Julio César Chavez junior

Julio César Chavez junior
Data
Birth Name	Julio César Chavez Carrasco
Fight name	JC Jr
Weight class	Light middleweight, middleweight
nationality	Mexican
birthday	February 16, 1986
place of birth	Culiacan
style	Standard boom (left boom)
size	1.83 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	57
Victories	51
Knockout victories	33
Defeats	4th
draw	1
No value	1

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (* 16th February 1986 in Culiacan , State of Sinaloa as Julio Cesar Chavez Carrasco ) is a Mexican professional boxer and former WBC world champion at middleweight.

His father is the former professional boxer and multiple world champion Julio César Chávez senior.

Boxing career

As an amateur boxer, he only played two fights on Mexican television against Jorge Páez junior, the son of former world boxing champion Jorge Páez senior .

On September 26, 2003, his professional career began with a unanimous victory over Jonathan Hernández. He had his first major opponent on February 28, 2004; he defeated the later Irish champion Oisin Fagan by unanimous victory on points. In his 24th fight on December 16, 2005, he reached his only draw against his compatriot and later IBF world champion Carlos Amado Molina . However, he defeated this in the rematch on points.

On August 19, 2006 he became the new WBC Junior World Champion in the light middleweight division when he defeated the American Jermaine White by technical knockout in the 4th round. On December 16, 2006, there was a unanimous victory on points against the eventual Mexican champion Cristian Solano, and on December 1, 2007 a knockout victory in round 6 over the former WBC junior world champion Ray Sanchez.

On February 9, 2008 he won the American continent title of the WBC in the light middleweight division by technical knockout in the 8th round over José Celaya and defended the title on April 26th by knockout in the 9th round against the Italian champions Tobia Loriga. On March 28, 2009, the Latino title of the WBC followed with a unanimous victory over the undefeated (23-0) Argentine Luciano Cuello. In the title defense on September 12th, he won by technical knockout in round 1 over the Briton Jason LeHoullier.

His fight against the US-American Troy Rowland on November 14, 2009 was not valued, because after the fight at Chavez an illegal substance for weight gain was detected. He had won the fight itself unanimously and clearly on points. On June 26, 2010 he secured the silver title of the WBC in the middleweight division, by unanimously winning points against John Duddy and defended him on January 29, 2011 by unanimous victory over former world championship challenger Billy Lyell.

On June 4, 2011 Chavez finally got after 44 professional fights in which he remained undefeated, the chance to box for the world title of the WBC. Reason for the late World Cup chance were u. a. the fairly safe selection of his internationally mostly unknown opponents. In the world championship fight he faced the unbeaten, in 30 professional fights, reigning WBC middleweight world champion, the German Sebastian Zbik . He had received the world championship belt without a fight after the title holder Sergio Gabriel Martínez did not defend his title. Zbik thus denied his first title defense against Chavez. Julio Chavez finally won the fight clearly on points and became the new WBC middleweight world champion.

On November 19, 2011 he defended the title for the first time against Peter Manfredo (37-6) and won through tKo in round 5. In February 2012 he also defended the title unanimously on points against Marco Antonio Rubio (53-3). In June 2012 he was also able to defeat Andy Lee (28-1) from Ireland prematurely.

On September 15, 2012, however, he lost to world number one Sergio Gabriel Martínez (49-2) on points, but had the Argentine on the floor in the twelfth round. After the fight, he tested positive for cannabis and banned him for nine months. In September 2013 he won unanimously against Brian Vera (23-6) and also won the rematch six months later.

In April 2015 he lost prematurely to Andrzej Fonfara from Poland (26-3). In July 2015, he defeated Marcos Reyes (33-2) by unanimous decision on points. In December 2016 he beat Dominik Britsch (32-2).

In May 2017 he boxed against Saúl Álvarez (48-1) and lost by unanimous decision. In December 2019, he was also lost prematurely to Daniel Jacobs (35-3).

For refusing to undergo a doping test, Chavez was banned indefinitely from the boxing organizations Nevada Athletic Commission and Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission in 2020 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Sebastian Zbik	Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) June 4, 2011 to September 15, 2012	Sergio Martínez

