Rubén Olivares (born January 14, 1947) is a former boxer of Mexican nationality. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him to be Mexico's greatest fighter for a long period. Olivares also had cameo appearances on Mexican movies, and he participated in more than 100 professional bouts.
He started as a professional on February 29, 1964, knocking out Freddy García in round one at Cuernavaca. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Cuernavaca (Cuauhnāhuac|kʷaw̥'naːwak is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. With that knockout win, a streak of 22 knockout wins in a row had been set off. During that streak, he beat Tony Gallegos, Monito Aguilar and Antonio Leal, among others. Tony Gallegos is an American businessman and politician of Mexican descendant It was on March 8, 1967, that Felipe González became the first one to go the distance with Olivares, when Olivares defeated him by a decision in 10 at Mexicali. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Mexicali, is the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California. Then, on July 29 of that same year, Olivares had the first spot on his record, Germán Bastidas holding him to a ten round draw. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat
He had back to back rematches with González and Bastidas, knocking González out in round six on November 19, and Bastidas in round four on January 28, 1968. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Then came a step up in opponent quality, when he met former world champion Salvatore Burruni in Mexico City. Salvatore Burruni ( 11 April 1933 &ndash 30 March 2004) was an Italian Flyweight and Bantamweight boxer who Olivares knocked Burruni out in three rounds. After defeating Manuel Arnal by a disqualification in six, he set off on another knockout win streak, this one reaching 21 in a row. One of the fights in that streak was against Bernabé Fernández, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Olivares won his first fight abroad that day, beating Fernández in round three.
Another of the fights in that streak was against world Bantamweight champion Lionel Rose, who was defending his world title that day, at the Inglewood Forum. Lionel Edward Rose, MBE (born June 21, 1948) is an Australian Bantamweight boxer, now retired who became the first According to boxing book The Ring: Boxing In The 20th Century, the forum's director, fearing a riot like the one that happened after Rose had beaten Chucho Castillo there might happen again, went to Olivares' locker room to express his worries, and Olivares guaranteed he wouldn't let that happen again. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, The Ring Boxing the 20th Century ( ISBN 0-7924-5850-8) is a book that was published in 1993 by Ring Magazine editors Steve Farhood and Jesus Castillo Aguillera (born June 17, 1944 in Nuevo Valle de Moreno) is a former Mexican boxer. Olivares became world Bantamweight champion by knocking Rose out in round five on that day, August 22 of 1969. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
After beating Alan Rudkin in a title defense and a couple other fighters in non-title bouts, Olivares started his trilogy of bouts with arch-enemy and countryman Castillo. Alan Rudkin (born 1941) is a former British Commonwealth and European Bantamweight Boxing champion (1965-1970 Olivares' knockout streak ended in that fight, but he won the first installment of the Olivares-Castillo rivalry after rising off the canvas to score a 15 round decision. After three more non-title wins, Olivares and Castillo met again, on October 16 of 1970. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This time, Olivares suffered a cut in round one, and the fight was stopped in round 14, Castillo the winner and new world Bantamweight champion by a technical knockout.
After one more win, Olivares and Castillo had their rubber match, on April 3 of 1971. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Olivares was knocked down once, but he rose to regain the world Featherweight title in the last fight between he and Castillo with another 15 round decision. Then, he had six more knockouts in a row, including one in a non-title bout in Nicaragua, one in Tokyo while defending the crown against Kazuyoshi Kanazawa (in round 11), and one against Jesus Pimentel, also in round 11. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Jesús "Little Poison"Pimentel (b February 17, 1940) was an exciting Mexican Bantamweight boxer who fought from 1960 to 1971
On March 19, 1972, Olivares lost the world's Bantamweight title to another countryman, Rafael Herrera, by a knockout in round eight. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rafael Herrera (born 1945-01-07 in Jalisco) is a former boxer from Mexico. After defeating Godfrey Stevens in Monterrey, he and Herrera met again, with Herrera the winner by a 10 round decision. This article is about the Mexican city for other uses see Monterrey (disambiguation.
Next for Olivares was a move up in division, and he started to campaign in the Featherweight division. On June 23 of 1973, he met Bobby Chacón in the first installment of another trilogy of fights. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Bobby Chacon (born November 28, 1951) in Sylmar, CA USA and was a two time world boxing champion What was contested for the NABF featherweight title, ended in round nine when Olivares knocked Chacón out.
