Juan Carazo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJuan Carazo
Puerto Rican boxer
Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1964
Place of Birth: Caguas, Puerto Rico, United States
Profession: boxer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Juan Carazo
- Juan Carazo Serrano (born October 10, 1964 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former boxer from Caguas, Puerto Rico. Carazo was considered to be a boxing reincarnation of Wilfred BenÃtez or Wilfredo Gómez by many of his fans, and he won his first five professional bouts by knockout in 1984.
- By his sixth bout, however, he had to rise off the canvas against Julio Guerrero of the Dominican Republic before winning on an eight-round unanimous decision. In 1985, Carazo started to campaign in Curacao, where he won a few fights, including one versus Jesus Bastardo.
- Then, he had another fight in Puerto Rico, this time at Mario Morales Coliseum, and the fight was telecasted all across the island.
- In it, his opponent, named Tom Elston, wore long pants, showed his tongue at the camera and tried to bite Carazo.
- Carazo nevertheless won by a knockout in six. Carazo had a fight scheduled on Telemundo Puerto Rico in 1987 against a foreign opponent, in an undercard where Wilfredo Vazquez was supposed to face another opponent.
- Both of their opponents had visa trouble and at the last minute, the card's promoters decided that in order to save the card, they'd put Carazo, a Jr.
- Bantamweight, and Vazquez, a Bantamweight, against each other.
- Carazo suffered his first loss, by a knockout in the first round. Carazo came back to beat former Flyweight world champion Santos Laciar by a decision in 12 at Caguas in 1988, and was given a chance to challenge the late Gilberto Roman for the WBC world's Jr.
- Bantamweight title in 1989, in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California.
- He was dropped in round four, but seconds after getting off, he dropped Roman near the ring's ropes.
- He was one second away from becoming a world champion, but Roman recovered, got up at the count of nine and proceeded to win by a unanimous 12-round decision. On September 9 of that same year, a second world title opportunity came, when he faced the WBO world champion, the also late Jose Ruiz in San Juan.
- This time, he was knocked out in the first round, and, for all purposes, his boxing career was over after this. Carazo then went to Chile in 1992, losing a decision to Chilean fighter Bernardo Mendoza.
- He and his team stayed in Chile longer to protest the decision, and during their time there, they went to the house of a former South American champion and took monetary help and toys for him and his family. Carazo decided to retire after that, but in 1996, he tried a comeback in Ponce, Puerto Rico, losing by a knockout in five rounds to an unknown boxer, Angel Castellar, who was 2-5-2 coming into the fight. Carazo also lost to former world champion Jose Quirino, to Junior Jones by a close, ten round majority decision, and to Rafael del Valle. Carazo had a record of 25 wins and 9 losses, with 19 wins by knockout. Carazo is a member of the Caguas sports hall of fame.
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