Who is Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr Who Is Facing Deportation From The US?
Washington, D.C, United States: The US immigration officials on Thursday arrested famous Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr for allegedly overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. The boxer will be deported to Mexico, where he faces crime charges, according to federal officials. The boxer has been married to a US citizen.
The arrest comes days after Chávez’s high-profile match against influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Anaheim, California, in which the Mexican boxer lost to Paul. As per the Homeland Security officials, the boxer should have been arrested on June 27, a day before the match, but they waited till the high-profile event.
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Officials arrested Chávez while he was riding a scooter in front of his home in Studio City. According to Michael Goldstein, Chávez’s attorney, the allegations against the boxer were “outrageous and simply another headline to terrorize the community.”
Who Is Julio César Chávez Jr?
The 39-year-old Chávez is the elder son of Julio Cesar Chavez Sr, considered the best boxer in the history of Mexico. Chavez Jr carried his name as well as his father’s legacy of success. Growing up traveling with his younger brother, Omar, Chavez Jr watched his dad’s fights, and was inspired by them. His father, the former Mexican professional boxer, was active from 1980 to 2005 in the game. A multiple-time world champion in three weight divisions, Chávez Sr. was listed by The Ring magazine as the world’s best boxer. He also won world titles in three weight classes in the 1980s and ’90s and became a sporting icon in Mexico.
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Chavez Jr, watching his father, learned the sport at a young age. He began fighting as an amateur. At the age of 11, he fought against Jorge “Maromerito” Páez, the son of another Mexican fighter, Jorge Páez.
Kickstarting his professional fighting journey, Chavez’s debut fight at the age of 17 defeated Jonathan Hernandez in a six-round bout in his hometown of Culiacan. With this, he was fondly called “The son of a legend.”
Chavez won his first title in 2009 in the World Boxing Council Latino super featherweight division. Back then, he tested positive for a banned substance after his fight with Troy Rowland in Las Vegas, leading to his seven-month suspension from the game. In 2010, the boxer won the vacant WBC silver middleweight crown, defeating John Duddy by unanimous decision.
In 2011, Chavez defeated Sebastian Zbik by majority decision at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, reaching the pinnacle of his career, winning the WBC middleweight title.
