Chavez Jr. Blows Weight (Again) – and it costs him a cool $1million

12/20/201912/20/2019 James Slater

Tonight’s fight between Danny Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is still on, and the Mexican Son … continue

Daniel Jacobs enters new chapter in his career against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

12/19/201912/19/2019 Matchroom Boxing

Daniel Jacobs enters a new chapter in his career tomorrow night and in the latest episode of … continue

Jacobs v Chavez: Chavez Jr issues warning to the Super Middleweight champs

12/16/2019 Matchroom Boxing

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has issued a warning to the World Super Middleweight champions that he’s coming … continue

Meldrick Taylor: He Is Defined By One Fight And One Fight Only

10/19/201910/19/2019 James Slater

Today Meldrick Taylor celebrates his 53rd birthday. The former Olympic gold medal winner and two-time world champion … continue

Today In ’93: Robbery At The Alamodome As Pernell Whitaker Is Held To A Draw By Julio Cesar Chavez

09/10/2019 James Slater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwON5k62O6U Some fans say it was the worst robbery in boxing history. Others say we have seen … continue

25 Years Ago: The Greatest Mexican Fighter In History Was Dissected By A Surgeon: Randall/Chavez

01/29/2019 James Slater

If the great Julio Cesar Chavez is the finest fighter to have ever come out of the … continue

All these years later: Did Steele get it right in stopping Chavez-Taylor?

03/17/2018 James Slater

28 long years ago today, Saint Patrick’s Day in 1990, a truly great, controversial and simply unforgettable … continue

25 years ago today: The Chavez-Haugen monster card and the biggest live gate of all-time

02/21/201802/20/2018 James Slater

An incredible, record-breaking 133,000 fans packed into Azteca Stadium in Mexico a quarter of a century ago today; most, if not all of these fans in attendance to watch their fistic hero Julio Cesar Chavez beat up on trash-talking challenger Greg Haugen. The monster card that played out in front of a monstrous crowd (many millions of fight fans also tuning in on TV all around the globe) also saw great fighters Azumah Nelson, Terry Norris and Michael Nunn in action (all winning) and promoter extraordinaire Don King had brought us his latest, biggest boxing spectacular.

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When the great Julio Cesar Chavez lost his unbeaten record – 89-0-1!

01/29/2018 James Slater

Simply unbeatable in his prime years – 1984 to 1993 – Mexican icon and all-time great Julio Cesar Chavez tore through the super-featherweight, lightweight and super-lightweight divisions, capturing world titles in each weight class and retaining them for a substantial amount of time.

Chavez ducked no-one and he hadn’t even heard the term “cherry pick.” Among the fine fighters Chavez defeated: Mario Martinez, Ruben Castillo, Roger Mayweather, Rocky Lockridge, Edwin Rosario, Jose Luis Ramirez, Meldrick Taylor (twice) and Hector Camacho.

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Fighting through the blood, sweat and tears

09/25/202201/05/2018 James Slater

Right now, UK trade paper Boxing News has a list of the worst facial injuries suffered by … continue