Can chávez Jr. Add a nuisance to your saga?

“Children have never been good at listening to their seniors, but they have never stopped imitating them.” -James Baldwin.

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Having a father who is a national hero can be a challenge. When your father is probably the largest boxer in Mexico history and enter the family business, the weight of expectations is immense.

On June 28, Julio César Chávez Jr. (54-6-1, 34 ko) He will assume the jaked social media boxer (11-1, 7 ko) in Anaheim, California, in the last step in Paul’s competition.

Although Chávez Jr. It has a name recognition, this is not the passage of the competition that Jake Paul will do. In fact, Paul faces an old world champion and “someone who has not been able to eliminate”, but since 2015 (or when Jake Paul had just shot the movie dance camp), the album by Chávez Jr. It is only 6-5.

In a way, Julio César Chávez Jr. Be in this position to defend the honor of Boxing against Jake Paul, the social media star that has been infiltrated in boxing as successful as it has algorithms on social networks. Chávez Jr. It was born in a boxed boxing of boxing and headed by a legend of the sport. Although Chávez Jr. She has been disappointing, Chávez Jr. He will become a popular hero in some circles if he can decisively defeat Jake Paul.

Boxing audience has seen Chávez Jr.; He and his brother, Omar, arrived at the ring with their father at the end of their career. How did we get to this point with Julio César Chávez Jr.?

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Julio César Chávez Jr. He was born on February 16, 1986, when his father was the heavy weight champion of the reigning WBC. Being a teenager is difficult for anyone, and the teenagers of Chávez Jr. They were no exception. As he says, from the age of twelve, “(my father) would become older, older and stronger who were hanging on the street or working in the supermarket for a $ 3 or 5 salary and paid them $ 20 to fight me. If they won, he gave them $ 50. Fighting to me was the best job in the neighborhood.” In addition to spending time to use Mexico Youth, her father was in a high -level relationship with actress Salma Hayek who finally led to the divorce of her parents.

The official degree of Chávez Jr. It was essentially a money taken. He had only two amateur fights, both shown on Mexican television, against Jorge Paez Jr., a Mexican colleague of a world champion. Chávez Jr. He had his first professional struggle in September 2003.

In 2004, his first full year as a professional, he fought eleven times. Chávez Sr. He had twelve fights each in his first two full years as Pro, 1981 and 1982.

The sole coach Freddie Roach characterized the early style of Chávez Jr. Thus: “He tried to be like his father. He was a little uncomfortable with that. He is not like a natural athlete like his father and when you taught him something, he had to learn slowly. He had to do it again and again.”

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In November 2009, after his victory over Troy Rowland, Chávez Jr. It was suspended for having used a forbidden diuretic to help make weight, and the victory was annulled and ruled a non-consonte. It wasn’t the last number that had Chávez Jr. With the abuse of substances, another way in which he has followed his father’s footsteps.

At the time of the victory of February 2012 on Marco Antonio Rubio, Chávez Jr. He was arrested in Los Angeles by accusation of drunken driving.

Despite the crisis of the building, Chávez Jr. He did not suffer his first defeat until September 2012 against Sergio Martinez de Pes Mig. The struggle was memorable, with Martinez dominating the first eleven rounds until Chávez Jr. He struck Martinez unlikely, marking a defeat and almost snatching the victory of the jaws of the defeat.

It was a reminiscence of when Julio César Chávez memorably eliminated Meldrick Taylor with two seconds that he remained in a fight for unification of heavyweight titles of 1990 in which he was overcrowded. Chávez Jr. could not imitate his father and completed the unlikely. The struggle of Chávez Jr. Against Sergio Martinez was the last time he fought for a world championship. After the fight with Martinez, Chávez Jr. It was fined and suspended after trying positive for cannabis.

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Upon returning from his suspension, Chávez Jr. He moved to Super Middleweight for his September 2013 struggle with Brian Vera. Weighed with 172 pounds, well above the £ 168 limit. He defeated Vera in points that night and again in March 2014 in a resale.

At that time, Chávez Jr. He took a box and returned thirteen months later against Andrzej Fonfara in Light Heavyweight. Chávez Jr. He was dominated by Fonfara and suffered the second loss of his career. The fight ended when Chávez Jr. He did not leave his corner after the ninth round.

Decided to return to the victory column, Chávez Jr. He fought again a few months later against Marcos Reyes. Chávez Jr. He won, but not before the combat had to be altered at a weight of 170 pounds last night because Chávez Jr. could not make the obligatory weight of 168 pounds.

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Then it was the highest struggle and with the biggest struggle of Julio César Chávez Jr. The combat took place on the weekend of five Mayo in 2016 when he fought against Canelo Alvarez. The weekend of Five of Mayo usually has a struggle with the maximum Mexican boxer. When Canelo Alvarez and Julio César Chávez Jr. They agreed to face -it seemed like an intriguing party. Two big names with home appeal and proven styles faced a struggle as a Mexican confrontation. On the night of struggle, this was not what happened. Chávez Jr. He performed a shabby performance against Canelo, landing only 71 of the 302 punching he threw and losing each round at three cards. Vista payment generated about 1.2 million purchases.

Chávez Jr. He did not return to the ring for another twenty-seven months. When he did, Chávez Jr. He did a quick work of Evert Bravo (26-14-1), winning in only ninety-eight seconds. Inexplicably, for his next struggle, Chávez Jr. Daniel Jacobs was combined with the robust and talented.

In December 2019. Daniel Jacobs sprayed Chávez Jr., who set aside his stool after the fifth round. The multitude of Phoenix, Arizona, was not happy with Chávez Jr. And he showed her rain and beer to the ring in a chaotic and shameful scene.

To make things worse for Chávez Jr., he was suspended after the loss after he refused to take a pre-lucite drug test. This was the last struggle that Chávez Jr. against a top -notch boxer.

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In the last four years, Chávez Jr. He has fallen three times, with two of these attacks on mixed race artists. In a match against his only common rival with Jake Paul, Chávez Jr. He lost a 2021 decision against Anderson Silva. Chávez Jr. He returned to the victory column later that year against Peruvian David Zegarra. Although Zegarra is mainly a boxer, it is currently in the middle of a lost streak of eleven struggles.

In January 2024, Chávez Jr. He entered a residential treatment program after being arrested in Los Angeles by three possession positions. According to police, he illegally owned two AR -style ghosts rifles.

In his most recent attack, Chávez Jr. He defeated Uriah Hall last July. Chávez Jr. He weighed with 197.75 pounds before the fight, the heaviest of his career. After the victory of the points on Hall, the crowd caused Chávez Jr. When he called Jake Paul.

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Julio César Chávez Jr. was born in a difficult position. Julio’s brother, Omar, also followed his father’s footsteps and became a professional boxer. Omar did not reach the highs or lows that his brother has in his career. Omar’s boxing career has been remarkable for three separate retirements and a game addiction.

In July 2015, Chávez Jr. He wrote an article for The Players Tribune, which is fascinating to read almost ten years later. It is said in part:

It would not be the boxer that I am today without my father … but imagine -you are not my father. It is still a legend to sport and one of the largest in history, but we do not share the same name. Would you still compare me with him? Would you put my record and hits next to you and say that I have been uncomplicated? If you are not my father, is it a fair comparison?

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Then, as Julio César Chávez sees Sr. To your son against Jake Paul? Last month, the old man Chávez said: “I have not seen (Chávez Jr.) train at this level for many years. If he maintains this until the fight, there is no way that Jake Paul comes to my son.”

Call Wishcasting, Delusion or anything you want, but Julio César Chávez Jr. will try not to disappoint your father, for better or for worse.