Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon dies at 64

By Associated Press 08 September 2016, 12:00AM

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon died Wednesday under hospice care for dementia. He was 64.

Riverside County coroner's Sgt. Brent Seacrest said Chacon died "with his family present at his bedside,"

Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005, the former WBC featherweight and super featherweight champion had a career record of 59-7-1 with 47 knockouts.

At 22 in 1974, Chacon stopped Alfredo Marcano in the ninth round at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles to take the featherweight title. In 1980, Chacon outpointed Rafael Limon in Sacramento for the super featherweight title.

"With profound sadness I have learned that our dear champion Bobby Chacon passed away this morning," World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman said on Twitter. "May God have him now. RIP."

Chacon graduated from San Fernando High School and was a student at Cal State Northridge, earning him the nickname "Schoolboy." He will be inducted into the West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame on Sept. 25.

"One of the most exciting fighters in the history of the West Coast, an amazing blood-and-guts brawler who took on the best fighters in three divisions," said Ricky Farris, president of the West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame.

-AP

By Associated Press 08 September 2016, 12:00AM

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