Ricardo "Rocky" Juárez (born April 15, 1980) is an American former professional boxer. He is a former WBC Silver featherweight champion and a multiple-time world title challenger. Juarez was known over his career for his aggressive fighting style and incredible durability; in 11 defeats he was never stopped. Amateur career Juarez had a lustrous amateur career with a 145–17 record, which included a 68 fight winning streak, a Featherweight Olympic silver medal and a Junior Olympic World and National gold medal. In 1999 he won the world title at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in his home town. During the 2000 Olympics Gold medal round, Juarez loss controversially against Bekzat Sattarkhanov who was warned several times for holding and not penalized. It should be also noted that by the end of the second round Juarez was losing 11 points and had only 4 points to lose the match by RSC. Juarez accepted the silver medal. 1998 United States Amateur Featherweight champion. Results were: Undepited Daniel Chavez points Defeated Darling Jimenez points Defeated Aaron Torres points Defeated Hong Gu points 1999 United States Amateur Featherweight champion. Results were: Defeated Jose Santa Cruz points Defeated Francisco Valentin TKO 3 Defeated Ray Martinez points Defeated Aaron Torres points Defeated Steve Luevano points 2000 United States Amateur Featherweight champion Member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team as a Featherweight, winning a silver medal. Results were: Defeated Bijan Batmani (Iran) RSC-3 Defeated Falk Huste (Germany) points Defeated Somluck Kamsing (Thailand) RSC-4 Defeated Kamil Dzamalutdinov (Russia) points Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov (Kazakhstan) points Professional career Juarez turned pro on January 25, 2001 with a unanimous decision against Pascali Adorno. A highly touted prospect, Juarez rose up the ranks with wins against Hector Velazquez, and Joe Morales. Juarez's 10th-round knockout of Antonio Diaz was named Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year for 2003. His first challenge came from 1996 Olympian Zahir Raheem on July 17, 2004, in which he won by controversial decision, possibly due to the fight taking place at Juarez's hometown in Houston, Texas. Juarez's first career loss came to Humberto Soto, who was a late sub replacement to In Jin Chi. Soto won the Interim version of the WBC featherweight title. Juarez bounced back with back-to-back wins against Reynaldo Hurtado and Backlin Medrano and earned a shot against Mexican legend, Marco Antonio Barrera for his WBC Super featherweight title. Juarez fought Barrera on