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Julio César Chávez Carrasco (born February 16, 1986 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer and the former WBC Middleweight Champion.[1] He’s the son of retired six-time world boxing champion Julio César Chávez and older brother of welterweight Omar Chávez.[2] Contents 1 Early life 2 Amateur career 3 Professional career 3.1 Middleweight 3.2 Chávez vs. Lee 3.3 Chávez vs. Martínez 4 Professional record 5 See also 6 References 7 External links [edit] Early life Julio was born in the city of Culiacán.[3][4] He was born when his father held the WBC World Championship at super featherweight. 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] [edit] Amateur career 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] [edit] Professional career 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. solid a win against John Duddy, in what many regard as his first serious fight.[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] [edit] Middleweight Main article: Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik 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] Main article: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Peter Manfredo Jr. 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] Main article: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr vs. Marco Antonio Rubio On February 4, 2012 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas Chavez faced Mexican countryman Marco Antonio Rubio in a 12-round scheduled Championship Middleweight bout.[17] Chavez Jr. retained his WBC Middleweight title after beating Rubio by a unanimous decision. Chavez bossed the majority of the exchanges and was awarded the fight 118-110 116-112 115-113 on the judges’ scorecards. Two weeks before the fight, Chavez was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of drunk driving.[18] [edit] Chávez vs. Lee On June 16, 2012, Chavez Jr. recovered from a slow start he blamed on leg cramps and stopped Andy Lee at 2:21 of the seventh round to retain the WBC Middleweight title. A right uppercut by Chavez snapped Lee’s head upwards and sideways and Chavez connected on a barrage of punches before referee Laurence Cole intervened and waved an end to the fight. [edit] Chávez vs. Martínez Chavez, Jr. fought against Sergio Martinez on September 15, 2012, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas for the WBC Middleweight Belt. Martinez won by Unanimous Decision after surviving a 12th round knock down following a dominant performance over the first 11 rounds.

Julio César Chávez Carrasco (born February 16, 1986 in Culiacán , Sinaloa , Mexico ) is a Mexican professional boxer and the former WBC Middleweight Champion. He’s the son of retired six-time world boxing champion Julio César Chávez and older brother of welterweight Omar Chávez .

Early life

Julio was born in the city of Culiacán . He was born when his father held the WBC World Championsh

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