In his next fight, he suffered an upset, when unknown Art Hafey knocked him out in five rounds, but then he set off on a string of three more wins in a row, including a decision over Hafey in a rematch, before fighting for the WBA's vacant world Featherweight championship. The World Boxing Association (WBA is a Boxing organization that sanctions official matches and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level On July 9, 1974, Olivares became world Featherweight champion by beating Zenzuke Utagawa by a knockout in round seven. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. After two non-title wins, he met Alexis Arguello on November 23 of that year, losing the world title by a knockout in round 13. 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 Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of It must be noted that he was winning this fight before he gassed and eventuallty stopped.
One more win, and Olivares met Chacón in the second installment of their trilogy, this time with Chacón as the WBC's world Featherweight champion. The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Olivares won the fight by a knockout in round two, to become world champion for the fourth time. This time, however, he also lost the title in his first defense, beaten by Ghana's David "Poison" Kotei, who became that nation's first world boxing champion ever by winning a 15 round decision against Olivares. 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 David Kotei ( also spelled Kotey) born on December 7, 1950 in Accra Ghana was a world featherweight boxing champion between 1975 and 1976 A seven round knockout defeat at the hands of future world champion Danny "Little Red" López followed. Danny Lopez (born July 6, 1952) is a former American boxer from Fort Duchesne Utah.
Olivares won three fights in 1976 without losing one, including victories over world title challengers Fernando Cabanela and José Cervantes, both of them from Colombia. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. In 1977, Olivares and Chacón boxed the final bout of their trilogy, and this time Chacón came out the winner, by a 10 round decision. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays But in 1978, Olivares found what would be the beginning of his last hurrah, as he knocked out the future 2 time world Lightweight champion José Luis Ramírez in two rounds at Ciudad Obregón, and he followed that win with wins over Shig Fukuyama and Isaac Vega. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) For the murderer see Luis Ramirez. José Luis Ramírez (born March 12 1958) is a Mexican national who Sonora is one of the 31 federal states of Mexico and is located in the northwest of the country
After drawing in ten rounds with Guillermo Morales on April 22, 1979, he received what would turn out to be his last world title try: On July 21 of that year, he was knocked out in 12 rounds by WBA world Featherweight champion Eusebio Pedroza in Houston, for the WBA Featherweight title. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Eusebio Pedroza (born 1953) is a native of Panama who holds two records in Boxing: His 19 defenses as world Featherweight champion are a record
For the next eight years, he fought sporadically and with mixed success, until he was able to walk away from professional boxing in 1988. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
Until Julio César Chávez came onto the scene, Olivares was the boxer most fans recognized as Mexico's greatest boxer ever. Julio César Chávez González (born July 12, 1962 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a retired Mexican professional boxer He became a mainstream star there, and he reportedly had friends in the Mexican entertainment world. In addition, he could be seen fairly often doing cameos in Mexican comedy movies. He is still considered a national hero there.
But, just like with many other celebrities, celebrity was not all rose colored for Olivares: He was rumored to have to fight off an alcohol problem, although no evidence of that actually happening ever surfaced.
He had a record of 88 wins, 13 losses and 3 draws, with 78 wins by knockout. His knockout winning streaks of 22 and 21 in a row qualify as two of the longest knockout winning streaks in the history of boxing. Similarly, his 78 knockout wins make him a member of an exclusive group of boxers to have won 50 or more fights by knockout. In 2003, Ring Magazine placed him at number twelve in their list of the greatest punchers of all time. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Ring (often called Ring Magazine) is an American Boxing Magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing
Olivares is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall
| Preceded by Lionel Rose |
World Bantamweight Champion 22 Aug 1969– 16 Oct 1970 |
Succeeded by Chucho Castillo |
| Preceded by Chucho Castillo |
World Bantamweight Champion 2 Apr 1971– 19 Mar 1972 |
Succeeded by Rafael Herrera |
| Preceded by Ernesto Marcel |
WBA Featherweight boxing champion 9 Jul 1974– 23 Nov 1974 |
Succeeded by Alexis Arguello |
| Preceded by Bobby Chacon |
WBC Featherweight boxing champion 20 Jun 1975– 20 Sep 1975 |
Succeeded by David Kotei |
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