Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Oscar De La Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions, was not a happy camper with last Saturday's televised boxing events. He vented over the two main televised cards, which featured Timothy Bradley winning a technical ten round decision over Devon Alexander at the Pontiac Silverdome to unify the WBO/WBC 140-pound titles, and middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. winning a ten round decision over Billy Lyell in Culiacan, Mexico.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was not pleased with last Saturday's performance against Billy Lyell before 12,000 of his hometown fans at the Stadium Dorados in Culiacan, Mexico. Chavez won a ten round unanimous decision. He partially blames his performance on inactivity after returning from a seven month layoff. Another partial problem is motivation. He says it's hard to get motivated in camp for these kind of opponents. The Mexican star is tired of facing tough opponents who carry very little name value and says his fans are getting tired too.
By Jake Donovan - The time has finally arrived for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to advance to the part of his career where every fight matters. Fans have been screaming for years for the son of the Mexican legend to crap or get off the pot, but it has been a slow road to respectability. Chavez Jr. perhaps still has a ways to go before removing the sideshow label, as evidenced by his failure to please a capacity crowd of more than 12,000 in his hometown of Culiacan, Mexico on Saturday as he outpointed American journeyman Billy Lyell in their ten-round bout. Scores were 99-92, 96-94, 98-92 in the Fox Sports Espanol headliner that was fought at a brisk pace yet not always entertaining. It has been a while since Chavez Jr has been on good terms with his countrymen, who have proven to be outspoken critics in his past several bouts. Collective booing has become a far too frequent occurrence of his past several bouts that have taken place south of the border.
WBC silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. said he was hurt by inactivity in Saturday's ten round decision win against Billy Lyell in Culiacan, Mexico. After ten rounds, Chavez (42-0-1, 30 KO's) was up 99-92, 96-94 and 98-92.
At the Estadio Banorte in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, close to 12,000 hometown fans turned out to watch WBC silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0, 30 KOs) win a ten round unanimous decision over rugged contender Billy Lyell (22-9, 4 KOs). The scores were 99-92, 96-94 and 98-92. Photos by Rafael Soto.
On Saturday night, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. won a ten round decision over Ohio's Billy Lyell at the Banorte Soccer Stadium in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Chavez appears to be on track for a May collision with WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik, a fight that would surely boost his stock to a new level.
At the Estadio Banorte, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, WBC interim-female super bantamweight champion Jackie Nava (23-3-2, 11 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Frede Gonzalez (6-7-1, 2 KOs). Nava had very little trouble outboxing Gonzalez, who couldn't put together enough punches in any given round. The scores were 99-91, 99-91 and 100-90.
SINALOA, MEXICO - THE WEIGHTS ARE IN.
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