List of professional fights

49 wins (32 knockout wins), 2 defeats (1 knockout loss), 1 draw , 1 no rating
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Chávez junior
2003	September 26th	Parque Revolucion, Culiacan, Mexico	Jonathan Hernandez	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
	22nd of November	Centro de Espectaculos Alamar, Tijuana, Mexico	Eugene Johnson	Victory / KO 1st round
	December 5th	International Ballroom, Houston, USA	Gerardo Penaflor	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
2004	January 29th	International Arena, Houston, USA	Jose Luis Burgos	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
	February 28	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Oisin Fagan	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
	27th of March	Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Mexico	Guadalupe Arce	Victory / KO 1st round
	April 24th	Palenque de Gallos, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico	Arturo Ocampo	Victory / KO 2nd round
	May 22	Plaza de Toros , Mexico City, Mexico	Antonio Aguilar	Victory / KO 1st round
	June 26th	Parque Revolucion, Culiacan, Mexico	Jose Luis Herta	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	July 31	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Jason Smith	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
	September 4th	Plaza de Toros , Mexico City, Mexico	Miguel Angel Galindo	Victory / TKO 4th round
	23rd October	Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, USA	Mike Walker	Victory / TKO 1st round
	November 26th	Poliforo Juan Gabriel, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico	Sheldon Mosley	Victory / TKO 5th round
	December 18th	Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Culiacan, Mexico	Eliseo Urias	Victory / KO 2nd round
2005	21th January	Parque Revolucion, Culiacan, Mexico	Jose Cruz	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	February 11th	Convention Center, San Diego, USA	Leroy Newton	Victory / TKO 1st round
	19th March	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Ryan Maraldo	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	April 22	Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, USA	Travis Hartman	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	28th of May	Staples Center , Los Angeles, USA	Adam Wynant	Victory / KO 1st round
	25th June	Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Ruben Galvan	Victory / TKO 4th round
	12. August	Entertainment Center, Laredo, Texas, USA	Jonathan Nelson	Victory / KO 1st round
	17th of September	American West Arena, Phoenix (Arizona), USA	Corey Alarcon	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	8th October	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, USA	Jeremy Stiers	Victory / TKO 5th round
	December 16	Monterrey Arena, Monterrey, Mexico	Carlos Molina	Tie (on points) / 6 rounds
2006	February 18	The Aladdin, Las Vegas, USA	Carlos Molina	Point victory (majority decision) / 6 rounds
	April 8th	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, USA	Tyler Ziolkowski	Victory / KO 2nd round
	June 10th	Madison Square Garden , New York City, USA	Aaron Drake	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	August 19th	Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas, USA	Jermaine White WBC World Youth Welterweight Championship	Victory / TKO 4th round
	September 23rd	Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, USA	Shad Howard	Victory / abandonment 4th round
	December 16	Plaza de Toros La Sinaloense, Culiacan, Mexico	Cristian Solano	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
2007	9th March	Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, USA	Raul Munoz	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	April 14th	Alamodome , San Antonio, Texas, USA	Anthony Shuler	Victory / KO 2nd round
	June 9th	Madison Square Garden , New York City, USA	Grover Wiley	Victory / KO 3rd round
	4th of August	Allstate Arena , Rosemont, USA	Louis Brown	Victory / TKO 5th round
	December 1	Tingley Coliseum , Albuquerque, USA	Ray Sanchez	Victory / KO 6th round
2008	February 9	Domo de la Feria, Guanajuato, Mexico	Jose Celaya vacant WBC Continental America Welterweight Championship	Victory / TKO 8th round
	26th of April	Plaza de Toros Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico	Tobia Giuseppe Loriga WBC Continental America Welterweight Title Defense	Victory / KO 9th round
	July 12	Palenque de la Expo Gan, Hermosillo, Mexico	Matt Vanda	Point victory (polyphonic) / 10 rounds
	November 1st	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Matt Vanda	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
2009	28th March	Plaza de Toros , Tijuana, Mexico	Luciano Leonel Cuello WBC World Latino Welterweight Championship	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	12th September	El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, Mexico	Jason LeHoullier WBC Latino Welterweight Title Defense	Victory / TKO 1st round
	14th November	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Troy Rowland	Invalid ("No Contest") / after 10 rounds
2010	June 26th	Alamodome , San Antonio, Texas, USA	John Duddy vacant WBC Silver Middleweight Championship	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2011	January 29th	Estadio Banorte , Culiacan, Mexico	Billy Lyell WBC middleweight title defense	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	June 4th	Staples Center , Los Angeles, USA	Sebastian Zbik WBC World Middleweight Championship	Point victory (polyphonic) / 12 rounds
	November 19th	Reliant Arena, Houston, USA	Peter Manfredo junior WBC middleweight title defense	Victory / TKO 5th round
2012	February 4th	Alamodome , San Antonio, Texas, USA	Marco Antonio Rubio WBC middleweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	June 16	Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas, USA	Andy Lee WBC Middleweight Title Defense	Victory / TKO 7th round
	September 15th	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, USA	Sergio Martinez WBC Middleweight Title Defense	Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds
2013	September 28th	StubHub Center , Carson, California, USA	Brian Vera	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
2014	1st March	Alamodome , San Antonio, Texas, USA	Brian Vera	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2015	April 18	StubHub Center , Carson, California, USA	Andrzej Fonfara (boxer) vacant WBC world light heavyweight championship	Defeat / abandonment 9th round
	July 18th	Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas, USA	Marcos Reyes	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds

Web links

• Profile in the BoxRec database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boxer Chavez Jr. suspended, fined over drug test AP February 28, 2013
2. ↑ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. suspended indefinitely for refusing December drug test