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by David P. Greisman - The kid is no longer just “The Kid,” not anymore, not now that he has gone from six-round pay-per-view curiosities to 12-round main event world title defenses, not now that he has aged from a pubescent teenage junior welterweight into a physically filled out 25-year-old middleweight, and not now that he has facial hair, millions of dollars and a drunken-driving arrest.
Now the kid belongs as more than a mere curiosity. Now he is a boxer, like his father was, even if he can never be what his namesake became.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was once a kid who was less a prodigy and more a product of careful matchmaking, years of cautious development that substituted for his lack of an amateur pedigree. Now he stands in with the capable and the competent, standing triumphant not just by his nature but also his nurture. He trains under the tutelage of Freddie Roach, works alongside other world-class fighters and turns to conditioning coach Alex Ariza. [Click Here To Read More]
Now the kid belongs as more than a mere curiosity. Now he is a boxer, like his father was, even if he can never be what his namesake became.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was once a kid who was less a prodigy and more a product of careful matchmaking, years of cautious development that substituted for his lack of an amateur pedigree. Now he stands in with the capable and the competent, standing triumphant not just by his nature but also his nurture. He trains under the tutelage of Freddie Roach, works alongside other world-class fighters and turns to conditioning coach Alex Ariza. [Click Here To Read More]
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