Carlos Zárate Serna
Mexican boxer
カルロス・サラテ
- Born
- 23 May 1951, Tepito
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- super bantamweight, bantamweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
- Recorded fight record
- 66 wins, 4 losses
Jesús Carlos Zárate Serna (born May 23, 1951) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1970 to 1988, and held the WBC bantamweight title from 1976 to 1979.
Zárate was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine in 1977. Zárate was ranked #21 in The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. and voted as the #1 bantamweight (along with Rubén Olivares) of the 20th century by the Associated Press in 1999. In 1994, Zárate was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is also the father of once-defeated Light Welterweight prospect, Carlos Zárate, Jr.
Awards and honours
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 1977
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 1994
- WBC World Bantamweight Champion
External links
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