Carlos Hernández (born January 23, 1971, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired Salvadoran American boxer. He made boxing history by becoming the IBF super featherweight champion by beating David Santos. On October 4, 2003, he retained the title against former IBF lightweight champion Steve Forbes, with an eleventh-round technical decision.

Hernandez has a record of 43 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw with 24 knockouts. In previous world title tries, he had lost a decision in 12 to Genaro Hernandez and to Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Hernandez lost to Jesús Chávez on May 28, 2005, in a fight that, had he won, would have led him to another world title fight.

On October 8, 2005, he suffered a controversial loss against Bobby Pacquiao, the brother of Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines in a 10-round split decision. Pacquiao managed to drop Hernandez in the 2nd round, but Hernandez fought back consistently starting round 3 to close the fight, or even take the points by 10th. To the eyes of the fans and commentators, it should have gone the other way in favor of Carlos Hernandez, but was still a very close fight to call.

On September 28, 2006, Hernandez announced his retirement after losing by unanimous decision to Kevin Kelley; after an even first 3 rounds, he was knocked down in the 4th round, and unable to regain momentum from then on.

On retirement, Hernandez had this to say: "My time...in this career...if I'm going to get knocked down back-to-back it's time to call it a career. I don't want to get hurt in this business. I have beautiful children....I feel bad that I couldn't win, but you know, I think that everyone who saw me knows I won't get knocked out or I won't go down, I'll keep coming, I'm relentless, I persevere. That's my motto, 'perseverance pays off.' I think I'll just persevere in another career. I don't know what that may be, but I'm going to keep succeeding in life."

In his last bout, Hernandez lost a decision in a brutal war against former Olympian Vicente Escobedo.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes52LossVicente EscobedoUD10Apr 4, 200951Win43–7–1Hector AlatorreSD10Aug 15, 200850Loss42–7–1Kevin KelleyUD10Sep 28, 200649Win42–6–1Sean PlessisUD10Jul 14, 200648Loss41–6–1Bobby PacquiaoSD10Oct 8, 200547Loss41–5–1Jesús ChávezSD12May 28, 200546Win41–4–1Juan Carlos RamírezSD10Dec 11, 200445Loss40–4–1Erik MoralesUD12Jul 31, 200444Win40–3–1Steve ForbesTD10 (12), Oct 4, 200343Win39–3–1Moisés PedrozaTKO2 (10), May 30, 200342Win38–3–1David SantosTD8 (12), Feb 1, 200341Win37–3–1Mark BurseUD10Jun 14, 200240Win36–3–1Douglas VillarealKO1 (10), Mar 22, 200239Win35–3–1Justin JuukoUD10Nov 25, 200138Win34–3–1Juan Ángel MacíasTKO8 (12), Sep 15, 200137Loss33–3–1Floyd Mayweather Jr.UD12May 26, 200136Win33–2–1Sandro MarcosTKO2 (10), Feb 4, 200135Win32–2–1Reggie SandersKO5 (10), Dec 18, 200034Win31–2–1Ángel AldamaTKO4 (8)Nov 12, 200033Win30–2–1Tony DuranTKO6 (8), May 6, 200032Win29–2–1Miguel Alejandro JiménezUD10Nov 5, 199931Win28–2–1Javier LucasTKO6Apr 28, 199930Win27–2–1Ernesto MartínezTKO4 (8), Jan 9, 199929Win26–2–1Roberto ÁvilaSD10Apr 4, 199828Loss25–2–1Genaro HernándezUD12Nov 20, 199727Win25–1–1José Luis MontesKO2 (10), Jun 9, 199726Win24–1–1Bernard HarrisKO8, Apr 7, 199725Win23–1–1Gregorio VargasMD10Jan 13, 199724Win22–1–1Isagani PumarTKO10 (12), Jul 10, 199623Loss21–1–1Aarón ZárateSD10Sep 30, 199522Win21–0–1Ángel AldamaUD10May 19, 199521Win20–0–1Ramón SánchezKO4Apr 10, 199520Win19–0–1Fernando RosasTKO4 (8), Oct 24, 199419Win18–0–1Carlos MarquezKO3 (8), Sep 10, 199418Win17–0–1Tomás ValdezKO2 (10)Jun 11, 199417Win16–0–1Narciso Valenzuela RomoUD10Apr 25, 199416Win15–0–1Paris AlexanderKO7 (10), Mar 24, 199415Win14–0–1Javier MárquezKO5Mar 1, 199414Win13–0–1Hector Javier MonjardinUD8Oct 11, 199313Win12–0–1Greg PuenteUD6Jun 28, 199312Win11–0–1Rafael VargasKO5 (6)Apr 26, 199311Win10–0–1Jorge OjedaKO5 (6)Apr 17, 199310Win9–0–1Sergio BaezDQ4 (6)Mar 25, 19939Win8–0–1Ramón MoralesUD5Nov 6, 19928Win7–0–1Larry LoyUD6Oct 30, 19927Win6–0–1Edgar SotoKO2 (4)Aug 10, 19926Win5–0–1Jorge OjedaKO2 (4)Jul 24, 19925Win4–0–1Mike DallasKO2 (4)Jul 13, 19924Win3–0–1Tony OlivasKO1 (4)Jun 25, 19923Win2–0–1Bret BooneUD4May 27, 19922Win1–0–1Francisco SalinasUD4Apr 23, 19921Draw0–0–1Victor MartinezPTS4Jan 23, 1992

See also More Than Famous

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