Valerie Chacon (died March 16, 1982) was the wife of world champion boxer Bobby Chacon. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Bobby Chacon (born November 28, 1951) in Sylmar, CA USA and was a two time world boxing champion
Valerie had pleaded with her husband to stop boxing for years. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Although being begged to stop, Bobby continued to fight. Valerie, in an attempt to convince her husband to finally leave boxing, travelled to Hawaii in 1982, getting herself and her husband jobs there. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Unable to convince Bobby to join her there, however, she flew back to California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. One night before one of his fights, she shot herself in the head, dying instantly. Bobby still fought on the next day and won the fight, dedicating it to her in a teary press conference after the fight was over.
After winning the world Jr. Lightweight title in December of 1982 by beating Rafael Limon, Bobby Chacon once again dedicated the victory to his late wife. Rafael Limón (born ca 1956 is a Mexican former boxer who was a world champion in the Super Featherweight /Jr
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