[1] Also known as 'Henry Chaff' and 'El Indio de Irapa'[2] he was the first Venezuelan boxer to ever achieve international success and was eventually inducted into a Boxing Hall of Fame [which?]

Later on Enrique Chaffardets family fled Venezuela for political reasons and they settled in New York City.

As an amateur boxer for the Ascension Parish House, he scored three kayo victories in one night.

[4] Chaffardet moved to Puerto Rico, and reportedly appeared on the first legal boxing card there.

He then returned to Venezuela and continued training boxers, including future rival Simon Chavez.