Chavez Jr. Talks Hearns, Alvarez, WBC, Wants Sturm
WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. sat down to speak with us about the WBC's threat to withdraw their sanction of his upcoming fight with Ronald Hearns, scheduled for September 17 in Culiacan. The WBC is angry that Chavez switched the date from the 24th to the 17th, which makes him go head to head with Mexican rival Saul Alvarez, who defends his WBC 154-pound belt against Alfonso Gomez at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The WBC says Chavez is "dividing the boxing audience and hurting all of the fighters involved."
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