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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was brutally honest with Canelo Alvarez, even if it meant inadvertently knocking himself. Chavez told Alvarez as part of HBO’s “Faceoff With Max Kellerman” segment that Alvarez agreed to fight him at 164½ pounds only “because you don’t want to fight Triple-G.”
Those fight mad Mexicans craze nothing better than a fistic fiesta to brighten up their national Cinco de Mayo holiday and this year they’re treated to a tasty looking catchweight civil war between the nation’s two most popular active fighters.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Video Interview - LAS VEGAS - Former Two-Division World Champion Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and former WBC Middleweight World Champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) made their grand arrivals today at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas ahead of their highly anticipated clash on May 6 at T-Mobile Arena, produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
Canelo Alvarez Video Interview - LAS VEGAS - Former Two-Division World Champion Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and former WBC Middleweight World Champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) made their grand arrivals today at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas ahead of their highly anticipated clash on May 6 at T-Mobile Arena, produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
By Thomas Gerbasi - The shoes were always going to be too big to fill. Maybe Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. knew it from the start, but if he didn’t, the rest of the boxing world certainly knew that he was never going to be his father. “Nobody has even filled his shoes and we’re talking about a lot of great Mexican fighters...
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has refused to engage Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in a war of words. BoxingScene.com reported on Tuesday that Canelo (48-1-1, 34 KOs) has no interest in the WBC being involved in a potential September fight with middleweight king Gennady "GGG" Golovkin.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Last Monday night, BoxingScene.com reported that Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) had rejected the involvement of the World Boxing Council [WBC] with the upcoming fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Canelo vs. Chavez Jr., which takes place on HBO Pay-Per-View, will happen this coming Saturday night from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Canelo, Chavez Jr. Hit Las Vegas Photos - Cinemas across the U.S. will play host to a Cinco de Mayo weekend mega-fight with a pulse-pounding live broadcast event featuring two of Mexico’s finest boxers: “Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez, Jr.” in a historic showdown that will rival the biggest fights in Mexico's rich boxing history. Two-division world champion Canelo Álvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) will square off against former WBC World Middleweight Champion Julio César Chávez, Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) in a 12-round battle.
Among Canelo Alvarez’s criticisms of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is that Chavez tends to say more negative things about Alvarez when they’re far apart. When they’re face to face, the Mexican superstar claims Chavez is much more respectful and avoids trashing Alvarez’s legacy. Alvarez made sure he wasn’t hypocritical when they sat down with HBO Sports for a “Faceoff With Max Kellerman” segment that debuted recently.
Size will matter, according to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The former WBC middleweight champion said during a conference call Monday that he expects his size advantage over Canelo Alvarez to be a major factor when they meet Saturday night in Las Vegas. Alvarez has never fought above a contracted weight of 155 pounds, but the Mexican superstar agreed to face Chavez at a catch weight of 164½ pounds.