Jesús Alberto Chong (born 7 January 1965) is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a former Mexican National, NABF, and the WBO Light Flyweight Champion.

Early life and amateur career Chong was born in Gómez Palacio, Durango, as one of 13 siblings. His father, Salvador, was a boxer and a football referee. Chong is of Chinese Mexican heritage.

Chong fought close to 150 amateur fights. He failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics, which motivated him to turn pro.

Professional career Chong made his professional debut on September 1, 1987. In just his 11th fight in 1990, he lost a close eight-round decision to future five-time champion Johnny Tapia. Later in that same year he won his first world title, the International Boxing Council (IBC) Championship against Francisco Montiel. In 1991, he lost to five-time champion Michael Carbajal by unanimous decision.

NABF Light Flyweight title In September 1992 he beat Porfirio Danny Núnez to defend his NABF Light Flyweight Championship, that he won by beating Francisco Montiel in a rematch earlier that year.

Mexican Light Flyweight title He won the Mexican Light Flyweight Championship by upsetting veteran Raul Rios by T.K.O. in tenth round, and would go on to make 9 defences of his National Championship. Chong defended the title until 1995 when he lost to Edgar Cárdenas via disqualification.

WBO Light Flyweight title On May 31, 1997, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Chong won the WBO Light Flyweight title by defeating Eric Griffin with a second round T.K.O. He would go on to lose his title in a twelve-round decision to Melchor Cob Castro. Castro was docked two points during the fight for low blows against Chong.

Retirement Chong went on to lose nine of his last ten fights, with his only win being against Jaime Parga, whom unfortunately died due to injuries sustained in the bour. Chong decided to retire in 2003 at the age of 38.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes38Loss32–16Rafael ChávezUD101 Jan 200337Win32–15Jaime PargaKO9 (10)8 Nov 200236Loss31–15Francisco SotoKO5 (12)15 Mar 200245Loss31–14Gerson GuerreroPTS830 Jun 200044Loss31–13Linglom Por TawatchaiPTS1231 Mar 200043Loss31–12Raúl JuárezTKO3 (10), 11 Sep 199942Loss31–11Óscar AndradeTKO718 Jun 199941Loss31–10Isidro GarcíaUD125 Oct 199840Loss31–9Tomás RiveraUD1020 Apr 199839Loss31–8Melchor Cob CastroUD1225 Aug 199738Win31–7Eric GriffinTKO2 (12), 31 May 199737Win30–7Diego AndradeTKO101 Jan 199736Win29–7Eric GriffinKO7 (12), 16 Apr 199635Loss28–7Jakkrit LG-GymPTS1221 Oct 199534Win28–6Sairung SingwanchaKO9 (12)16 Jul 199533Loss27–6Edgar CárdenasDQ9 (12)19 May 199532Win27–5Raúl RíosKO3 (12)25 Nov 199431Win26–5Edgar CárdenasPTS1215 Oct 199430Win25–5Óscar CalzadaTKO7 (12)2 Sep 199429Win24–5Rafael OrozcoTKO11 (12)2 Jul 199428Win23–5Iván SalazarKO629 Apr 199427Win22–5Javier JuárezTKO10 (12)17 Dec 199326Win21–5Gerardo GarcíaTKO828 Aug 199325Win20–5Ismael RodríguezTKO817 Jul 199324Win19–5Raúl RíosTKO10 (12)5 Mar 199323Win18–5Danny NúñezTKO7 (12), 4 Sep 199222Loss17–5Javier JuárezPTS1230 May 199221Win17–4Victor HernándezKO21 May 199220Win16–4Francisco MontielTKO11 (12), 24 Feb 199219Loss15–4Michael CarbajalUD1018 Oct 199118Win15–3Daniel Humberto LagosKO4 (10)16 Sep 199117Win14–3Cuauhtémoc GómezPTS1017 May 199116Win13–3Jorge Luis RománRTD5 (12), 21 Mar 199115Loss12–3Ysaias ZamudioUD1214 Jan 199114Win12–2Francisco MontielMD1213 Dec 199013Win11–2Martín LloveraDQ6 (10)6 Jul 199012Win10–2Óscar CalzadaTKO3 (10)27 Apr 199011Loss9–2Johnny TapiaUD816 Feb 199010Loss9–1Justo ZúñigaPTS1013 Oct 19899Win9–0Ismael RodríguezTKO222 Sep 19898Win8–0Victor AlanísTKO7 (10)5 May 19897Win7–0Ricky AlvaradoKO614 Apr 19896Win6–0Antonio ValdezKO2 (10)1 Jan 19895Win5–0Óscar RodríguezKO618 Nov 19884Win4–0Manuel ZepienKO230 Sep 19883Win3–0Julián HuertaKO429 Apr 19882Win2–0Raúl LópezKO210 Jan 19881Win1–0José OliveraKO31 Sep 1987

See also List of Mexican boxing world champions List of light-flyweight boxing champions

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