Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
BoxingScene.com recently spoke with Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik. The former middleweight champion recently made the move to Oxnard, CA where he is now training under the tutelage of Robert Garcia.
The legendary Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. has come to the defense of his son, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who continues to get verbally attacked by Sergio Martinez, who many recognize as the true champion at 160-pounds.
According to TMZ, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been officially charged with three misdemeanors by the Los Angeles City Attorney - two charges for drunk driving and one for driving without a valid license. The charges are related to Chavez's January 22 arrest by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. He was arrested at 4:38am when his car was pulled over and the officer smelled a heavy odor of alcohol in the card. He booked at the Los Angeles County Jail at 7:19am and released with a citation at 10:25am. Chavez has to appear at Los Angeles Superior Court on March 16th.
The war of words continue. Middleweight king Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27KOs) has lashed out at Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31KOs), the WBC's champion at 160-pounds. Martinez, who faces Matthew Macklin on March 17th, is the mandatory challenger to Chavez's title. The Mexican champion has been ordered to fight Martinez several times in the past, but the bout never happened.
Kronk Irish Middleweight Star, Andy Lee (27W-1L, 19KOs) is ready and available to fight World Boxing Council (WBC) World Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45W- 1D, 1NC 31KOs) on June 2 or 16.
Former two-division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23KOs) traveled over to Miami, Florida to meet with his promoter Don King. They discussed plans for his next fight. Mayorga is demanding a fight with WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Last week, King traveled to Mexico to speak with WBC president Jose Sulaiman, attempting to secure Sulaiman's approval for a possible Chavez-Mayorga clash. The WBC have ordered Chavez to fight Sergio Martinez - if Martinez beats Matthew Macklin on March 17. Mayorga has been inactive since a twelfth round TKO loss to Miguel Cotto in March 2011.
Former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KOs) will return on April 14th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The fight will be a ten round bout at 166-pounds, reportedly against Scott Sigmon (21-3, 12 KOs) of Lynchburg, Va. Lightweights Yuriorkis Gamboa and Brandon Rios will headline the show in an HBO televised main event. Pavlik, inactive since May 7, is now trained by Robert Garcia of Oxnaard, California.
WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0, 31KOs) is going to return on June 2 in Los Angeles, with HBO televising in the United States. One of the opponents being mentioned for Chavez is undefeated British contender Martin Murray (23-0, 10KOs), who fought WBA champion Felix Sturm to a close twelve round draw last December.
WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has blasted his most recent opponent, Marco Antonio Rubio. Earlier this month in San Antonio Texas, Chavez won a twelve round unanimous decision over Rubio. After the fight was over, Rubio became very upset because the local commission never administered any post-fight drug tests.
As was promised hours after his HBO-televised points loss to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. earlier this month, Marco Antonio Rubio has filed an official protest with the WBC, citing a breach of rules both before and after their February 4 bout.