| Julio César Chávez jr. | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Julio César Chávez Jr |
| Nickname(s) |
La Leyenda Continua "The Legend Goes on" |
| Rated at | Middleweight Light Middleweight Welterweight Light welterweight Lightweight Super Featherweight |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Reach | 74 in (189 cm) |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Born | February 16, 1986 Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 46 |
| Wins | 44 |
| Wins by KO | 31 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
Julio César Chávez Carrasco (born February 16, 1986 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico), is an undefeated Mexican boxer and the current WBC Middleweight Champion.[1] He's the son of Legendary Boxing Champion Julio César Chávez and older brother of Welterweight Omar Chávez.[2]
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Julio was born in the city of Culiacán,.[3][4] He was born when his father held the WBC World Championship at Junior Lightweight. His face became known to boxing fans when his father would take him and his brother Omar into the ring as children, before each of Chávez Sr.'s fights. As a teenager, Chávez Jr. endured some difficult moments, including a publicized relationship between his father and actress Salma Hayek and the consequential divorce of his parents.[5] Chávez Jr. lived in relative obscurity until he announced that he would follow in the footsteps of his father and become a boxer.[6]
Julio Jr.’s amateur career consisted of only two fights against former World Champion Jorge Páez's oldest son Jorge Páez, Jr., both of the exhibitions bouts were shown on Mexican television.[7]
After having those amateur fights, Chavez Jr. started his professionally boxing career at only 17 years old.[8] On September 26, 2003 at Super Featherweight (130lbs), Julio won his professional debut by outpointing Jonathan Hernandez over six rounds in Chávez Jr.'s native Culiacán, Sinaloa. Chavez jr. is signed with Bob Arum's Top Rank.[9] Many of his fights have been held during boxing programs that have been headed by his father; he has also been featured on the undercards of many major pay-per-view fights (rare for an up-and-coming fighter, but not unexpected in his case given his father's fame). He is considerably taller than his father.[10] Chávez Jr. set a fighting pace that was reminiscent of Chávez Sr.'s own pace when the latter was a younger man: in 2004, he fought eleven times, not having a fight only in August during that year:
Chavez, Jr. won by a split decision over Matt Vanda July 12, 2008. Scores for the fight were 97-93 and 100-90, while losing 96-95 on another card.[11] Chavez struggled with making weight for several bouts, and was suspended following his win over Troy Rowland for using a banned diuretic, furosemide. As a result, the fight was changed to a no contest.[12]
On June 26, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Chavez Jr. proved that if John Duddy is this era's Arturo Gatti, he is Ivan Robinson, by winning a unanimous decision over 12 rounds.[13] In December 2010, Alfonso Gomez was signed to matchup against the undefeated Chávez, Jr. at Middleweight(the contracted weight was 157) for Julio's WBC Silver Middleweight belt on the In Harm's Way card as the main event. However, during training for the bout Alfonso tore some ligaments in his left elbow and had to withdraw from the card, and will undergo a few months of rehab. For his part, Chavez Jr was set to fight Paweł Wolak as a replacement bout, but after adjusting the weight limit for said match to 165 lbs, Chavez Jr himself had to pull out due to the flu messing up his training and weight loss and then in January he went onto beat title contender Billy Lyell.[14]
On June 4, 2011, Chávez, Jr. defeated WBC Middleweight Champion Sebastian Zbik to win his first world title at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Taking a major step toward establishing his own legacy while his famous father looked on. He was behind early against Zbik, who was the quicker fighter and landed more punches early. But Chavez kept coming forward, countering with hard body shots that seemed to slow his German opponent down.[15]
Chavez Jr. defended his middleweight title with a fifth-round knockout of Peter Manfredo Jr. in Houston on November 19, 2011.
Chavez was marginally outworked, but he landed a higher percentage of punches and more power shots than Manfredo. In the fifth, Chavez hurt Manfredo with a hard right hand and unloaded a flurry when the challenger wobbled and backed up on the ropes. Manfredo was never hit flush as Chavez threw with abandon, but he didn't answer with any punches and referee Laurence Cole finally stepped in to call it at 1 minutes, 52 seconds.[16]
Chavez will face Mexican countryman Marco Antonio Rubio in a scheduled 12-round middleweight bout, although it is unclear if Chavez will be defending the WBC version of the title, on Feb. 4 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.[17]
| 44 Wins (31 knockouts), 0 Losses, 1 Draw, 1 No Contest | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| N/A | 44-0-1 1 NC |
Marco Antonio Rubio | - | ? (12) | 2012-02-04 | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States | Defends his WBC Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 44-0-1 1 NC |
Peter Manfredo Jr. | TKO | 5 (12), (1:52) | 2011-11-19 | Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, United States | Retained his WBC Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 43-0-1 1 NC |
Sebastian Zbik | MD | 12 | 2011-06-04 | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States | Won the WBC Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 42-0-1 1 NC |
Billy Lyell | UD | 10 | 2011-01-29 | Estadio Banorte, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | Retained his WBC Silver Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 41-0-1 1 NC |
John Duddy | UD | 12 | 2010-06-26 | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States | Won the vacant WBC Silver Middleweight Title. |
| NC | 40-0-1 1 NC |
