
Before his first defense, against England based Ugandan Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Limon made a reference to the tragic fight between Lupe Pintor and Johnny Owens, which had taken place the year before, and after which Owens died. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. Cornelius Boza Edwards (born May 27, 1956 in Kampala, Uganda) is a former world Junior Lightweight Boxing champion Early life & career Lupe Pintor was born into a poor working class family in Cuajimalpa just outside of Mexico City in 1955 and is alleged to have had an extremely violent Johnny "No-Triggers" Owens (born 20 June, 1977 in Toronto Ontario, Canada) is the Drummer for Heavy Metal His comments shocked many, because he suggested that Boza-Edwards should expect something tragic to happen since this was another bout between a Mexican and a fighter with British connections. Boza-Edwards nevertheless, went on to become world champion by beating Limon by a 15-round decision.
In 1982, Rolando Navarrete was the WBC world junior lightweight champion, after dethroning Boza-Edwards by 5th round KO. Rolando Navarrete is a Filipino ex-boxer who won the WBC Super featherweight title from Cornelius Boza Edwards in Italy in 1981 Limón was given a chance to recover his title, and he became a two-time world champion by knocking Navarrete out in round 12. Limon trained like a demon for perhaps the only time in his career, and withstood a blistering assault by the hard-punching Filipino before stopping him in 12. After defending his title successfully once against Chung Il Choi, Limon once again met Chacon. Their fourth bout, held on December 11, 1982 in Sacramento, was the first bout in their series with a world championship involved. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Limon dropped Chacón in rounds 3 & 10, but Chacon turned the tables on Limon with only a few seconds left in round 15, and knocked him down . The referee very generously allowed Bazooka to climb the ropes to get to his feet to finish the fight, and luckily, the bell went as soon as he was upright. Chacón won the fight by a split decision. The fight won various Fight of the Year awards for 1982.
In 1983, Chacón refused to defend his world title against Hector 'Macho' Camacho, so Limon accepted the opportunity to travel to Puerto Rico to try to become a world champion for the third time. Héctor Camacho (born May 24, 1962) nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. This time, however, was not to be as Limon was no match for Camacho, who landed 6 crisp punches for every miss that Limon threw and stopped him in 5 rounds.
Limon went on boxing until the 1990s, but he never again challenged for a world title. He did fight, however, a number of world champions and important boxers from 1984 to 1992, including Julio César Chávez and Roger Mayweather, both of whom beat Limón. Julio César Chávez González (born July 12, 1962 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a retired Mexican professional boxer Roger Mayweather (born April 24, 1961) is a retired professional boxer.
Limon's record is 52-23-2 (39 KOs).
| Preceded by Alexis Arguello Vacates |
WBC Super Featherweight boxing champion 11 Dec 1980– 8 Mar 1981 |
Succeeded by Cornelius Boza-Edwards |
| Preceded by Rolando Navarrete |
WBC Super Featherweight boxing champion 29 May 1982– 11 Dec 1982 |
Succeeded by Bobby Chacon |
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Pro career "The Explosive Thin Man" suffered an unavenged first round TKO loss in his 1968 professional debut but then won 36 of his next 38 bouts which then led him to The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, This is a chronological List of World Super Featherweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations The World Boxing Association Cornelius Boza Edwards (born May 27, 1956 in Kampala, Uganda) is a former world Junior Lightweight Boxing champion Rolando Navarrete is a Filipino ex-boxer who won the WBC Super featherweight title from Cornelius Boza Edwards in Italy in 1981 The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, This is a chronological List of World Super Featherweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations The World Boxing Association Bobby Chacon (born November 28, 1951) in Sylmar, CA USA and was a two time world boxing champion List of WBC world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Council (WBC BoxReccom is a website dedicated to keep updated records of professional boxers, both male and female.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic