Julio Cesar Chavez Jr,
SOME OFFSPRING DON’T COME CLOSE TO FATHERS
San Francisco, CA– Whenever a sibling or the offspring of a great fighter enter the world of professional boxing, the scrutiny bestowed upon them can indeed be overwhelming. Take the case of Meldrick Taylor, a 1984 Olympic Gold medal winner and his brother Eldrick Taylor. While Mel went on to win a world championship and engage Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. in an epic March 1990 brawl, Eldrick went 0-1 as a professional fighter.
Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
HOW CLOSE IS CHAVEZ JR.’S TALENT TO JULIO SR.?
There are many others that I could use as examples, but today I will concentrate on the Chavez duo if Julio Sr. and Julio Chavez Jr. While Sr. was 32-0 before he made his US debut against a former sparring partner (see stiff) of mine in one Jerry Lewis, this on the undercard of Bobby Chacon-Bazooka Limon III in December 1982, Julio Jr. (40-0-1, 32 KOs), like his father has been spoon fed a bunch of nobodies and C+ level opponents thus far a professional fighter.
TEAM CHAVEZ EXHIBITS NO SHAME OR DISGRACE
Unapologetic, the people around him say that because he lacked an extended amateur career, that he like his daddy, “Jr. is learning on the job.” OK, I can accept that. But now that the time has come for him to fight for a title of significance, the World Boxing Council, AKA the World of Bunco & Chicanery,, and their 160 lb. middleweight belt.
WBC HAS EVEN “CREATED” TITLES FOR JULIO JR.
For five years now, the WBC has tried to anoint the 25-year old Chavez Jr. with title belts. First it was the WBC Youth title, then came the Continental Americas belt, this before the WBC Latino title, but wait they found yet another belt Jr. could best some hobo for, the WBC Silver middleweight title.
DUDDY, RAY & VANDA ARE THE BEST HE’S BEAT
A points win in 12 over John Duddy (29-1) and two ten round wins (one SD 10 & the other UD 10) over Matt Vanda, both guys that “Yory Boy” Campas licked like stamps, this isn’t a whole lot to boast about.
WBC IS THE “WORLD OF BUNCO & CHICANERY
Is it just me, or can you too see the WBC pattern of set ups leading to this Saturday’s bout on HBO with Sebastian Zbik of Germany. To call Zbik anything other than being undefeated (30-0, 10 KOs) would be unfair. And the people at the WBC, which I say again, is playing a huge role in the development, or lack there of, of Chavez Jr., are making sure the “suspect” whiskers of their wanna-be Mexican hero won’t be tested as Zbik couldn’t punch his way out of “sopping wet” paper bag. Turning pro in 2004, Zbik hasn’t scored a stoppage in three turns of the Roman calendar.
ZBIK IS THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB IN THIS CASE
Although I’m sure Zbik will be coming to Los Angeles to win, to his discredit, the computer only rates him #3 at his weight in Germany, and 18th in the world at large. Chavez is ranked #2 in Mexico and 11th in the world. Zbik would have a shot only if Chavez were shot ring center with a high powered rifle from the cheap seats at the Staples Center. Look at the cards stacked against him, the WBC, the pro-Mexican crowd, history, and his own lack of true world class ability.
BY END OF PARAGRAPH, YOU WILL SMELL ROTTEN FISH
Not that Chavez Jr. is or ever will be a great fighter, this is something I highly doubted from his professional baptismal, but Zbik is the easiest touch at 154 or 160 lbs., thus this is why he will share the stage with Chavez Jr. Saturday night. Instead of matching him with the REAL World middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (42-2-2, 26 KOs), the WBC has pulled some BS where both Martinez and Chavez if he were to win Saturday, they would both be recognized as the WBC middleweight champion.
MEXICAN APPLE FALLS NOWHERE CLOSE TO THE TREE
You know the old saying about kids, the “apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.” Well, with all due respect to Chavez Sr., whom I thought was overrated, protected by the WBC and promoter Don King, that he lost two fights (one officially, the other he quit and was given the win) to Frankie Randall, and another to Dwight Pratchett in a WBC 130 lb. title scrap in Las Vegas, the apple that is Julio Jr. has fallen so far from the Chavez tree that it is so unrecognizable that it must be tested for DNA as there is no comparison in skill level to that of his father.
Pedro Fernandez