Chavez Jr. Laughs at Jack's Taunt: He's Leaving Empty Handed!

By Miguel Rivera

Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) was amused by the recent comments from Badou Jack (20-1-1, 12KOs), who holds the WBC super middleweight championship.

Earlier, Chavez noted April 16th as a tentative date for the fight. He says the date being discussed at the moment is April 30th in California.

Chavez only saw action twice in 2015. He suffered his first knockout loss on April 18 when he faced top light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara of Poland. He returned in July to get a decision win over Marco "Dorado" Reyes, but suffered a serious injury to his left hand that required surgery and put him on the bench for the remainder of the year

In a recent interview with BoxingScene.com, Jack touched on Chavez's weight struggles in recent years. In more than one fight that was scheduled for the super middleweight limit of 168-pounds, Chavez's inability to make the contracted limit forced both sides to raise the weight to 170 and above. 

Jack said Chavez would "have to pay big" if he failed to make weight for their encounter.

Talks are still ongoing and Chavez insists that a deal is close.

He says Jack is not going to make one extra penny off of him, because he intends to make the division limit and he intends to leave the arena with the world title.

"I have not signed [the contract for the fight] and I don't think he has either, but I hope the agreement is finalized soon. And him saying that I'll pay him something if I don't make the weight. I'll tell you this, I'm not going to fail making weight and I'm not going to may him anything. He is going home empty-handed because the championship is going to stay with me," Chavez Jr. told ESPN Deportes.