The boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. seems to have touched back on a definitive way, after being arrested by the United States government.
Son of the legendary champion, Julio César Chávez Jr. was exposed from an early age to the boxing environment and reflectors due to the legendary surname in the history of Mexican sport.
His beginnings as a professional has a record in 2003 and attracted a lot of media attention after not going through amateur boxing and quickly climbing the professional field.
The style of Julio César Chávez Jr., who was born on February 16, 1986 in Culiacán, was not as technical as that of his father, but it did, which led him to accumulate triumphs, although critical questioned the quality of his first opponents.
In 2011 he managed to conquer the World Championship for Middle Weight of the World Boxing Council (CMB) after defeating Sebastian Zbik, and that made him the first son of a Mexican world champion to also get a world title, which strengthened his media figure and raised his fame.
However, the career of Julio César Chávez Jr. has distinguished himself by ups and downs and controversy that eclipsed his legacy in sport. His defeat against Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez in 2012, in which he lost his world belt, gave a chain of problems.
After that defeat, his career was bitten. He lost key fighting, but the most notorious was in 2017, when he was defeated by Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, where he did not throw blows and his performance was deplorable and was questioned.
Lee: Julio César Chávez Jr. has an arrest warrant since March 2023: FGR
Controversial and controversies of Julio César Chávez Jr.
On several occasions the boxer tested positive for prohibited substances, including marijuana, which resulted in suspensions and strong criticism for neglecting their discipline and training.
Chávez Jr. was indicated for not giving the weight that had been agreed in fighting, which generated discomfort between promoters, rivals and fans. In addition, its controversial contents in social networks (smoking marijuana or in deplorable states, for example) have stained their image.
But what has had the most attention are public differences with their father and coaches. The latter have accused them of not supporting it or being too demanding. His father Julio César Chávez has stated in interviews to feel fruity for his son’s lack of commitment.
His dad, who also had drug addiction problems, has tried to help him internally in his clinics to which people come to rehabilitate, but it has not been enough for ‘Julito’ to recover his life.
Unlike other times that he has had problems with authorities, this Thursday’s arrest seems the most serious because Donald Trump’s administration accused him of having links with the Sinaloa cartel.
The United States is in the process of deporting Julio César Chávez Jr., who legally entered the US in August 2023 with a tourist visa in force until February 2024.
Two months after the end of his visa, Chávez Jr. requested permanent residence in the country, based on being married to an American citizen linked to the Sinaloa cartel.
Although in December 2024 he was declared “a serious threat to public security” of the North American country, in the end the authorities determined that their case was not a priority and was not arrested at that time.
However, after “multiple fraudulent statements” in his application to become a legal permanent resident, it was determined that he was in the country illegally and a process was initiated with which he will be deported to Mexico in the next few hours.
The problems of Julio César Chávez Jr. in EU
It is not the first time that he has problems with the United States authorities, in 2012 he was declared guilty for driving under the influence of alcohol and sentenced to 13 days in prison and 36 months of probation.
In 2023, a district judge issued an arrest warrant “for the crime of organized crime with the purpose of committing crimes of arms trafficking and manufacturing crimes.”
Julio César Chávez Jr. also has a history for his lack of professionalism in the ring.
In 2013, the Nevada Athletic Commission sanctioned it with 900,000 dollars and nine months without being able to make a positive control of anti -doping control due to the use of marijuana.
Addiction to drugs and alcohol have been one of the main causes of their problems below the embeddies.
“The only thing I regret in my life was to have an addiction, to have missed; it is the only thing that gives me courage, everything else does not want to be well, do things to enjoy, but you cannot be happy all the time,” he said in an interview with EFE in November 2020.
In 2015 he did not give the weight for a fight against Marcos Reyes, in 2017 he was the victim of a robbery for two women with whom he went partying after losing to Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, in 2019 he left a fight in the fifth assault against Daniel Jacobs, due Pugilism.
Just last Saturday, the ‘YouTuber’ Jake Paul, with just 13 experiences of experience in professional boxing, defeated him.
With information from Enrique Legoreta and Efe
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