Editing Bobby Chacon (section)

===WBC Featherweight title===
On September 7, 1974, Chacon won the vacant WBC Featherweight title by defeating former WBA Junior Lightweight champion [[Alfredo Marcano]] in nine rounds at the [[Grand Olympic Auditorium]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. During his first period as a world champion, Chacon got to enjoy the good life, but he loved partying and became an alcoholic.<ref name=LA1999>{{cite news |first=Fernando |last=Dominguez |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/06/sports/sp-34447/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204175243/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/06/sports/sp-34447/2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |title=Former World Champion Boxer Bobby Chacon, 47, Suffers From Pugilistic Dementia and Chronic Substance Abuse, but Again He Is Trying to Get . . . Off the Canvas |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 6, 1999 |page=2 }}</ref><ref name=ESPN>{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Rafael |url=http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/17489293/hall-fame-boxer-bobby-chacon-dies-64 |title=Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon dies at 64 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=September 7, 2016 }}</ref>

Chacon lost his title in his second defense against arch-rival Rubén Olivares. Almost immediately after the loss, he fought the first of [[Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limón|his four fight rivalry with another world champion]], [[Rafael Limón|Rafael "Bazooka" Limón]], beginning what some boxing experts and historians called one of the fiercest and most spectacular boxing rivalries in history. Limón beat Chacon in their first bout by a decision. Chacon then scored nine straight wins, leading him to a third match with Olivares. This time, Chacon defeated Olivares in their 10-round bout by a decision. In Chacon's next fight, he lost an upset decision to [[Arturo Leon]]. Chacon rebounded by scoring victories over Ignacio Campos, Augie Pantellas, Gerald Hayes and [[Shig Fukuyama]]. He then fought to a technical draw in a rematch against Rafael Limón.

In November 1979, Chacon received a shot at the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] title, versus world champion [[Alexis Argüello]]. Arguello defeated him by a devastating knock out after Chacon sustained a bad cut in the seventh round. In 1980, Chacon had only one fight, but it was a significant one. He beat Limón in their third bout, and the WBC once again made him their number one challenger. In 1981, Arguello had left the title vacant and gone up in weight to pursue the world's Lightweight title. Limón then beat Idelfonso Bethelmy by a knockout in 15 in Los Angeles to win the WBC world Jr. Lightweight championship. In his first title defense, he lost it by a decision to Uganda's [[Cornelius Boza-Edwards]], who, in turn, defended his title against Chacon on his first defense. In a televised bout, Edwards retained the world title by a knockout in the thirteenth round.

Chacon won five fights in a row in 1982, including a rematch victory over Arturo Leon, which kept him as the number one challenger, but then a dramatic development outside the ring changed his life forever: Chacon's wife, Valorie Chacon, flew to [[Hawaii]] on February of that year, hoping to convince him to leave boxing and move there if she found them good jobs. She was able to find a job, but unable to convince him to join her in Hawaii, so she flew back. She pleaded for him to leave the sport but was unsuccessful, and the night before he boxed Salvador Ugalde, she shot and killed herself with a rifle. Chacon went through with the fight and KO'ed Ugalde in the third round. He dedicated his win to his deceased wife.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chacon's Wife in Suicide; Wanted Him to Quit Ring|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/16/sports/chacon-s-wife-in-suicide-wanted-him-to-quit-ring.html|accessdate=May 20, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 16, 1982}}</ref>