On February 29, 1988, a 36-year-old Carlos Zárate (66-3, 63 KOs) and a 30-year-old fellow Mexican boxer Daniel Zaragoza (35-4, 19 KOs) met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Zárate came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 91% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 13 days. Zaragoza was on a 7-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 12 days.
Daniel Zaragoza stopped Carlos Zárate Serna via TKO in the 10th round. Zaragoza improves his record to 36-4 (20 KOs), while Zárate adds a loss to his record at 66-4.
On October 16, 1987, a 36-year-old Carlos Zárate (66-2, 63 KOs) and a 23-year-old Australian boxer Jeff Fenech (17-0, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Zárate came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day. Fenech was on a 17-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 6 days.
Jeff Fenech defeated Carlos Zarate via technical decision in the 12-round super-bantamweight fight. Fenech improves his record to 18-0, while Zárate adds a loss to his record at 66-3.
On June 3, 1979, a 28-year-old Carlos Zárate (54-1, 53 KOs) and a 24-year-old fellow Mexican boxer Lupe Pintor (38-4, 32 KOs) met in the ring in a bantamweight bout.
Zárate came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 96% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 2 days. Pintor was on a 5-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 2 days.
Lupe Pintor defeated Carlos Zárate Serna via split decision in the 15-round bantamweight fight. Pintor improves his record to 39-4, while Zárate adds a loss to his record at 54-2.
On October 28, 1978, a 27-year-old Carlos Zárate (52-0, 51 KOs) and a 21-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Wilfredo Gómez (21-0-1, 21 KOs) met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Zárate came in to the fight on a 52-fight win streak with a 98% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 28 days. Gómez was on a 21-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 19 days.
Wilfredo Gómez stopped Carlos Zárate via TKO in the 5th round. Gómez improves his record to 22-0-1 (22 KOs), while Zárate adds a loss to his record at 52-1.