Carlos Hernández (boxer)

Carlos Hernández (born January 23, 1971, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired Salvadoran American boxer. He made boxing history by becoming the IBF super featherweight champion by beating David Santos. On October 4, 2003, he retained the title against former IBF lightweight champion Steve Forbes, with an eleventh round technical decision.

Hernandez has a record of 43 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw with 24 knockouts. In previous world title tries, he had lost a decision in 12 to Genaro Hernandez and to Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Hernandez lost to Jesús Chávez on May 28, 2005, in a fight that, had he won, would have led him to another world title fight.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On October 8, 2005, he suffered a controversial loss against Bobby Pacquiao, the brother of Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines in a 10-round split decision. Pacquiao managed to drop Hernandez in the 2nd round, but Hernandez fought back consistently starting round 3 to close the fight, or even take the points by 10th. To the eyes of the fans and commentators, it should have gone the other way in favor of Carlos Hernandez, but was still a very close fight to call.

On September 28, 2006, Hernandez announced his retirement after losing by unanimous decision to Kevin Kelley; after an even first 3 rounds, he was knocked down in the 4th round, and unable to regain momentum from then on.

On retirement, Hernandez had this to say: "My time...in this career...if I'm going to get knocked down back-to-back it's time to call it a career. I don't want to get hurt in this business. I have beautiful children....I feel bad that I couldn't win, but you know, I think that everyone who saw me knows I won't get knocked out or I won't go down, I'll keep coming, I'm relentless, I persevere. That's my motto, 'perseverance pays off.' I think I'll just persevere in another career. I don't know what that may be, but I'm going to keep succeeding in life."

In his last bout, Hernandez lost a decision in a brutal war against former Olympian Vicente Escobedo.

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
52	Template:No2Loss	Template:Nowrap	Vicente Escobedo	UD	10	Apr 4, 2009	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	43–7–1	Hector Alatorre	SD	10	Aug 15, 2008	Template:Small
50	Template:No2Loss	42–7–1	Kevin Kelley	UD	10	Sep 28, 2006	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	42–6–1	Sean Plessis	UD	10	Jul 14, 2006	Template:Small
48	Template:No2Loss	41–6–1	Bobby Pacquiao	SD	10	Oct 8, 2005	Template:Small
47	Template:No2Loss	41–5–1	Jesús Chávez	SD	12	May 28, 2005	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	41–4–1	Juan Carlos Ramírez	SD	10	Dec 11, 2004	Template:Small
45	Template:No2Loss	40–4–1	Erik Morales	UD	12	Jul 31, 2004	Template:Small	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	40–3–1	Steve Forbes	TD	10 (12), Template:Small	Oct 4, 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	39–3–1	Moisés Pedroza	TKO	2 (10), Template:Small	May 30, 2003	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	38–3–1	David Santos	TD	8 (12), Template:Small	Feb 1, 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	37–3–1	Mark Burse	UD	10	Jun 14, 2002	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	36–3–1	Douglas Villareal	KO	1 (10), Template:Small	Mar 22, 2002	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	35–3–1	Justin Juuko	UD	10	Nov 25, 2001	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	34–3–1	Juan Ángel Macías	TKO	8 (12), Template:Small	Sep 15, 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
37	Template:No2Loss	33–3–1	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	UD	12	May 26, 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	33–2–1	Sandro Marcos	TKO	2 (10), Template:Small	Feb 4, 2001	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	32–2–1	Reggie Sanders	KO	5 (10), Template:Small	Dec 18, 2000	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	31–2–1	Ángel Aldama	TKO	4 (8)	Nov 12, 2000	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	30–2–1	Tony Duran	TKO	6 (8), Template:Small	May 6, 2000	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	29–2–1	Miguel Alejandro Jiménez	UD	10	Nov 5, 1999	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	28–2–1	Javier Lucas	TKO	6	Apr 28, 1999	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	27–2–1	Ernesto Martínez	TKO	4 (8), Template:Small	Jan 9, 1999	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	26–2–1	Roberto Ávila	SD	10	Apr 4, 1998	Template:Small
28	Template:No2Loss	25–2–1	Genaro Hernández	UD	12	Nov 20, 1997	Template:Small	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	25–1–1	José Luis Montes	KO	2 (10), Template:Small	Jun 9, 1997	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	24–1–1	Bernard Harris	KO	8, Template:Small	Apr 7, 1997	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	23–1–1	Gregorio Vargas	MD	10	Jan 13, 1997	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	22–1–1	Isagani Pumar	TKO	10 (12), Template:Small	Jul 10, 1996	Template:Small
23	Template:No2Loss	21–1–1	Aarón Zárate	SD	10	Sep 30, 1995	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	21–0–1	Ángel Aldama	UD	10	May 19, 1995	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	20–0–1	Ramón Sánchez	KO	4	Apr 10, 1995	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	19–0–1	Fernando Rosas	TKO	4 (8), Template:Small	Oct 24, 1994	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	18–0–1	Carlos Marquez	KO	3 (8), Template:Small	Sep 10, 1994	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	17–0–1	Tomás Valdez	KO	2 (10)	Jun 11, 1994	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	16–0–1	Narciso Valenzuela Romo	UD	10	Apr 25, 1994	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	15–0–1	Paris Alexander	KO	7 (10), Template:Small	Mar 24, 1994	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	14–0–1	Javier Márquez	KO	5	Mar 1, 1994	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	13–0–1	Hector Javier Monjardin	UD	8	Oct 11, 1993	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	12–0–1	Greg Puente	UD	6	Jun 28, 1993	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	11–0–1	Rafael Vargas	KO	5 (6)	Apr 26, 1993	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	10–0–1	Jorge Ojeda	KO	5 (6)	Apr 17, 1993	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	9–0–1	Sergio Baez	DQ	4 (6)	Mar 25, 1993	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	8–0–1	Ramón Morales	UD	5	Nov 6, 1992	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	7–0–1	Larry Loy	UD	6	Oct 30, 1992	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	6–0–1	Edgar Soto	KO	2 (4)	Aug 10, 1992	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	5–0–1	Jorge Ojeda	KO	2 (4)	Jul 24, 1992	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	4–0–1	Mike Dallas	KO	2 (4)	Jul 13, 1992	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	3–0–1	Tony Olivas	KO	1 (4)	Jun 25, 1992	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	2–0–1	Bret Boone	UD	4	May 27, 1992	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	1–0–1	Francisco Salinas	UD	4	Apr 23, 1992	Template:Small
1	Template:DrawDraw	0–0–1	Victor Martinez	PTS	4	Jan 23, 1992	Template:Small

See also

• More Than Famous

External links

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