Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum believes former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) can still be a force in the sport. Top Rank promoted Chavez's entire career until the boxer decided to go in another direction in the second half of 2014 and signed on with manager/adviser Al Haymon.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has placed a lot of faith in his Mexican super middleweight contender Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez, who on April 9th will get his mandatory shot at WBO world champion Arthur Abraham.
According to trainer Robert Garcia, former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is training very hard for a potential return in April against WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack. Two tentative dates being mentioned are April 16th and April 30th.
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has slammed his countryman, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, for finalizing a May 7th title defense against Amir Khan.
BoxingScene.com recently caught up with IBF super middleweight champion James "Chunky" Degale (22-1). The soon to be 30-year-old is tentatively scheduled to return to the ring on April 9th against his mandatory challenger Jose Uzcategui.
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is already training hard in Big Bear, California for a tentative return day of April 16th. The anticipated opponent is WBC super middleweight world champion Badou Jack. The venue is unknown, although Chavez's return is expected to take place in Las Vegas, Texas or California.
Robert Garcia is set to train Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for his next fight. They had their first fight over the summer and Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) once again battled weight and struggled to a ten round verdict over Marco Reyes in El Paso, Texas.
WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack (20-1-1, 12KOs) is back in home Stockholm, Sweden, for a brief visit before heading to his other home country, Gambia, where his father comes from. Jack told STV (public service TV) that the defense against Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr, might go ahead April 30 but is not a done deal yet.
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) is confident trainer Robert Garcia will get him to a world title. The Mexican star made several changes in 2015. He was trained by Joe Goossen when ge suffered his first knockout loss on April 18 against top light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara of Poland. He then broke away from Goossen following the loss. He then hired Garcia and returned in July to get a decision win over Marco "Dorado" Reyes, but suffered a serious injury to his left hand that required surgery and put him on the bench for the remainder of the year.
It was a birthday bash in Cancun, Mexico for World Boxing Counil President Mauricio Sulaiman. Several promoters, trainers, past and future WBC world champions attended the gathering. Among the participants were Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin, Adonis Stevenson, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., Abel Sanchez, Pepe Gomez, and Tom Loeffler.