Comments Thread For: Arum Sees Potential in Chavez Jr. Despite The Fiascos

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr stepped on the scales on Friday and finally saw a number he liked. After several weeks of trying to get his weight down, the Mexican weighed in at 172.4-pounds for his comeback fight against Brian Vera in Carson, California. It is 4.4 more than the super-middleweight contract limit agreed upon for the fight.

But Chavez made it under the new 173 catchweight finally chosen for the bout and said he was ready to show he can still fight. Chavez, with a record of 46-1-1, including 32 knockouts, has not fought since he staggered and nearly stopped Martinez in the 12th round before he suffered his first career loss last September.
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[flint]

looks like he wants to throw chavez jr under the bus. but he's to fat.

[Bigg Rigg]

No Bob, if Ruslan had a few more seconds maybe he could have won vs Tim. Sergio got rocked but then got up n fought till the finish. He had fought back for over a minute so he wasn't getting knockedout after the knock down. Tim woulda been outta there had there been a minute left in the 12th.

[ShoulderRoll]

looks like he wants to throw chavez jr under the bus. but he's to fat.

Brutal!

[Daddy T]

So is jnr officially a light heavyweight now?

[keyz3r0]

You can pretty much do anything you want when your dad is Julio Cesar Chavez!!!!

[Convicted_Felon]

That dude is disrespectful to the sport. A privileged kid who's heart isn't all the way invested in the sport. Hard work and dedication are replaced by laziness and half hearted efforts when it comes to this kid. Real disrespectful. I find it hard to believe that he had the opportunity to become the lineal champion at 160 and he jived around for his training camp.

[flint]

he'll enter the ring as a cruiseweight. what a spoiled punk

[285Kid]

So is jnr officially a light heavyweight now?

After tonight a cruiserweight

[Citizen Koba]

Love the way the article says 'Chavez made the new catchweight' when in fact the catchweight was built around what he could make. Arum's right about one thing though, Jr couldfa been a decent fighter if he gave a damn, and it's disappointing to see that go to waste. I guess it ain't so surprising though. There's a reason very few fighters come from privileged backgrounds, but Chavez' free passes and paid for advantages are something of an insult to the other boxers who have had to haul themselves up the hard way (and the fans who subsidise the sport).

You know what though? I wish Vera's manager had stipulated at the revised catchweight negotiations that both boxers' ring weight be published, just so as the public could see what kinda a disadvantage Brian will be at.

I'm guessing Jr comes in 190-5 from how drained he looked at weigh in. At his old rehydration ratios he could (in theory) be close to 200lbs.