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WBC President Jose Sulaiman, has lambasted a suggestion that Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, might contest his "final" farewell fight against Arturo Gatti in Atlantic City.
Former World champion in three weight divisions Julio Cesar Chavez, 108-5-2, who’s recognized as the greatest Mexican fighter of all time, dictated his boxing adios to his homeland, with a unanimous decision against his old foe Frankie Randall last year in Mexico City’s Plaza de Toros.
However this then spawned a series of US adios bouts. Julio’s promoter Bob Arum has announced that the next adios bout is in Phoenix on September 17th. Then there are plans for him to bid farewell to Texas and Chicago. But Don Jose has drawn the line at the mere whiff of a suggestion of an Atlantic City clash with Arturo Gatti as the grand finale.
Don Jose didn’t pull his verbal punches in saying: "What bothers me is that this would be an open exhibition of a human being to be hurt or killed. I have kept my mouth shut, if they are going to have Chavez fight against boxers, who would find it difficult to hurt him. But to put him against a pro who is at the top of his career would be a crime. Anyone involved in boxing knows that something could happen." [details]
Former World champion in three weight divisions Julio Cesar Chavez, 108-5-2, who’s recognized as the greatest Mexican fighter of all time, dictated his boxing adios to his homeland, with a unanimous decision against his old foe Frankie Randall last year in Mexico City’s Plaza de Toros.
However this then spawned a series of US adios bouts. Julio’s promoter Bob Arum has announced that the next adios bout is in Phoenix on September 17th. Then there are plans for him to bid farewell to Texas and Chicago. But Don Jose has drawn the line at the mere whiff of a suggestion of an Atlantic City clash with Arturo Gatti as the grand finale.
Don Jose didn’t pull his verbal punches in saying: "What bothers me is that this would be an open exhibition of a human being to be hurt or killed. I have kept my mouth shut, if they are going to have Chavez fight against boxers, who would find it difficult to hurt him. But to put him against a pro who is at the top of his career would be a crime. Anyone involved in boxing knows that something could happen." [details]
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