Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Boxing News

Andy Lee, Irish Kronk middleweight star (28w, 1l 20kos) declared this week he wants a world title shot against World Boxing Council (WBC) Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45w- 1d, 1nc 31kos) on June 16 at the Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas.

By Allan Fox: According to an interview WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez gave to the record.com.mx, Martinez is interested in moving down to 154 to fight WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez if Martinez can’t get WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to agree to fight him in September. Chavez Jr. is Martinez’s [...]

By Dan Ambrose: HBO has reportedly given the stamp of approval to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s next opponent undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) for a fight on June 16th at the Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas, U.S. Martirosyan, 25, is the proposed Top Rank replacement for middleweight contender [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) could be making his next defense of his title against junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) on June 16th. This comes after Chavez Jr’s planned opponent undefeated Martin Murray (23-0-1, 10 KO’s) ran into some visa problems that won’t be [...]

Andy Lee, Irish Kronk middleweight star (28w, 1l 20kos) is seeking a world title shot against World Boxing Council (WBC) Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45w- 1d, 1nc 31kos) on June 16 at the Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas.

MARTIN MURRAY has been forced to withdraw from his World Boxing Council (WBC) world middleweight title challenge against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr because he cannot obtain a visa in time that would allow him to enter the United States.

By Dan Ambrose: Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao, reportedly wasn’t at all impressed with former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez’s 11th round TKO win over contender Matthew Macklin last Saturday night in New York. Ariza felt Martinez should have done [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It looks as if the World Boxing Council (WBC) is going to cave in and allow WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) get in another optional title defense rather than forcing him to fight WBC Emeritus middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KO’s), according to Dan Rafael. Chavez [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s time as a champion could be on verge of ending if he fails to take on his mandatory challenger former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) in his next fight. Jose Sulaiman, the President for the World Boxing Council, said recently that the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two time WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (43-4, 25 KO’s) is hoping to get a fight against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) next and is really impressed with him as a fighter. Mundine has been facing pretty much exclusively 2nd tier opposition since beating Daniel [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC President Jose Sulaiman says that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. isn’t the one that doesn’t want the fight against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. Suliaman says that it’s Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank who doesn’t want that fight, according to The Record.

By Dan Ambrose: Well, it appears that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) is going to ignore the request by WBC President Jose Suliaman to face his WBC mandatory challenger Sergio Martinez in his next title defense. Chavez Jr. is now set to fight on June 16th in El Paso, Texas [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) no longer cares to fight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) after being ignored for the past year in his attempts to get a fight against him so that Martinez can get his WBC title back.

By Dan Ambrose: It’s good to fight for Top Rank. Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) will be fighting either next month or on April 14th against possible opponent Scott Sigmon.

By Jason Kim: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) feels frustrated at his inability to get a fight against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s), who the 37-year-old Martinez feels is being protected by the World Boxing Council and by Chavez Jr’s promoter Bob Arum.

Kronk Irish Middleweight Star, Andy Lee (27W-1L, 19KOs) is ready and available to fight World Boxing Council (WBC) World Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45W- 1D, 1NC 31KOs) on June 2 or 16.

By Jason Kim: Top Rank President Bob Arum says he wants to match former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik up with WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. next year if Pavlik wins his next two tune-up fights that Arum has planned out for him. Pavlik will be fighting on April 14th, and after that [...]

By Jason Kim: Undefeated middleweight contender Martin Murray (23-0-1, 10 KO’s) is a possibility the opponent for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s next title defense on June 16th in El Paso, Texas, according to news from Dan Rafael.

By William Mackay: WBA president Jose Sulaiman laid down the law for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., saying that he’s got to defend his title against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez next or else the World Boxing Council will have to follow the rules and presumably strip Chavez Jr. of his paper [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In perhaps what will likely be a fruitless endeavor, middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio is looking to get his recent February 4th 12 round decision loss to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. changed to a ‘No contest’ by the World Boxing Council.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) should be speaking up and putting his promoter Bob Arum under big time pressure to try and weasel a fight against fellow Top Rank fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s).

By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) turned 26-years-old today, and his promoter Bob Arum is planning on bringing him back for his next fight on June 2nd at either the Staples Center or the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, according to Steve Kim at Maxboxing.com.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC president Jose Suliaman isn’t saying he’ll strip WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. if he fails to defend his World Boxing Council title next against his mandatory challenger Sergio Martinez but it sure sounds like Suliaman is hinting awfully hard that he might do exactly that in his press release [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS February 14, 2012 – Mexico City. From WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By Jason Kim: It’s looking like #6 WBC ranked contender Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KO’s) could be up next for unbeaten WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) on June 2nd, according to Irish Boxing News.

By Byron Wallin: Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) has experiences a steep and tragic fall from grace in the boxing world over the past few years. People now are all too quick to write him off as a drunk and a bum. However, it was not so long ago that he dethroned Jermaine Taylor (who [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The WBC may be saying that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will have to defend his title against Sergio Martinez next, but Chavez Jr’s promoter Bob Arum doesn’t appear to be listening to any of that, as he wants Chavez Jr. to be back in the ring on June 2nd [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) got the opportunity to see the recent fight of fellow Top Rank fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) in his bout against previous Pavlik victim Marco Antonio Rubio and Pavlik came away completely unimpressed with what he saw [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After easily dispatching an overmatched Angel Hernandez by a 2nd round two knockdown performance last Friday night, unbeaten junior middleweight contender Demetrius Andrade (16-0, 11 KO’s) used the opportunity to tell ESPN2 that he’d be willing to move up to middleweight to face WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: ESPN2 analyst Teddy Atlas made a brutal assessment of WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s ability last night on Friday Night Fights and Atlas, as usual, pulled no punches about his thoughts on Chavez’s ability and future outlook.