By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez thinks it’s high time that unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) start facing better opposition, saying in an article by Ricardo Lois at Examiner.com, “He [Chavez Jr.] has the ability to be a world champion, but, it is time they put him in with a name fighter and a fighter who will show us what he is made of.”
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Julio Chavez Jr
Is Chavez Jr. disliked by some because of his padded record or because his fights are on PPV?
By Matt Stein: In looking at any one thread on boxing forums related to unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., you’ll often see quite a surge of negative comments about his boxing career and abilities. This is kind of the opposite of what his father Julio Cesar Chavez used to receive while in the prime of his career. But with his son Chavez Jr, he receives a lot of negative responses from fans. All I can think of is that he’s disliked because he still hasn’t faced a truly talented fighter after being carefully brought along in his career against fighters that he can beat. That’s not his fault.
Chavez Jr. vs. Gomez at middleweight on 12/4
By Dan Ambrose World Boxing Council (WBC) “Silver” middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be defending his title against Alfonso Gomez )22-4-2, 11 kO’s) on December 4th, in Anaheim, California. What makes this match-up so disappointing, however, is that the 29-year-old Gomez will be moving up not one but two divisions to take on the much bigger 24-year-old Chavez Jr. for his Silver middleweight title. Gomez, 5’9″, has fought at welterweight his entire nine year pro career and asking him to move up two divisions to take on the 6′ foot Chavez Jr. doesn’t appear to be all that fair.
Chavez-Gomez, Soto-Antillon, Donaire-Sidorenko is official for 12/4 on PPV
By Jim Dower: Dan Rafael is reporting that the Top Rank pay per view card for December 4th, with Julio Cesar Chavez J. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) vs. Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) in the main event, is now official. The bout will be taking place at The Pond, in Anaheim, California. The following undercard matches will be shown: Humberto Soto vs. Urbano Antillon, Nonito Donaire vs. Wladimir Sidorenko, Brandon Rios vs. TBA, and Vanes Martirosyan vs. TBA. In a lot of ways, this card may actually be a better overall fight card compared to the November 13th fight card with Manny Pacquiao taking on Antonio Margarito, and Kelly Pavlik vs. Brian Vega on the undercard.
Chavez Jr. vs. Gomez to headline the December 4th Latin Fury PPV card
By Chris Williams: Believe it or not, the bout between middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) will be headlining the December 4th Latin Fury pay per view card. First of all, this is a card that you’ll to pay for and secondly it’s going to have what appears to be a mismatch between the much bigger Chavez Jr. against the welterweight Gomez.
Chavez Jr. likely to face Alfonso Gomez on December 4th
By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is likely to be facing the 29-year-old welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) on December 4th rather than the tough junior middleweight Pawel Wolak. In facing the smaller Gomez, Chavez will have an advantage in size and power that will help him. Chavez wouldn’t have nearly as much of an advantage against Wolak.
Cotto could face Cintron on December 4th, if Chavez Jr. doesn’t take the fight
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) could take on replacement opponent former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KO’s) on December 4th, if the originally scheduled fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) opts not to take the fight. The bout will be taking place at Madison Square Garden, in New York. The word is that the 24-year-old Chavez Jr. won’t be traveling to the Philippines to spar with Manny Pacquiao and help get him ready for his next fight with Antonio Margarito on November 13th.
Is Chavez Jr. having second thoughts about fighting Cotto?
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) won’t be traveling to the Phillipines with trainer Freddie Roach to help get Manny Pacquiao ready for his November 13th fight against Antonio Margarito at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Promoter Bob Arum, who just found about this, said in an article at Primera Hora, “if this is true that then it means that Chavez Jr. doesn’t want to fight Cotto.”
Chavez vs. Cotto: Is Julio going to get ripped apart by Miguel?
By Jason Kim: For some reason, Bob Arum has made up his mind that he wants to throw unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) in with WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (3502, 28 KO’s) in a title bout on December 4th at Madison Square Garden, in New York.
While the 24-year-old Chavez’s trainer Freddie Roach has been talking about how he really thinks Chavez can beat Cotto, I’m not in the least convinced that he in fact can. Forgetting all those easy setup fights that Chavez Jr. has been in during his seven year pro career, I think he looked to be a level below Cotto in his recent performance against John Duddy in June.
WBC makes Chavez Jr. mandatory challenger for 160 pound champ Sergio Martinez
By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Council (WBC) has made unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) the mandatory challenger for WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, meaning that Martinez will have to fight the 24-year-old Chavez Jr. after Martinez fights his next voluntary defense, which will likely be against Paul Williams.