If the first fight between Omar Chávez and Ramón Álvarez, which took place in September 2014, was surrounded by controversy and interest, the second fight goes beyond the idea of gaining revenge - it involves the highest level of pride. The rematch,...
Mexico City - WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Álvarez (39-0-1, 29KOs) scored an easy fifth round stoppage win over former world welterweight champion Kermit Cintron. Alvarez started slow but picked up the pace when Cintron appeared to...
Trainer Jose “Chepo” Reynoso stresses that a Mexican super-fight between champions Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is tough to make, because of the weight, and any possible agreement would have to be reached very soon because the sca...
By Jake Donovan - In terms of relevance, a showdown between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. would be to Mexico what a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr matchup would be to the rest of the boxing world – the biggest possible fight to...
WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has refused to entertain Saul "Canleo" Alvarez's request for a catch-weight of 156-pounds. Alvarez's promoter, Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, will only make the fight if Chavez agree...
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya has rejected a possible super-fight between Mexican superstars Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. - unless his promotional rival Top Rank agrees to a catch-weight of "156-pounds." De La H...
As he continues to mature in and out of the ring, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. becomes more confident holding court in any given boxing setting. Once sheltered from the media and rarely available to answer questions, the 25-year old second generation boxer...
By Robert Morales - A promotional company pitting two of its best fighters against each other is not exactly a common occurrence. But that's what Golden Boy Promotions is doing with James Kirkland and Alfredo Angulo, who Saturday will square off in a...
WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez appeared on Mexican radio and ripped Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the WBC's middleweight beltholder, over a Halloween gag. For the recent Halloween festivities, Chavez dressed up as Alvarez and posted...
As reported by various media outlets over the past few weeks, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum appears to be very keen on matching up WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. against WBC junior middleweight kingpin Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez around the first...
According to Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, he has no intention of steering Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. into a near future showdown against middleweight king Sergio Martinez. WBC President Don Jose Sulaiman has Chavez, the WBC's middleweight champi...