Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Julio Chavez Jr

Chavez Jr. vs. Loriga This Saturday

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chavez-jr664359.jpgBy Manuel Perez: Unbeaten light middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (35-0-1, 28 KOs) continues on with his glacial move towards title contention when he takes on undefeated Italian Tobia Giuseppe Loriga (24-0-1, 6 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout for the WBC Continental Americas light middleweight title this Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros Juriquilla, in Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico. Incredibly, the bout will be shown on PPV, costing $34.95 to watch despite what I consider to be a weak undercard of Hector Velazquez vs. Elio Rojas, Bernabe Conception vs. Torrence Danials and Hector Camacho Jr. vs. Kenny Kost.

For my part, none of these names on the card makes me feel inclined to want to fork over the $39.95 to see the fight, least of all Chavez Jr., 22, who has looked anything but a future champion at light middleweight. I don’t want to be hard on the guy, because he is, after all, still essentially fighting his amateur fights as a professional in that he never had an amateur boxing career. However, even for an amateur, I’ve yet to see any comparisons whatsoever with him and his famous father Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., who piled up many titles along with over 100 wins in his great career.

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Chavez Brothers: Is Omar The Better Prospect Than Julio?

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By Chris Thomas: After watching last Saturday’s bouts of the two Chavez brothers, Omar Chavez (6-0, 5 KOs) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., both sons of the famous Mexican boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez, I’m ready to pronounce that the younger brother, 18 year-old Omar, is already the better fighter of the two sons. Although Chavez Jr. (35-0-1, 28 KOs), an unbeaten light middleweight, has received a huge amount of attention in the media due to his earlier start than this younger brother Omar, he has been less than impressive in his last two outings, wins over Ray Sanchez and most recently, an 8th round stoppage win over Jose Celaya last Saturday night.

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Chavez Jr. vs. Celaya On Saturday

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chavez-jr.jpgBy Dan Ambrose: Undefeated junior middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (34-0-1, 27 KOs) will be putting his unbeaten record on the line when he goes up against veteran Jose Celaya (31-3, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Domo De La Feria, Leon, in Guanajuato, Mexico. Celaya, 26, a good fighter with excellent amateur credentials – unlike Chavez Jr., whom has none – appears to be the latest of the sacrificial lambs brought in for the slaughter for the 21 year-old Chavez to look good against in the process of beating.

To be sure, this is a gimme fight for Chavez, for Celaya, a fighter with good handspeed and counter punching ability, has a major flaw in his armor – a weak chin. That’s the only weakness that the young Chavez will need, because if anything that he has going for him, which I personally consider not too much, he can certainly punch with decent power. Up to this point, Celaya has fought mostly 3rd tier fighters, few of which most people would consider good fighters. However, in the two occasions that Celaya has stepped it up against a 2nd tier fighter – James Webb and Eduarto Sanchez – he was knocked out.

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Who’s Next For Julio Cesar Chavez Jr?

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Well, it appears that junior middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s bout with Contender star Alfonso Gomez is out the window, based on a report by Dan Rafael of ESPN, who said that Chavez’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, has had second thoughts about Chavez facing Gomez, apparently after seeing that Chavez, the son of boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez, is a huge draw and has decided that he should fight on pay per view instead. Even though Chavez Jr. isn’t a champion in any of the major divisions, Arum figures that he can make a lot of money because of the fact that Chavez Jr’s recent bout with Ray Sanchez sold a high number of subscriptions with little in the way of advertising for the bout.

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Chavez Jr. Defeats Sanchez, Fails To Impress

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Let me be the first to say this: light middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (34-0-1, 27 KOs) will never win a major belt for as long as he boxes. On Saturday night, Chavez Jr. went up against handpicked opponent Ray Sanchez (20-2), whom Chavez’s people tried to pump up as a dangerous power puncher. I actually bought into what they were saying until seconds into the bout when I saw that Sanchez has next to no power, at least in terms of major fighters go in the light middleweight division.

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Chavez Jr. vs. Sanchez: Julio Takes a Step Up In Competition

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Light middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez (33-0-1, 26 KOs) returns to the ring on Saturday night against perhaps his best opponent of his young career when he takes on Ray Sanchez (20-1, 15 KOs) at the Tingley Coliseum, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Chavez Jr., 21, is trying to follow in his famous father’s footsteps, Julio Cesar Chavez. However, Chavez Jr. still has a long ways to go if he wants to match even a portion of what his famous father accomplished, and there are many out there who feel that Chavez Jr. never will be close to being as good.

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