Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Last week, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De Le Hoya took a direct hit at United States President Donald Trump. The Hall of Famer is behind the new ad promoting a Cinco de Mayo weekend match between boxers of Mexican descent. In it, the two athletes crash through a concrete wall.
Hall of Fame trainer Nacho Beristain, who is working with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., predicts an old school Mexican war on May 6th, when his fighter steps in the ring with country rival Saul "Canelo" Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Nacho was hired by Chavez's team a month and a half ago, and hopes to have enough time to find the formula for victory. However, Nacho expects a very exciting contest that will resemble some of the past war involving Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has continued to fire verbal bombs at his Mexican rival, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. The two superstars have been trading heated words in the last few days, as their anticipated showdown is less than a month away. Canelo and Chavez Jr. will collide in the main event of an HBO Pay-Per-View on May 6th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. There is a catch-weight in place of 164.5-pounds.
Jose 'Chepo' Reynoso has been in the corner of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez for over 13 years and the coach of the Guadalajara fighter often celebrates his birthday around time period of Canelo's fights in May. But this time it will fall exactly the day of the fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., which takes place on May 6 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
LOS ANGELES - Before Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) meets Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) for perhaps the biggest boxing event in history featuring two Mexican fighters, fight fans can get ready for all of the guaranteed action in this newly released commercial available here. As the fighters prepare for the mega battle, the teaser video paints both Mexican countrymen as larger than life figures ready to go to war in the ring.
Canelo Alvarez hopes all the rumors are true. He hopes Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is actually training harder than usual for their May 6 showdown because he wants to beat the best version of Chavez. Photos posted to his social media accounts recently showed a sculpted Chavez, who has to make a contracted catch weight of 164½ pounds May 5 for their HBO Pay-Per-View main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Oscar De La Hoya has been involved in several big fights against fellow Mexicans. The former six-division champion cannot remember one, though, that was as big an event as Canelo Alvarez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has become. Tickets to the 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena sold out more than two months in advance of their May 6 fight, Alvarez-Chavez is expected to be the most profitable pay-per-view boxing event since Alvarez-Miguel Cotto in November 2015 and more than 50 million people are expected to watch the fight on free TV in Mexico.
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has lashed out at his Mexican rival, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. The two countrymen are scheduled to collide on May 6th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. They have agreed to clash at a catch-weight of 164.5-pounds. Canelo, who holds the WBO junior middleweight title, is moving up from 154-pounds. Chavez Jr. is coming down from his last fighting weight of 168-pounds.
Hall of Fame trainer Nacho Beristain revealed that he had a verbal clash at the ongoing training camp with former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The came is taking place at the Otomi Ceremonial Center in Mexico. Their dispute got to the point where Nacho told Chavez Jr. that he would not accompany him to Las Vegas for the scheduled fight with Canelo Alvarez, which takes place on May 6th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS - The hottest ticket in town is for the sold-out Canelo vs. Chavez, Jr. mega fight that is set for Saturday, May 6 at T-Mobile Arena. Due to the demand of closed circuit telecast tickets, additional locations have been added for the Cinco de Mayo weekend showdown between two-division world champion Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and former WBC World Middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs).