“Children were never too good in listening to their elders, but they never imitated them.” -James Baldwin.

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Having a father who is a national hero can be challenging. When your father is probably the biggest boxer in the history of Mexico and you enter the family business, the weight of expectations is huge.

June 28 Julio César Chávez Jr. (54-6-1, 34 KO) will take part in social media, who became a boxer Jake Paul (11-1, 7 KO) in Anaheim, California in the latest step of Paul in the competition.

While Chávez Jr. Has recognizing names, this is not a step to the end in the competition that Jake Paul will happen. Paul really stands in the face of the former world champion and “someone who could not knock out”, but from 2015 (or when Jake Paul finished filming the film dance camp), the album Chávez Jr. It’s only 6-5.

In a sense, it is good that Julio César Chávez Jr. He is able to defend boxing honor against Jake Paul, a social media star that infiltrated boxing as effectively as he has social media algorithms. Chávez Jr. He was born in a nation with crazy boxing and began with the legend of this sport. While the career of Chávez Jr. She was disappointing, Chávez Jr. He will become a folk hero in some circles if he manages to definitely defeat Jake Paul.

The boxing audience watched her chávez jr.; He and his brother Omar came to the ring with his father at the end of his career. How did we get to this point from Julio César Chávez Jr.?

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Julio César Chávez Jr. He was born on February 16, 1986, when his father was the prevailing champion of WBC Super Fly Wweight. Being a teenager is challenging for everyone, and teenage years Chávez Jr. They were no exception. As he says, from the age of twelve, “[My dad] They would take older, larger, stronger children who either spent time on the streets or worked in a supermarket for a salary of USD 3 or 5 and pay $ 20 for fighting me. If they won, he gave them $ 50. Fighting me was the best job in the neighborhood. “In addition to spending time employing juvenile people Mexico, his dad was in a thunderous relationship with actress Salma Hayek, which ultimately divorced his parents.

Official amateur career Cháveza Jr. She was basically gaining money. He had only two amateur fights, both shown on Mexican television, against Jorge Paez Jr., another Mexican son of the world champion. Chávez Jr. He had his first professional fight in September 2003.

In 2004, his first full year as a professional, he fought eleven times. Chávez sr. He held twelve fights in the first two full years as a professional, 1981 and 1982. Just over twenty-five months before the professional career of Chávez Jr., “Son of the Legend” fought once every thirty-two days, gathering a 23-0 record with 18 calls.

The one -tone coach Freddie Roach characterized the early style of Chávez Jr. In this way: “He tried to be like his dad. He was a bit awkward with it. He is not like a natural athlete, like his dad, and when you taught him, he had to learn it slowly. He had to do it.”

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In November 2009, after the victory over Troy Rowland, Chávez Jr. He was suspended for the exploit of a forbidden diuretic to aid in gaining weight, and the win was overturned and ruled by the lack. This was not the last problem that Chávez Jr. He had with the abuse of the substance, another way he followed in the footsteps of his father.

As part of the victory in February 2012 over Marco Antonio Rubio, Chávez Jr. He was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of driving on alcohol.

Despite the confusion in the Chávez Jr. He did not suffer his first defeat by September 2012 against the average weight of Sergio Martinez. The fight was unforgettable, and Martinez dominated in the first eleven rounds, as long as Chávez Jr. He shook Martinez incredibly, shooting knocking down and a defeat of his jaw almost breaking out.

This was reminded when Julio César Chávez remembered Meldrick Taylor with two seconds in the fight with the title of welterweight in 1990 in which he outclassed. Chávez Jr. He could not imitate his father and graduate from an incredible return. Fighting Chávez Jr. She was with Sergio Martinez the last time he fought for the world championship. After the fight with Martinez Chávez Jr. He was fined and suspended after positive marijuana testing.

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After returning from the suspension of Chávez Jr. He moved to a super medium weight for his fight with Brian Vera from September 2013. He weighed at 172 pounds, much above 168 pounds. That night he defeated Very on points and again in March 2014 in the rematch.

