Rubén Olivares
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Rubén Olivares Avila (born January 14, 1947) is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame.
A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time.
He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him to be Mexico's greatest fighter for a long period.
He currently holds the record for the most wins in unified title bouts in bantamweight history, at 6.
Olivares also had cameo appearances on Mexican movies, and he participated in more than 100 professional bouts.
Professional career
Olivares made his pro debut at the age of 17 by knocking out Freddy Garca in round one at Cuernavaca. With the knockout victory, a streak of 22 knockout victories in a row had been started. He defeated Tony Gallegos, Monito Aguilar, and Antonio Leal, among others during the tumultuous stretch. Felipe González became the first one to walk the distance with Olivares on March 8, 1967, when Olivares overthrew him by a vote in 10 at Mexicali. Olivares made his debut on his first appearance on his record on July 29th, with Germán Bastidas keeping him to a ten-round draw.
In round six, González and Bastidas were defeated, and Bastidas were knocked out on January 28, 1968. When then met former world champion Salvatore Burruni in Mexico City, he took a step forward in combat quality. In three rounds, Olivares knocked Burruni out of the tournament. He started a knockout win streak after beating Manuel Arnal by a disqualification in six, this one reaching 21 in a row. Bernabé Fernández, one of the fights in the streak, was defeated in Los Angeles. Olivares won his first fight outside of the country on that day, beating Fernández in round three. He defeated Olympic gold medalist Takao Sakurai on May 23, 1969.
Olivares' first world championship match came after accumulating a record of 51-0-1, when he met world bantamweight champion Lionel Rose, who was defending his world title at the Inglewood Forum the day before. Boxing book The Ring: Boxing Within. The forum's founder, afraid that a riot involving Rose's beating of Chucho Castillo might happen again, went to Olivares' locker room to warn that it would not happen again. By knocking Rose out in round five on August 22nd of 1969, Olivares became the world bantamweight champion by knocking them out.
Olivares began his trilogy of bouts with arch-enemy and countryman Castillo after defeating Alan Rudkin in a title defense and a handful other fighters in non-title bouts. Olivares' streak came to an end in the match, but he retained the first installment of the Olivares-Castillo competition after rising off the canvas to score a 15-round decision. Olivares and Castillo met again on October 16 of 1970, following three more non-title victories. Olivares suffered a cut in round one, and the game was postponed in round 14, Castillo, the winner and the current world Bantamweight champion by a technical breakout. This was Olivares' first defeat in his 62-fight career.
Olivares and Castillo met on April 3rd, 1971, after one more victory. Olivares was knocked down once before, but he recovered the world Featherweight championship in the last match between him and Castillo in a 15-round draw. In the rematch for a fight that took place in 1969, he had six knockouts in a row, including one in Nagoya, Japan, while defending the crown in the 2nd round. Kanazawa's match against Kazuyowa was a brutal affair, and Kanazawa seemed to be on the verge of destroying Olivares in the 13th round, with him tied to the ropes and a corner. Kanazawa looks to have emptied his "tank" with this last assault, and after falling clumsily with an uppercut, Kanazawa could barely hold his feet and collapsed clumsily. In the 14th round, Olivares floored Kanazawa three times, triggering the victory of stoppage. This match was ranked as the best Japanese match of 1971. In round 11, the former champion Efren Torres defeated another victory, as did one against Jesus Pimentel.
Olivares lost the world's Bantamweight title to another countryman, Rafael Herrera, after a knockout in round eight. Herrera and Herrera met again after beating Godfrey Stevens in Monterrey, with Herrera being the winner in a 10-round tie.
Olivares' next move up in division was a step forward in division, and he began to campaign in the Featherweight division after defeating Walter Seeley. In the first installment of another trilogy of fights, he met future champion Bobby Chacón on June 23, 1973. In round nine of the NABF featherweight championship, Olivares defeated Chacón. He suffered an upset when unknown Art Hafey knocked him out in five rounds, but then he launched a series of three more victories in a row, including a decision over Hafey in a rematch, before competing for the vacant world Featherweight championship.
Olivares became the world Featherweight champion on July 9, 1974, defeating Zenzuke Utagawa in round seven, a knockout. He met Alexis Argüello on November 23 of that year, losing the world championship by a slimeout in round 13. He was winning this war before being gassed and was eventually stopped.
One more victory and Olivares celebrated Chacón in the second installment of their trilogy, this time with Chacón as the WBC's world Featherweight champion. Olivares won the round two by a surprise, becoming the world champion for the fourth time. However, he lost the title in his first defense against Olivares, Ghana's David "Poison" Kotey, who became the country's first world boxing champion ever after winning a 15-round decision against Olivares. Danny "Little Red" López, the upcoming world champion, suffers a seven-round knockout defeat.
Olivares had two fights in 1976 and lost one, including a win over world championship challenger Fernando Cabanela of the Philippines and a loss to Colombian José Cervantes. The last bout of their trilogy was boxed in 1977 by Olivares and Chacón, but Chacón came out the victor by a 10-round decision. Olivares discovered what was to be the start of his 93rd bout as he knocked out the young world Lightweight champion José Luis Ramrez in two rounds at Ciudad Obregón, then followed him with victories over Shig Fukuyama and Isaac Vega.
He was disqualified in ten rounds with Guillermo Morales on April 22, 1979, and he would be denied his final world title challenge: Eusebio Pedroza, the WBA world Featherweight champion, was knocked out in 12 rounds in Houston on July 21, 1979.
He battled sporadically and with mixed results for the next eight years before being able to walk away from professional boxing in 1988.