Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Sergio Martinez and WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez are taunting and insulting each other ahead of their fight on Las Vegas on Saturday night. "I trained a long time dancing," Martinez said. "That's all I need to break his face a thousand times. “I will punish him a lot, and then I will knock him out. He will suffer a lot," the 37-year-old Argentinian said.
By Robert Morales - Sergio Martinez patiently answered questions Monday from one reporter after another at Fortune's Gym on famous Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. His replies were quick, but to the point. During a period with a reporter from BoxingScene.com, Martinez was asked about his fight Saturday with middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas seemingly being much more personal than is typical for one of his fights. "Yeah, I think it's more personal now," he said. "He took it personal, I didn't." Enough has been said to know that this is personal - on both sides. Martinez's promoter, Lou DiBella, interrupted When he was being queried about this subject. "Is he taking this personally? Oh, yeah; oh, yeah," DiBella said. "And I really do believe that these guys don't like one another. People say that all the time, but he feels like his belt was taken by Chavez unfairly. Chavez and the old man (Chavez Sr.) have talked a lot of s**t about him and he's talked a lot of s**t about them, which is not his way. "Early in the promotion and throughout the course of the promotion, Sergio's done more bantering back and forth and taken more shots than I've ever heard him take before. In fact, his trademark before was never to take a pot-shot at anybody. This one, he's taking personal."
Veteran trainer Freddie Roach could see a potential fight down the line between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-0-1, 32KOs) and Andre Ward (26-0, 14KOs). First, Chavez has to overcome the most difficult test of his entire career - when he defends his WBC middleweight title against Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28KOs) on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Former two division world champion Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28KOs) is not denying his deep dislike for Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-0-1, 32KOs). On Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Martinez will challenge Chavez for the WBC middleweight crown. Despite the months of trash talking, Martinez reveals that only recently did his problem with Chavez "become personal."
Lou DiBella, promoter for Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28Kos), does not believe his boxer was financially shorted in the upcoming fight with WBC middleweight king Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-0-1, 32KOs) - taking place on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
By the time Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. hits the ring on Saturday night, he can take great comfort in the fact that his career-best purse is already covered. Chavez’ showdown with lineal middleweight king Sergio Martinez at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas approached sold-out status on Tuesday afternoon. The 19,186 tickets sold produces a live gate of more than $3 million, which means enough money to satisfy Chavez Jr’s $3 million purse and into the undercard without even worrying about pay-per-view sales.
By Jake Donovan - For years, the term ‘it’s not what you know but who you know’ applied to the career of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The son of the Mexico’s most famous – and arguably greatest – fighter ever was viewed as living the pampered life as he was matched soft on the way up the ranks. Even to this day, he’s viewed as a soft fighter who trains on his own terms. Who he knows helped him arrive to this point. Come September 15, the degree of his success will depend entirely upon what he knows – or doesn’t know – when he faces lineal middleweight king Sergio Martinez at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. That the venue has completely sold out on tickets is a testament to Chavez Jr’s drawing power, having as much to do with who he is as it does with whom he knows. What he knows – and continues to learn – brings a once-viewed mismatch into discussion as a potentially competitive fight. It’s perhaps the highest compliment paid to Chavez Jr’s career, which is approaching nine years in the pro ranks. “I think they saw the dedication and the preparation that I had in the past year,” notes Chavez Jr. (46-0-1, 32KO), who faces his fifth straight Top 10-ranked fighter in a span of 15 months. “I noticed improvement and I feel very confident in what I can accomplish. I know how hard it has been working day after day to get to this point and I’m not going to disappoint anyone.” There was a time where Chavez Jr. was damned no matter what he accomplished in the ring. Soft matchmaking while appearing in high profile pay-per-view undercard slots certainly didn’t help matters any. His handlers – including top American promotional outfit, Top Rank – had a goal in mind from the moment they became involved in his career; cash in on the popularity while transitioning the fighter from a novice to a top-shelf talent.
The queue of potential opponents is growing for Australia's dual middleweight boxing world champion Daniel Geale as he prepares to check two of them out in person. Little more than a week after returning from Germany, where he dethroned WBA middleweight Super champion Felix Sturm, Geale is heading overseas again. He leaves Sydney on Tuesday night to head to Las Vegas, where next weekend Julio Cesar Chavez Jr defends his WBC middleweight crown against Sergio Martinez. The winner is a possible opponent for IBF and WBA Super champion Geale, in what would potentially be a massive three-belt unification match.
AS VEGAS, NEV. – This week’s Méxican Independence Day weekend World Middleweight Championship event between undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion and Son of the Legend, JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ JR. (46-0-1, 32 KOs), of Culiacán, México, and two-division world champion and pound for pound kingpin with the matinee idol looks, SERGIO "Maravilla" MARTÍNEZ (49-2-2, 28 KOs), of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, sold its last remaining tickets today at 1:58 p.m. PT. Chávez Jr. vs. Martínez will become the highest-attended boxing event in the history of the Thomas & Mack Center with 19,186 seats, eclipsing the Lennox Lewis vs. Evander Holyfield heavyweight championship rematch, which previously held the record with 19,151.
WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-0-1, 32KOs) is having no issues with his training and he's looking forward to Saturday's title defense against Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.