ABOUT ROCKY JUAREZ
3-time United States Featherweight Champion and Olympic silver medalist. He won the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
He had an outstanding amateur career, posting a record of 145-17.
His 2003 knockout of Antonio Diaz was named The Ring Magazine's Knockout of the Year.
He was born and raised in Houston, Texas.
He and Germany's Markus Beyer have both been medalists at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.