By Hesiquio Balderas
At a virtual press conference, the discussion got heated when Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., boxers Mario Cazares and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Mario’s manager couldn’t agree to a weight division. Cazares and his team stood their ground that the fight was going to take place at 172 pounds which was the original agreement. But Chavez Sr. got angry and said that the fight was going to take place at 175 pounds or there will be no fight.
“There will no fight if the contest won’t take place at 175 pounds,” said the Mexican legend. “I am the promoter. Julio Jr is not in charge, I am in charge of this. If the fight doesn’t take place at 175 pounds, Junior won’t fight on my card. Julio Jr had surgery and gained a lot of weight. We moved the original date from October to September 25 so his health is what’s important to me. If Cazares is going to beat him, he would beat him at any weight!”
Cazares and his manager, however, refused to give any concession in weight and traded words with Chavez Sr., insisting that the fight take place at 172.
A few hours after the virtual press conference, Julio César Chávez Jr. tweeted that he was stepping away from his father’s event and the fight with Cazares is now off.
It’s not like he was going to make 175 either!
Exactly!
Agreed, dude is a joke and a disgrace to the sport, Always tryin to circumvent the rules. Riden his dad’s famous coat tails is a bad look for a grown ass man.
Mario Abel Cazares is only 11-0 with 5 knockouts, but he still would have beaten Julio Jr. Probably would have made him quit for a 3rd time too.
Jr. Should do the exhibition with Traviso Arce. He is always looking for smaller opponents. What a disgrace on boxing.
Truffle shuffle was gonna lose half his purse on the scale.
MY GOD, this fight is cancelled. I was so looking forward to it, as I am sure millions around the world were. A GREAT LOSS TO BOXING, the most disappointing cancelation since BOWE-LEWIS did not fight.
Lol yeah everyone was looking forward to the big comeback. Chavez Jr. success was due to his god father’s corruption. Rigged scales, masking peds among other things. Once his passing Chavez suddenly couldn’t make 160 nor 168 and all the illegal advatages magically disappeared. This guy was never good enough to beat Marco Rubio yet seemed like Chavez sr. that night. I wonder why.
I am now ready to officially conclude that Chavez, Jr. is a waste of boxing space, and he did not uphold his last name. Further, I prefer to not see/read anything about the Chavez name anymore. The next time I see/read the Chavez name, I will simply reply (in stone): ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!
If the fight was agreed at 172 he should make it.
Another condition that Chavez had was that the other fighter only use his left hand!!!
I’ll bet Team Cazares caves and they take the fight.
Exactly!!! dude wont be seeing any other fights with Chavez-type money anytime soon. I understand its principle but the family gotta eat at the end of the day. A win over Chavez opens doors. Give the 3 pounds
I got a chance to read all the comments and I agree for the most part. I still think Cazares stood his ground on a stupid issue. Two fighters meeting at 172 or 175 wont see a real advantage. Personally Cazares would have gained an advantage since Chavez has always been slower at the heavy weights. Cazares should have taken the fight and gotten a big name on his resume. Plus even if Chavez made the 172 weight he would have been fighting at 180+.
These guys should be weighing in on fight night. Chavez will be coming in as a light heavyweight ridiculous.
They can postpone Jr’s comeback another 12 months, it wont matter. Maybe he should just fight at hvwt 🙂 maybe fight the Tyson -Jones winner lol
Jr is pathetic. He is nothing close to the caliber of fighter his father was. What a waste. He shames the sport, taints the Chavez name.
even if he had didnt have the same success as papa, that would have been ok if he tried harder and not quit… he would have been a lot more revered.
His father had the heart of a lion, his son, the heart of a kitten
I’m looking forward to Chávez jr vs Jarrell Miller. No weight limit! No drug tests! No talent!
Well done, sir. Couldn’t agree more.
Maybe just create a 172 pound division-no more ridiculous than the divisions that they have now.
Agreed. That was the ruination of boxing. Flyweight, Bantam weight, featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, lightheavyweight, heavyweight, aren’t enough weight classes!!??
Chavez jr, why is everyone so hard on him?
Tyson quit twice and nobody says boo about him?
Tyson wasted a lot more talent than chaveZ
This fucking clown should be ban from boxing, if it wasn’t for his daddy’s name he would be working as a taxi driver in Tijuana. No respect for boxing..
Dad just can’t get over the fact his son just ain’t got it.
O.k……so he may not have his dads attributes but you got to admit that his hair is quite bitchin!