A training motivation video highlight showcasing former WBC middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Being the son of the most recognized name in Mexican boxing history it was never going to be easy for Jr especially since he has followed in the same path as his legendary father.
But time will tell if Jr has a legitimate place amongst the best the sport has to offer.
He tested positive for marijuana post (Martinez) fight and he is subject to a suspension of up to one year by the NSAC and also faces fines which could value his full purse from the Martinez fight which totaled roughly $3 million.
BIOGRAPHY:
Julio César Chávez Carrasco (born February 16, 1986) is a Mexican professional boxer and the former WBC Middleweight Champion. He's the son of retired four-time world boxing champion Julio César Chávez and older brother of welterweight Omar Chávez.
Julio was born in the city of Culiacán. He was born when his father held the WBC World Championship at super featherweight. His face became known to boxing fans when his father would take him and his brother Omar into the ring as children, before each of Chávez Sr.'s fights.
As a teenager, Chávez Jr. endured some difficult moments, including a publicized relationship between his father and actress Salma Hayek and the consequential divorce of his parents. Chávez Jr. lived in relative obscurity until he announced that he would follow in the footsteps of his father and become a boxer.
After having those amateur fights, Chavez Jr. started his professional boxing career at only 17 years old. On September 26, 2003 at Super Featherweight (130lbs), Julio won his professional debut by outpointing Jonathan Hernandez over six rounds in Chávez Jr.'s native Culiacán, Sinaloa. Chavez Jr. is signed with Bob Arum's Top Rank.
Many of his fights have been held during boxing programs that have been headed by his father; he has also been featured on the undercards of many major pay-per-view fights (rare for an up-and-coming fighter, but not unexpected in his case given his father's fame). He is considerably taller than his father.
Chávez Jr. set a fighting pace that was reminiscent of Chávez Sr.'s own pace when the latter was a younger man: in 2004, he fought eleven times, not having a fight only in August during that year:
Chavez, Jr. won by a split decision over Matt Vanda July 12, 2008. Scores for the fight were 97-93 and 100-90, while losing 96-95 on another card. Chavez struggled with making weight for several bouts and was suspended following his win over Troy Rowland for using a banned diuretic, furosemide. As a result, the fight was changed to a no contest.
On June 26, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Chavez Jr. solid a win against John Duddy, in what many regard as his first serious fight.
In December 2010, Alfonso Gomez was signed to matchup against the undefeated Chávez Jr. at middleweight (the contracted weight was 157) for Julio's WBC Silver Middleweight belt on the In Harm's Way card as the main event. However, during training for the bout Alfonso tore some ligaments in his left elbow and had to withdraw from the card and will undergo a few months of rehab. For his part, Chavez Jr was set to fight Paweł Wolak as a replacement bout, but after adjusting the weight limit for said match to 165 lbs, Chavez Jr himself had to pull out due to the flu messing up his training and weight loss and then in January he went onto beat title contender Billy Lyell.
TRACK LISTING:
- Delinquent Habits - Here Come The Horns
- Kopius Few - Blue Leader
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