COP11 Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 Julio César Chávez Carrasco (born February 16, 1986 in Culiacán, Sinaloa), a Mexican boxer, known in the English-speaking world as Julio César Chávez Jr. The son of Legendary Boxing Champion Julio César Chávez and then-wife Amalia Carrasco. He was born when his father held the WBC World Championship at Junior Lightweight. His younger brother Omar Chávez is also an undefeated prospect who fights at Welterweight. Early life Julio was born in the infamous city of Culiacán, a place that is considered the world's drug capital. 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. Chávez Jr. lived in relative obscurity until he announced that he would follow in the footsteps of his father and become a boxer. Pro career After having three amateur fights, Chavez Jr. started his professionally boxing career at only 17 years old. 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. 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. 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: On January 29, he beat Jose Luis Burgos, once again in Houston by a four round decision. On February 28, he made his Las Vegas debut by outpointing Oisin Fagan over four rounds. On March 27, he returned to a Mexican ring, knocking out Guadalupe Arce, who had a record of 0-8, in the first round at Tijuana. On April 24, he beat Arturo Ocampo by knockout in the second round, at Tuxtla Gutierrez. On May 22, he made his debut at Mexico City's famed Plaza de Toros (where his father held many of his most famous fights), when he knocked out Antonio Aguilar in the first round. On June 26, he beat Jose Luis Huerta by a second round knockout in Culiacán. On July 31, he outpointed Jason Smith over four rounds in Las Vegas. On September 4, he knocked out Miguel Angel Granado in four rounds at Tijuana. On October 23, he defeated Mike Walker in the first round at Tucson, Arizona. On November 26, he beat Sheldon Mosley, also by knockout but in five rounds; at Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Finally, on December 18, he finished his year boxing-wise by beating Eliseo Urias at the Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa (Sinaloa Autonomous University) in Culiacán.[9] On April 26, 2008, Chavez defeated Tobias Loriga by knockout in the ninth round in the Plaza del Toros, Mexico. 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. Chavez jr.-Duddy A fight has been set with Middle weight prospect John Duddy for June 26, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. John is older than Julio by six years, as well as being the shorter man at 5'11" to 6'1," the Irishman who is 29-1(18) is also going in with the biggest name of his pro career; and arguably the best overall fighter of his seven-year pro career.For the fight against Duddy, Chavez jr. is switching trainers to Freddie Roach who will hold Camp at the Wild Card Gym. Freddie Roach is impressed with his pupil, number #1 ranked WBC junior middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Dan Rafael of ESPN, quotes Roach as saying “He [Chavez Jr.] has good skills, has a nice pop on his punch and does everything I ask for in the ring. I am working with him to sit down on his punches, not move so much while throwing.” Chavez, 24, is what you would call a diamond in the rough. Chavez, and Marco Antonio Barrera are scheduled to appear at a press conference at 11:30 a.m. today at the Alamodome to promote their upcoming fights in San Antonio. Professional boxing record John Duddy 26 June 2010 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States vacant WBC Silver middleweight title Win Troy Rowland UD 12(12) 14 November 2009 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win Jason LeHoullier TKO 1(2:43) 12 September 2009 El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico WBC Latino Light Middleweight Title Win Luciano Leonel Cuello UD 10(10) 28 March 2009 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico WBC Latino Light Middleweight Title Win Matt Vanda UD 10(10) 1 September 2008 Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino,Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win Matt Vanda SD 10(10) 12 July 2008 Palenque De La Expo Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Win Tobia Giuseppe Loriga KO 9 26 April 2008 Plaza de Toros Juriquilla, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico WBC Continental Americas Light Middleweight Title Win Jose Celaya TKO 8 9 February 2008 Domo De La Feria, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico vacant WBC Continental Americas Light Middleweight Title Win Ray Sanchez KO 6 1 December 2007 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States Win Louis Brown TKO 5 4 August 2007 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, United States Win Grover Wiley KO 3 9 June 2007 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States Win Anthony Shuler KO 2 14 April 2007 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States Win Raul Munoz TKO 3 9 March 2007 Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, United States Win Christian Solano UD 10(10) 16 December 2006 Plaza de Toros La Sinaloense, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico Win Shad Howard RTD 4(8) 23 September 2006 Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, United States Win Jermaine White TKO 4 19 August 2006 Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas, United States vacant WBC Youth World Light Middleweight Title Win Aaron Drake TKO 2 10 June 2006 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States Win Tyler Ziolkowski KO 2 8 March 2006 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win Carlos Molina MD 6(6) 18 February 2006 The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Draw Carlos Molina PTS 6(6) 16 December 2005 Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Win Corey Alarcon TKO 2 17 September 2005 America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, United States Win Jonathan Nelson KO 1 12 August 2005 Entertainment Center, Laredo, Texas, United States Win Ruben Galvan TKO 4 25 June 2005 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Win Adam Wynant KO 1 28 May 2005 Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States Win Travis Hartman TKO 3 22 March 2005 Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, United States Win Ryan Maraldo TKO 3 19 March 2005 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win Leroy Newton TKO 1 11 February 2005 Convention Center, San Diego, California, United States Win Jose Cruz TKO 2 21 January 2005 Parque Revolucion, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico Win Eliseo Urias KO 2 18 December 2004 Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico Quote
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