Chavez-Lyell

By Dan Ambrose: #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender and current WBC Silver middleweight title holder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) wants to face 38-year-old Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO’s) next after reading De La Hoya’s comments he made about Chavez in his twitter account, according to fightnews.com. De La Hoya happened [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Despite looking flabby, slow, weak and entirely mediocre in beating a 2nd tier junior middleweight who much smaller than him, WBC Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) brought in high ratings for his fight last weekend against the much smaller Billy Lyell (22-9, 4 KO’s) on Fox Deportes. [...]

LOS ANGELES, February 4, 2011 – FOX Deportes – FOX Deportes’ premiere boxing series, “Top Rank Live,” knocked-out the competition by delivering the highest boxing ratings in U.S. Latino sports-cable network history. With nearly 400,000 viewers, the network was first for the night in Prime and Late Fringe on Saturday, January 29th. The heavy-hitting two-hour [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If you look at the condition that unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) was in for his last fight this past weekend against journeyman Billy Lyells (22-9, 4 KO’s), it’s hard to miss the fact that Chavez Jr. looked kind of flabby and out of shape compared to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It seems like I’m not the only one that wasn’t impressed with unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s 10 round decision win over Billy Lyell (22-9, 4 KO’s) last weekend. Oscar De La Hoya wasn’t exactly bowled over by Chavez’s win as well, saying this in his twitter account: “I was watching Chavez [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Julio Cesar Chavez junior speaking to the Mexican media after his fight with Billy Lyell admitted he had a poor performance. He attributed his lackluster efforts to being inactive for a long time, and short training of only three weeks for the Lyell fight. Chavez junior also blamed the distractions he endured [...]

By Chris Williams: If you watched WBC Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s 10 round unanimous decision win over journeyman Billy Lyell (22-9, 4 KO’s) last Saturday night, you might have noticed how disappointed Chavez’s trainer Freddie Roach looked as the fight ended in 10th round and Chavez had failed to knockout Lyell.

By Francisco Hernandez: Fighting in his home town of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Julio Cesar Chavez failed to impress his hometown fans which booed him after he was awarded a decision in his fight against Billy Lyell in the Banorte Stadium last night, January 29th, 2011. Mexican fans are not like other boxing fans, they expect more [...]

By Chris Williams: If unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) is supposed to be a future champion, according to his trainer Freddie Roach, he hardly showed that he had much ability in beating 2nd tier journeyman Billy Lyell (22-9, 4 KO’s) last night, winning by an unimpressive 10 round unanimous decision [...]

By Michael Lieberman: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) looked positively huge tonight compared to his smaller opponent junior middleweight journeyman fighter Billy Lyell (22-9, 4 KO’s), beating him by an 10 round unanimous decision at the Estadio Banorte, in Culiacan, Snialoa, Mexico. Lyell took a lot of punishment but refused to quit or [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) easily defeated fringe junior middleweight contender Billy Lyell (22-9, 4 Ko’s) on Saturday night, beating him by a lopsided 10 round unanimous decision at the Estadio Banorte, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 96-94 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 Ko’s) faces the much smaller junior middleweight Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) tonight in a 12 round title defense for Chavez Jr. for his WBC Silver middleweight title at the Estadio Banorte, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Chavez Jr. will fighting a weak puncher [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: For a long time Mexico City was the seedbed of great boxers for the Mexican nation. A neighborhood like Tepito (Aztec word meaning small temple), produced more world class fighters and champions than most nations will ever dream of having. There was a host of great trainers capable of teaching the art [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Freddie Roach is under the impression that his fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) can beat WBC emeritus middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s). Roach is interested in putting Chavez Jr. in with Martinez later in 2011, at least that’s what Roach is saying now. It’s hard to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit – Zanfer Boxing: Although unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) has only beaten one semi-decent fighter and zero really good fighters during his eight-year pro career, his fight against the light hitting junior middleweight Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) this Saturday night in Culiacan, Mexico, is [...]

By Jason Kim: This Saturday night, unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will face the smaller junior middleweight Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Estadio Banorte, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Chavez Jr. is ranked an incredible number #1 by the WBC and needs a win [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, Freddie Roach, the trainer for unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s), thinks that Chavez Jr. will soon be the middleweight champion and thinks he can be a great fighter. Chavez Jr. is facing fringe junior middleweight contender Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) on Saturday [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is probably facing the best opponent of his eight year pro career this Saturday night against 26-year-old Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) at the Estadio Banorte, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Chavez, 24, has effectively been filling in for not having much of an [...]

By Jason Kim: If unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) gets by Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) on January 29th in their fight in Culiacan, Mexico and then if Chavez Jr. beats the recently promoted WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik in a fight that could take place in May, Chavez may [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Julio Cesar Chavez junior has not fought in his homeland of Sinaloa for over six years. Now he will be amongst his people once again when he fights Billy Lyell on the 29 of January 2011. It makes sense that Chavez junior fight in his hometown because that is surely his last [...]

By Reynaldo Sanchez: What doe’s mean “Emeritus”?, In accordance with ‘ Wilkipedia “The term is used when a person of importance in a given profession retires and/or hands over the position, so that his former rank can still be used in his title. This is particularly useful when establishing the authority of a person who [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It sure helps being the son of boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez. Unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s), who has faced only one fringe contender during his entire eight-year pro career, will be fighting for the WBC middleweight title this year against the new paper title holder Sebastian [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council basically cleared the way for unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) to fight for the WBC middleweight title without risking getting his head taken off by moving the current WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) into the position of Emeritus champion after only [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. 41-0-1, 30 KO’s) fights the much smaller 2nd tier junior middleweight Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) on January 29th in a 10 round bout in Coluacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Chavez, 24, now trained by Freddie Roach, hopes to defeat the small 5’9″ Lyell [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is taking the backdoor into the WBC title by taking on interim World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) for a bout that will reportedly be taking place in May after Chavez Jr. gets by his scheduled 10 round bout on [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be returning to the ring on January 29th against junior middleweight Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Estadio Banorte, in Culiacan, Mexico. Chavez, 24, is hoping to get a title shot in 2011, either against [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Ranked #1 by WBC in the middleweight division, unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be facing light hitting junior middleweight Billy Lyell (22-0, 8 KO’s) on January 29th at the Estadio Banorte, in Culiacan, Sinloa, Mexico. If the 24-year-old Chavez Jr. beats Lyell, which is pretty likely given that [...]