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===WBC Super featherweight title=== Two more victories followed before his fourth and final bout with Limón. Limón had regained the world's Jr. Lightweight title by beating [[Rolando Navarrete]] by a knockout in 12 rounds. Navarrete, for his part, had won the title by beating Edwards by a knockout in five rounds. Chacon-Limón IV became one of the fights of the year and the decade, according to such magazines as ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'', ''[[KO Magazine]]'', and ''[[Ring En Español]]'', and after 15 rounds Chacon secured a close decision and his second world title in Sacramento.<ref name=ESPN/> About one and a half years after his wife's suicide, Chacon remarried and bought a large farm with a mansion and, according to what he said at an interview, about 40 horses. He also acquired a collection of [[Rolls-Royce car|Rolls-Royce]] cars and some other vehicles. In between, he and Boza Edwards met for a second time, with his world title on the line, in what ''The Ring'' called 1983's fight of the year. Chacon rose from a knockdown in round three and recovered from a dangerous cut. The announcers, including [[Ferdie Pacheco]], were explicit in saying the fight should be stopped because of the pounding Chacon endured. But Chacon came back to drop Boza Edwards in round twelve and avenge his earlier defeat to the Ugandan former champion. In 1983, Chacon was signed to defend his WBC title in that rematch against Boza Edwards, who was the WBC's [[mandatory challenger]]. Even though WBC rules stated the mandatory challenger should receive a shot at the title, the WBC insisted Chacon fight [[Héctor Camacho]] in [[Puerto Rico]] instead, then stripped him of his title when he refused.<ref>{{cite book|last=Heller|first=Peter|title=Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story|publisher=New American Library|year=1988|location=New York, New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/onlyinamericalif00newf/page/220 220–221]|isbn=0-688-10123-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/onlyinamericalif00newf/page/220}}</ref> Chacon started 1984 with a move up in weight, to the Lightweight division, where he tried to join the exclusive club of boxing's three division world champions, but was knocked out in three during [[Ray Mancini vs. Bobby Chacon|his challenge]] against world champion [[Ray Mancini]] in [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]. Chacon then beat Carlton Sparrow by a TKO in five rounds and announced his retirement. Chacon came back in 1985 and he won five fights, including one against former world champion [[Arturo Frias]] by a knockout in seven, and a knockout in five over [[Rafael Solis (boxer)|Rafael Solis]], who had challenged Camacho for the world Jr. Lightweight title that had once belonged to Chacon.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Amato |url=http://dmboxing.com/why-bobby-chacon-was-bad-to-the-bone/ |title=Why Bobby Chacon was Bad to the Bone |date=October 29, 2010 |via=David Martinez, DMBoxing.com }}</ref> In 1987 and 1989 he won one fight each year. He retired in 1989 winning 14 out of his last 15 fights.
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