By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) doesn’t see himself fighting WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez anytime soon due to the different promoters that promote the two fighters.
Chavez Jr. also thinks that the 19-year-old Alvarez is scared to fight. That’s kind of surprising because Alvarez appears to be fighting on a higher level right now compared to the 24-year-old Chavez Jr. despite being five years younger. Alvarez looks powerful and shockingly good for someone as young as him.
In an interview at examiner.com, Chavez Jr. said “I don’t think we could even make the fight because of the difference in promoters and difference in television. Alvarez can’t fight with me. Not yet. It’s a good fight but I think Saul Alvarez is scared.”
Indeed, Chavez Jr. seems to believe that he’s fighting better than Alvarez at this point in his career. Chavez might find more than a few boxing fans that would disagree with him on this because he certainly didn’t look all that impressive in his recent win over Billy Lyell. Chavez had problems in that fight and was hit a lot by the light hitting Lyell. If that Alvarez in there with Chavez Jr., he could have been getting hammered.
Chavez, 6’0″, is bigger than the 5’10” Alvarez but not stronger. He might have problems with Alvarez’s heavy hands when they do eventually fight in the future.
On June 4th, Chavez Jr. will be challenging WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik in a fight that will be taking place in Los Angeles, California.
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