By James Blears
WBC President has made it known that he was distinctly underwhelmed by the latest fight of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Undefeated Julio Jr ( 41-0-1, 30 KO’s) who was swapping leather for the first time as a middleweight, ground out a workmanlike but decisive unanimous decision against Troy Rowland (25-3, 7 KO’s).
Don Jose wasn’t at all impressed by what he described as one-two punching. He reflected: “Julio Jr disappointed me, because I don’t think that he has the hunger that a boxer needs. He won every round. He’s a good boxer - no question. But he creates no expectation, and his style is not what the people want. One two, one two- that’s boring!”
The fight briefly came alive in the seventh round when Julio Jr strung together a sustained combination of punches. Don Jose enthused: “All the people started shouting and applauding, but after that he went back to the same.”
Don Jose also stressed that he thinks that Julio Jr needs people in his corner who’ll push him ever harder.
There’s also another fly in the ointment, because Julio Jr is currently ranked number one in the WBC’s Super Welterweight Category, but isn’t finding it a piece of cake to make that weight stipulation any more, and he’s just fought as a middleweight. Don Jose confirms he’ll be speaking to Promoter Fernando Beltran to discover which poundage division Julio Jr will settle into.
He also said a good test to judge Julio Jr’s advancement would be a fight against Ricardo Mayorga.
