Julio Cesar Chavez Jr – The Biggest Con Man In Boxing?
October 28th, 2009
By Adam Fillingham : Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve written. It’s good to be back. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Ranked by the World Boxing Council as the No.1 contender and No.3 by the World Boxing Organization. Respectable achievement for any fighter. But is anyone else thinking that this place is slightly exaggerated? By popularity alone? Of course money talks.
After spending a great deal of time going through Chavez Jr’s record of opponents I have noticed one glaring fact. He has not fought anyone of any great stature. Just on records alone 13 of his 41 opponents do not have winning records (two being debutants). Add to this 4 more fighters with ten or more losses on their records and you start to understand the picture.
Let’s now take a look at his more ’skilled’ opponents.
Chavez Jr’s first none ’spoon fed’ opponent was United States welterweight, Ruben Galvan with a record of 21-6-2. This on paper isn’t great for a fighter unbeaten in 19 (as he was at that point). Add to this that Galvan has now lost six and drawn one since the fight, it proves it was once again another spoon fed opponent.
His next half decent fighter on his record was against Jermaine White for the vacant ‘WBC Youth World light middleweight title’. Chavez did dispatch of Mr. White easily in a TKO of round 4 but it does not prove anything beating a fighter who has fought no one of any substance and had already lost before Chavez got hold of him.
Ray Sanchez was on paper a good fighter for Chavez. Sanchez had won 20 fights, with only one defeat. But once again Chavez was fighting someone with no substance as Sanchez had once again fought no good fighters, and still managed to be made to retire on his stool. Not good for your 34Th fight.
Finally a breath of fresh air came along when I came across Tobia Giuseppe Loriga’s name. Unbeaten in 25 fights, world title contender, defeated two good undefeated prospects. This is the only good fighter on Chavez Jr’s record and I mean that. Problem is he has since let it down with two failed attempts at the Italian title.
Now I’m not going to go into detail with his next three fighters as there is no need. Matt Vanda was a reasonable fighter well past his prime and losing three from his last six fights. This man still took Chavez Jr. to a split decision. Give him his due Chavez Jr. did go back and win a wide unanimous decision four months later. Luciano Leonel Cuello was undefeated in twenty three fights. Great. But not when three quarters of your opponents have losing records. Finally, Jason LeHoullier. Lost and drew his last two fights. Over half of his opponents with losing records. Enough said.
Now can anybody agree that this deserves a ranked number one spot in the World Boxing Council and number 3 spot in the WBO. If anyone can agree with these two world organizations then I will be more than welcome to read your comments under this. But there is only one argument I can see against this argument, and that is those little slips called dollar bills.
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You need to keep in mind that JC Jr did not have an amateur career at all. When many of the boxers nowadays have 50+ amateru fights before they even step in a ring as a Pro. JC didnt have this at all so he is building his boxing skills as a pro. As for the rankings well I do think they are overrating him right now, but I think he and his team know that, and they know JC still has to mature as a boxer and they will wait until that happen to get bigger fights.
but just remember that chavez jr had no amature carreer and is making people that have been boxing for years look like kids…its def in his blood. ..but lets not forget omar chavez this kid is a problem…one fight he hits a guy in his ribs so hard he made a grown man cry….. one of his last fights hit a guy so hard in the head he dies days later….chavez jr is good but omar chavez is the one you need to be looking out for while he grows in the boxing world
I heard that he may fight Sergio Martinez. Did I hear right?
just remember every boxer has more than 50 amateaur fights turning pro.! chavez jr has none this 40 fights there been like his amateaur fights!!
he has fought who? how about a diaz ,collazo, at least somebody in the to 10? his dad was a legend hands down. maybe its not in the dna?? he should have been tested by now by a decent opponent or formidable journeyman.. there is a lot of them i can suggest!!!!
People said the same thing about his dad and he went on to become a legend! Only time will tell for his son.
Amir Con is the biggest con in boxing. Amir Con is a fraud and a coward.
oli, the Khan hater, World title at 22, how can you call that bum? who isnt a bum and achieved that? not many names coming to your head? surprise surprise. he is by far the most talented of the british fighters. the prescott dent has made him a better fighter, and he has already proven that. watch how he destroys prescott in a rematch which is unavoidable.
p.s. the boxing bussines is not fare and yes it is a bussiness! and bussines’s exist to make a buck. a fighters value is directly based on his ability to atract a paying public to the ticket booth or to the tv screen. example if your a halfway decent fighter from england that can atract alot of english payperview buys from england doesnt mattter if your better days are over you can get paid millions while fighters of better caliber are ignored. but eventually the best will come out on top just be patient
lets be honest there are a lot of fighters that get star treatment when they turn pro for diferent reasons. some becouse they win medals in olimpics others have the luck of having a father or relitive that know the bussness but they are the minoraty most fighters dont have the best couches or managers or promoters working on there behalf. and for the most part its an uphill battle if my son dicedid to box as a pro i hope he would be in the first group mentioned and i dont see anything wrong with jr being guided throught the maze that we call the boxing world.and i’ll bet all the people griping about jr’s stattus would do the same if they where in his shoes.
He’s being softly matched cos of a lack of amateur career ain’t he? The ranking he’s got is stupid tho.
Chavez jr is not on PPV, does not talk himself up to be the future P4P king and is not fighting bums while still holding a belt.
Amir Khan is the biggest conman in world boxing. Chavez jr is 2nd
41 fights and nothing to show for it this guy is close to retirement already hes got 9 more fights and thats it. He should be in mexican movies not in the square ring.
He will never be as good as his father was; however, in his defense, when M. Cotto was fighting nobody and (Zab past his prime was a nobody), he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Do not miss the point here. He (Chavez) is being brought up SLOW, real SLOW.
Not sure what will materialize with this fighter, but let’s not cast stones just yet.
Not bad for a kid who did not have an amateur career. I would of done the same thing.
I think it’s ridiculous when guys get a title shot after twelve fights.After forty fights you should have picked up the pace little more than jr has.I doubt he has the stuff.
In fairness, he’s probably taking any fight he can get at this point… Just because of who his father was. It’d be wrong for him to be fighting big names off the bat. And everyone would be saying he was only getting superfights because of daddy. At least by being ranked highly the organizations are putting him in a position to step it up a notch…
The ranking system is a mystery though. You see some bizarre things, but surely with his record now he has to get harder fights…
yeah. very well said. His record is obviously blown out.I even think he lost the first fight with Matt Vanda. He should be matched up with a decent fighter soon to see how tough this kid is.
I love the way everyone calls them bums…
I’m sure dedicated athletes really love this title.
every body fight bumm in the start like pacman did also and not only that he lost his 11th fight to a bumm what a loser pacman and jr also fighting bumms every boxer will figt bumms to start off
Only time will tell how great chavez jr. The more he wins, the more the fans will ask for that mega fight. Then we will all see whether he is properly ranked or if his name helped him get where he is.
A kid?I may be wrong but I thought he was 24?Anyway he has had more than 40 pro bouts and been brought up around the game through his father!Snr also fought nobodies till well past this figure so we may be in for a long wait!
His father fought a lot of bums too before he stepped up his game. Im sure that Junior will live up to the name and become a great champion too someday. He’s still only a kid.
paman vs chaves jr……………..thats the reason Y!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
true and obvious.
Yup, he is the most over-protected boxer out there.
They will put him in with a big name, when he has nowhere else to go, but will the big name be in his prime?
Nope.