Troy Rowland | NC | 10 | 2009-11-14 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | This bout was later declared a no-contest. Chavez was found to have used an illegal diuretic, furosemide, a banned medication, to make weight, in results from the prefight testing. |
| Win | 40-0-1 | Jason LeHoullier | TKO | 1 (10), (2:43) | 2009-09-12 | Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | Retained his WBC Latino Light Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 39-0-1 | Luciano Cuello | UD | 10 | 2009-03-28 | Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | Won the WBC Latino Light Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 38-0-1 | Matt Vanda | UD | 10 | 2008-09-01 | Mandalay Bay Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 37-0-1 | Matt Vanda | SD | 10 | 2008-07-12 | Palenque De Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico | |
| Win | 36-0-1 | Giuseppe Loriga | KO | 9 (10), (1:47) | 2008-04-26 | Plaza de Toros, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico | Retained his WBC Continental Americas Light Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 35-0-1 | José Celaya | TKO | 8 (12), (2:14) | 2008-02-09 | Domo De La Feria, León, Guanajuato, Mexico | Won the WBC Continental Americas Light Middleweight Title |
| Win | 34-0-1 | Ray Sánchez | KO | 6 (10), (1:33) | 2007-12-01 | Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| Win | 33-0-1 | Louis Brown | TKO | 5 (10), (2:42) | 2007-08-04 | Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, United States | |
| Win | 32-0-1 | Grover Wiley | KO | 3 (10), (2:27) | 2007-06-09 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 31-0-1 | Anthony Shuler | KO | 2 (10), (1:32) | 2007-04-14 | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States | |
| Win | 30-0-1 | Raúl Muñoz | TKO | 3 (10), (1:29) | 2007-03-09 | Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, United States | |
| Win | 29-0-1 | Christian Solano | UD | 10 | 2006-12-16 | Plaza de Toros, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | |
| Win | 28-0-1 | Shad Howard | RTD | 4 (8), (0:10) | 2006-09-23 | Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, United States | |
| Win | 27-0-1 | Jermaine White | TKO | 4 (10), (1:52) | 2006-08-19 | Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, United States | Won vacant WBC Youth World Light Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 26-0-1 | Aaron Drake | TKO | 2 (6), (1:53) | 2006-06-10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 25-0-1 | Tyler Ziolkowski | KO | 2 (6), (2:40) | 2006-03-08 | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 24-0-1 | Carlos Molina | MD | 6 | 2006-02-18 | The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Draw | 23-0-1 | Carlos Molina | PTS | 6 | 2005-12-16 | Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | |
| Win | 23-0-0 | Jeremy Stiers | TKO | 5 (6), (0:47) | 2005-10-08 | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 22-0-0 | Corey Alarcon | TKO | 2 (6), (0:35) | 2005-09-17 | America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Win | 21-0-0 | Jonathan Nelson | KO | 1 (6), (0:54) | 2005-08-12 | Entertainment Center, Laredo, Texas | |
| Win | 20-0-0 | Rubén Galván | TKO | 4 (8), (2:22) | 2005-06-25 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey | |
| Win | 19-0-0 | Adam Wynant | KO | 1 (6), (0:42) | 2005-05-28 | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California | |
| Win | 18-0-0 | Travis Hartman | TKO | 3 (8), (0:51) | 2005-04-22 | Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas | |
| Win | 17-0-0 | Ryan Maraldo | TKO | 3 (6), (2:56) | 2005-03-19 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 16-0-0 | Leroy Newton | TKO | 1 (6), (2:11) | 2005-02-11 | Convention Center, San Diego, California | |
| Win | 15-0-0 | Jose Cruz | TKO | 2 (8), (0:54) | 2005-01-21 | Parque Revolucion, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | |
| Win | 14-0-0 | Eliseo Urias | KO | 2 (6), (0:11) | 2004-12-18 | U.A. de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | |
| Win | 13-0-0 | Sheldon Mosley | TKO | 5 (6), (0:13) | 2004-11-26 | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
| Win | 12-0-0 | Mike Walker | TKO | 1 (6), (2:21) | 2004-08-23 | Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, Arizona | Won vacant WBC Youth World Light Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 11-0-0 | Miguel Galindo | TKO | 4 (6), (0:28) | 2004-09-04 | Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | |
| Win | 10-0-0 | Jason Smith | UD | 4 | 2004-07-31 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 9-0-0 | Luis Huerta | TKO | 2 (6), (0:52) | 2004-06-26 | Parque Revolucion, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | |
| Win | 8-0-0 | Antonio Aguilar | KO | 1 (4), (1:10) | 2004-05-22 | Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Win | 7-0-0 | Arturo Ocampo | KO | 2 (6), (0:11) | 2004-04-24 | Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico | |
| Win | 6-0-0 | Guadalupe Arce | KO | 1 (4), (2:10) | 2004-03-27 | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | |
| Win | 5-0-0 | Oisin Fagan | UD | 4 | 2004-02-28 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 4-0-0 | Jose Burgos | UD | 4 | 2004-01-29 | International Ballroom, Houston, Texas | |
| Win | 3-0-0 | Gerardo Penaflor | UD | 4 | 2003-12-05 | International Ballroom, Houston, Texas | |
| Win | 2-0-0 | Eugene Johnson | KO | 1 (4), (0:51) | 2003-11-22 | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | |
| Win | 1-0-0 | Jonathan Hernandez | UD | 4 | 2003-09-26 | Parque Revolucion, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | Chávez Jr's Professional Debut. |
Chavez has been trained by two of his uncles, who have been criticized for not putting their foot down with the young fighter in terms of discipline. Chavez needed more motivation and guidance so he switched from his uncles to famous Freddie Roach to his corner. Roach is rolling the dice with the young man is that he believes Chavez wants to make a change in the way he prepares for fights.[18]
| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| New title | WBC Silver Middleweight Champion June 26 2010 - June 4 2010 Won world title |
Succeeded by Avtandil Khurtsidze |
| Preceded by Sebastian Zbik |
WBC Middleweight Champion June 4, 2011 – present |
Incumbent |