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Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
About Rafael Limón
- Rafael Limón Burgos, also known as Bazooka Limón (born 13 January 1954) is a Mexican former professional boxer who held the WBC super featherweight title twice between 1980 and 1982.
- He also challenged for the same title in 1979 and 1983. Born on 13 January 1954, Limón is best known for his four-bout rivalry with Bobby Chacon.
- Their first fight took place on 7 December 1975, in Mexicali, Mexico, Limón defeating a heavily favoured Chacon in a ten-round unanimous decision (UD). Negotiations took place in 1977-78 to pit Limón against WBA super featherweight champion, Samuel Serrano.
- However, the fight never took place. Limón challenged WBC super featherweight champion Alexis Argüello in February 1979, suffering an eleventh-round knockout (KO).
- Following this he and Chacon met for the second time, an accidental clash of heads resulting in a seven-round technical draw (TD).
- The pair met for a third time on 21 March 1980, in Los Angeles, Chacon earning a 10-round split decision (SD). In spite of this Limón found himself fighting later that year for the world title Arguello had vacated.
- Limón knocked out Venezuela's Idelphonso Bethelmy in the fifteenth round at Los Angeles to become the WBC super featherweight champion. Limon made his first defense against England-based Ugandan Cornelius Boza-Edwards, losing a fifteen-round unanimous decision. In 1982, Rolando Navarrete was the WBC super featherweight champion, having dethroned Boza-Edwards by fifth-round KO.
- Limón knocked Navarrete out in round twelve to become a two-time world champion. After defending his title successfully against Chung Il Choi, Limón met Bobby Chacon for a fourth bout.
- Held on 11 December 1982 in Sacramento.
- It was their first meeting with a world championship at stake.
- Limón dropped Chacón in rounds three and ten, but Chacon turned the tables with only a few seconds left in round fifteen and knocked Limón down.
- Limón climbed the ropes to get to his feet to finish the fight, yet lost on the judges' cards in a split decision. In 1983, Chacón refused to defend his world title against Héctor 'Macho' Camacho, so Limón traveled to Puerto Rico to meet Camacho.
- He was no match for Camacho, who defeated him in five rounds. Limón went on boxing until 1992, losing to a number of future world champions and prominent boxers, including Julio César Chávez and Roger Mayweather, but never again challenged for a world title. His record is 52-23-2 (39 KOs).
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