At this point, Chávez Jr. He took a break from boxing and returned thirteen months later against Andrzej Fonfarom in a slight ponderous weight. Chávez Jr. He was dominated by Fonfar and suffered a second loss in his career. The fight ended when Chávez Jr. He did not leave his corner after the ninth round.

Determined to return to the win column, Chávez Jr. He fought again a few months later against Marcos Reyes. Chávez Jr. He won, but not earlier, when the fight had to be changed to a 170-pound weight until the middle of the previous night, because Chávez Jr. He could not bring a contractual weight 168 pounds.

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Next was the highest profile and the best -paid career struggle by Julio Césara Chávez Jr. The fight was right at the Cinco de Mayo weekend in 2016, when he fought with Canelo Alvarez. The Cinco de Mayo weekend usually contains a fight with the best Mexican boxer. When Canelo Alvarez and Julio César Chávez Jr. They agreed to face, it seemed that it was an intriguing duel. Two great names with a household appeal and contrasting styles stood in a fight in the fight against the Mexican showroom. On the night of the fight, this did not happen. Chávez Jr. There was a pathetic performance against Canelo, landing only 71 out of 302 blows he threw, and losing each round on all three cards of results. Pay-per-view generated almost 1.2 million purchases.

Chávez Jr. He did not return to the ring for the next twenty -seven months. When he did this, Chávez Jr. He quickly performed Evert Bravo (26-14-1), winning in just ninety-eight seconds. In an inexplicable way, during his next fight Chávez Jr. He was adapted to the uneven and talented Daniel Jacobs.

In December 2019, Daniel Jacobs supported Chávez Jr., who gave up on a stool after the fifth round. The crowd in Phoenix in Arizona was not cheerful with Chavez Jr. And he showed him a falling garbage and beer on the ring in a disordered, embarrassing scene.

Even worse for Chávez Jr., he was suspended after the losses after he refused to conduct a drug test before the fight. It was the last fight, which Chávez Jr. He was against the highest level against the boxer.

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Over the past four years, Chávez Jr. He initiated only three times, and two of these duels are against the careers of mixed-war artists. In the match with his only common opponent with Jake Paul, Chávez Jr. He lost his decision with Anderson Silva in 2021. Chávez Jr. He returned to the column of winning later the same year against the Peruvian David Zegarra. While the clock is primarily a boxer, he is currently in the eleventh of a lost series.

In January 2024, Chávez Jr. He entered the residential treatment program after he was arrested in Los Angeles at an angle of three crimes with weapons. According to the police, he unlawfully had two AR ghost rifles.

In his last fight Chávez Jr. He defeated Uriah Hall in July last year. Chávez Jr. He weighed 197.75 pounds before the fight, the heaviest in his career. After winning the hall, the crowd booed Chávez Jr. when he called Jake Paul.

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Julio César Chávez Jr. He was born in a challenging position. Brother Julio, Omar, also followed his father’s footsteps and became a professional boxer. Omar did not achieve ups or downs that his brother has in his career. Omar boxing career was noteworthy for three separate pensions and gambling addiction.

In July 2015, Chávez Jr. He wrote an article for The Player Tribune, which is fascinating to read almost ten years later. Partly reads:

I would not be a boxer that I am without my father today … but imagine for a moment that he is not my father. It is still a legend in sport and one of the greatest in history, but we do not share the same name. Would you still compare me to him? Would you put my album and my achievements next to him and say that I did not achieve benefits? If he is not my father, is it an candid comparison?

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So like Julio César Chávez sr. Sees his son dealing with Jake Paul? Last month, the elder Chávez said: “I haven’t seen [Chávez Jr.] Train at this level for many years. If he keeps it until the fight, there is no way Jake Paul defeats my son. “

Name it with Wishcasting, illusion or whatever you want, but Julio César Chávez Jr. He tried not to disappoint his father for better or worse.