Diego Gabriel Chaves (born 7 April 1986) is an Argentine professional boxer who held the WBA interim welterweight title from 2012 to 2013.
Early life Diego Chaves was born on 7 April 1986, in San Miguel, Argentina. Chaves had a stint as a football player in the junior divisions of Argentine club Velez Sársfield before dedicating his life to boxing. His grandfather, Rudecindo, was also a boxer who fought at middleweight in Argentina in the 1970s.
Before turning pro, Chaves represented Argentina in the 2007 Pan American Games where he won the bronze medal in the welterweight category. He also participated in the Americas qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics but was eliminated.
Professional career Chaves made his debut at the age of 22 on 5 July 2008, against fellow countryman Juan José Islas in the town of Castelli, Buenos Aires. Chaves won by knockout in the third round. After a string of victories on home soil, Chaves fought obtained the WBO Latino light middleweight after defeating Brazilian fighter Uilian Santana Barauna. Chaves made only one defense of this title before winning the vacant WBO Latino welterweight title against another boxer from Brazil, Daniel Saboia.
Around that time, Chaves had his first fight outside Argentina, winning a non-title fight by unanimous decision against Brazilian Edvan Dos Santos Barros at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Chaves then returned to Argentina, where he made five successful defenses of his WBO Latino welterweight belt before defeating French boxer Ismael El Massoudi to become WBA Interim Welterweight Champion on 21 July 2012. Since then, Chaves has successfully defended his Interim title once on 22 September 2012, defeating Panamanian boxer José Miranda by technical knockout in the second of twelve rounds. He would lose the interim title in his next fight to American Keith Thurman.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes42LossKévin Lele SadjoTKO4 (10), 14 Dec 202441Loss30–10–1Vlad TuinovUD625 May 202440Win30–9–1Brian Agustin ArreguiUD101 Mar 202439Win29–9–1Matias Raimundo DiazTKO3 (8)15 Dec 202338Loss28–9–1Jonathan Wilson SanchezTKO5 (8)12 Nov 202237Loss28–8–1Sergei VorobevUD1025 Dec 202136Loss28–7–1Juan Hernan LealMD1014 Aug 202135Win28–6–1Marcelo Fabian BzowskiUD813 Feb 202134Loss27–6–1Gabriel MaestreTKO4 (10), 19 Dec 201933Loss27–5–1Magomed KurbanovUD122 Nov 201932Win27–4–1Jean Carlos PradaKO2 (10)23 Nov 201831Loss26–4–1Thulani MbengeTKO7 (12), 23 Jun 201830Loss26–3–1Jamal JamesKO3 (10), 15 Dec 201729Win26–2–1Jean Carlos PradaKO2 (10), 17 Jun 201728Win25–2–1Luis Pablo ZarateTKO1 (10), 18 Nov 201627Win24–2–1Jorge Daniel MirandaTKO5 (8), 22 Jul 201626Draw23–2–1Timothy Bradley1213 Dec 201425Loss23–2Brandon Rios9 (10), 2 Aug 201424Win23–1Juan Alberto GodoyTKO3 (10), 15 Feb 201423Loss22–1Keith ThurmanKO10 (12), 27 Jul 201322Win22–0José MirandaTKO2 (12), 22 Sep 201221Win21–0Ismael El MassoudiKO2 (12), 21 Jul 201220Win20–0Jorge MirandaKO3 (12), 26 Nov 201119Win19–0Eduardo FloresTKO9 (12)30 Jul 201118Win18–0Héctor SantanaTKO2 (12), 7 May 201117Win17–0Omar WeisUD1221 Jan 201116Win16–0José MosqueraTKO1 (10), 30 Oct 201015Win15–0Jefferson Luís GonçaloUD127 Aug 201014Win14–0Edvan Dos Santos BarrosUD627 Mar 201013Win13–0Daniel SaboiaTKO4 (12), 23 Jan 201012Win12–0Walter DíazRTD2 (12), 8 Oct 200911Win11–0Uilian Santana BaraunaKO1 (12), 18 Jul 200910Win10–0Marcelo Miranda1012 Jun 20099Win9–0Marcelo MirandaKO1 (6), 25 Apr 20098Win8–0Diego ZentenoTKO1 (10), 21 Mar 20097Win7–0Norberto Acosta2 (10), 31 Jan 20096Win6–0Javier Mendoza Suárez2 (6), 27 Dec 20085Win5–0Diego LedesmaKO2 (6), 28 Nov 20084Win4–0Carlos AgnuzKO2 (6)10 Oct 20083Win3–0Raúl RojasKO1 (6)6 Sep 20082Win2–0Luis Alberto PonceKO1 (6), 18 Jul 20081Win1–0Juan José Islas3 (4), 5 Jul 2008
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