By Miguel Rivera

World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman is very close friends with the man regarded as the greatest fighter in Mexican boxing history, Julio Cesar Chavez.

He feels bad that Chavez's two fighting sons, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Omar Chavez, have failed to meet expectations.

Because of their famous father, there was an enormous amount of pressure placed on both of them to succeed.

Chavez Jr. is looking to return to the ring in the fall, while Omar - after suffering back to back defeats - is getting close to the end.

"Julio was able to reach the WBC middleweight championship and it was a glorious moment and then he had a very unfortunate fall for various reasons. Omar, a boxer with many qualities, who unfortunately did not show his potential in the ring. I feel very bad that both have stumbled," said Sulaiman to Rodrigo Peiro.

Chavez Jr. (50-3-1, 32 KOs) has been inactive since losing a twelve round unanimous decision to country rival Canelo Alvarez in May 2017.

He captured the WBC middleweight title in June 2011 with a decision over Sebastian Zbik.

He made three defenses before losing the title to Sergio Martinez in September 2012.

After that loss, he began struggling with his weight and came back to the ring at nearly two divisions higher a full year later.

He picked up back to back wins over Brian Vera, but then suffered a TKO loss to top light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara in April 2015.

Chavez Jr. was able to bounce back with two more wins, and then lost the bout to Canelo at a catch-weight of 164.5.

Omar (36-5-1, 24 KOs) has not been as successful. He lost two fights to Jorge Paez Jr. He lost a decision to Ramon Alvarez, the older brother of Canelo, in 2014. He then picked up four wins - including a two round stoppage of Ramon Alvarez in a rematch.

But his career is on the slide since 2017, after being dominated over ten rounds by Robert Garcia last August and then being dominated over ten by underdog Jose Carlos Paz back in May.