Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has made his mind up that his young mini-cash cow fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) won’t be fighting former WBC middleweight champ Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) in Chavez’s next title defense.

By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council (WBC) has made WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) the mandatory challenger to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s), meaning that the young 25-year-old Chavez Jr. will have to face Martinez next, as long as Martinez wins his March 17th fight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: According to Steve Kim at maxboxing.com, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) could be defending his title against #6 WBC ranked contender Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KO’s) on June 2nd in Texas. Chavez Jr. just fought last Saturday night beating Marco Antonio Rubio in Texas at the Alamodome [...]

By Dan Ambrose: HBO analyst Larry Merchant asked WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. if he was considering moving up in weight last Saturday due to Chavez Jr’s struggles to make the 160 pound middleweight limit for his fight against Marco Antonio Rubio.

By Dan Ambrose: According to RingTV, the reason why there wasn’t any drug testing for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. last Saturday night was because the Texas State Athletic Commission failed to book a drug testing laboratory.

By Allen Fox: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) has an advantage that WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez doesn’t have in trying to land a fight against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) in that Pavlik fights for Top Rank Promotions, the same promoter as Chavez Jr.

By Chris Williams: Whether the WBC blesses the fight or not, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) will likely be facing junior middleweight Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) rather than WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez or the other name that’s been mentioned recently Andy Lee.

By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. beat Marco Antonio Rubio by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night in the young 25-year-old Chavez Jr’s 2nd title defense of his World Boxing Council belt. Unfortunately, the win wasn’t impressive enough for Chavez Jr. to be pushed up in the Ring’s ratings.

By Dan Ambrose: Well, it looks like the Texas Athletic Commission completely blew it by failing to book a lab to test the fighters in title bouts last Saturday night’s Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio fight card.

By Dan Ambrose: It looks as if a fight between former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and the current World Boxing Council middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) will have to wait a little longer, as the news out isn’t looking good for this fight as far it happening next.

By Jason Kim: Lou Dibella, the promoter for WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s), expects WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and his promoter Bob Arum to immediately start negotiations with them after Martinez first takes care of Matthew Macklin on March 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York.

New York, NY (Feb. 6, 2012) – Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. defended his version of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Middleweight Championship this past Saturday, February 4, and as long as Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez follows suit in his upcoming matchup against Matthew Macklin on March 17, promoter Lou DiBella expects the two to meet to [...]

By Allen Fox: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez gave his two cents about the prospects of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and junior middleweight contender Antonio Margarito stepping up in weight to fight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the near future, and Martinez said this on his twitter page: “181 [...]

By Jason Kim: In an interview with Boxing Channel after Saturday’s night loss to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s), the beaten Marco Antonio Rubio was asked if Chavez Jr. is afraid to fight his WBC ordered challenger former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Rubio answered “It’s obvious. Chavez Jr. [...]

By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has made some strides in improvement since trainer Freddie Roach took over his training in 2010. Since then, Chavez Jr. has beaten John Duddy, Billy Lyell, Sebastian Zbik, Peter Manfredo Jr. and Marco Antonio Rubio.

By Dan Ambrose: In appraising the progress that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has made in the past year under the watchful eye of trainer Freddie Roach, I think Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum needs to wait a lot longer than the end of the year before he finally matched Chavez Jr. against the [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank will probably move ahead and match his fighters WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) up against each other next April or May in order to maximize profit for his guys. Chavez Jr. would have an even bigger [...]

By Allan Fox: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. may have tainted his own victory over Marco Antonio Rubio by failing to stick around and take the mandatory urine test after the fight to test for performance enhancing drugs.

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jason Kim: In looking at some of WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s last three fights in which he’s made weight at 160 and then rehydrated to near or above 180lbs, it seems clear that boxing badly needs rehydration rules and/or to have the weigh-ins changed to the day [...]

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Allan Fox: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. reportedly left his dressing room last night after his win over Marco Antonio Rubio and failed to submit to a post-fight drug test, according to Team Rubio.

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: According to figthtnews.com, Promciones de Pueblo, representatives for middleweight challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 46 KO’s), are saying that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) failed to leave a urine sample for examination for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) after last Saturday night’s fight between [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) had his usual excuse about why he couldn’t fight Sergio Martinez next after Chavez Jr’s 12 round unanimous decision win over Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday night, saying according to Dan Rafael “If my promoter says go, let’s go…Whatever my promoter wants, [...]

By Chris Williams: Earlier tonight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) defeated No.1 challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 46 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

By Dan Ambrose: Making his second defense of his WBC middleweight title, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) retained his World Boxing Council title with a 12 round unanimous decision over the much lighter – and slower – Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 47 KO’s) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The final judges’ [...]

(Photo: Alma Montiel) By Allan Fox: In a sign where there could be some problems tonight, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) reportedly had to drop eight pounds in the last two days for tonight’s fight against Marco Antonio Rubio in San Antonio, Texas, according to Dan Rafael. Chavez Jr. looked [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) had too much size, speed and youth for the lighter Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 46 KO’s) in beating the challenger by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night in front of a large 14,000 crowd at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, [...]

By Allen Fox: Challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) can’t afford to start slow tonight against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) if he wants to win the fight and keep from getting bombed out from long range.

(Photo credit: Alma Montiel) By Chris Williams: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s trainer Freddie Roach sees Chavez Jr. beating tough challenger Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday night and then moving on to bigger things in the division.

(Photo credit: Alma Montiel) By Jim Dower: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) made weight at today’s weigh-in by a half pound coming in at 159.5lbs for tomorrow night’s clash against Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

(Photo credit: Alma Montiel) By Dan Ambrose: It burns WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) that challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) doesn’t see him as a legitimate champion and who is predicting an early 6th round TKO this Saturday night in their fight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, [...]