# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juan-zurita
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:28:56.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juan-zurita"
name: "Juan Zurita"
slug: "juan-zurita"
description: "Juan Zurita was a Mexican professional boxer in the lightweight division and a 1944 National Boxing Association Lightweight world champion. Zurita was a southpaw or left handed boxer, who often fought with his right foot forward, though at times he could lead with his right as well. American newspapers distinguished him as the first native-born Mexican to win a world boxing title."
tagline: "Mexican boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan_Zurita_1942.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1917-05-12"
deathDate: "2000-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.005796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "خوان زوريتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Zurita"
    title: "Juan Zurita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Zurita"
    title: "Juan Zurita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Zurita"
    title: "Juan Zurita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Zurita"
    title: "Juan Zurita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3187818"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump