• Age: 22 (2-16-86)
• Residence: Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
• Birthplace: Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
• Record: 37-0-1, 29 KOs
• Height: 5’11”
• Reach: 73”
• Manager: Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. (father)
• Trainer: Rodolfo Chavez (uncle, former professional fighter)

JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. (37-0-1, 29 KOs)…

Ranked WBC #5 at 147 pounds…

WBC Continental Americas super welterweight champion...

WBC Youth super welterweight champion...

Only 22 years old, Julio is a four-year pro. A prospect at 147 pounds, he is the oldest son and namesake of the legendary “El Grande Campeon Mexicano” - former four-time world champion and future Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez.
Julio had very little amateur experience but has stayed very active in the ring, made very good progress, and become a significant draw at the gate on his own.
He took a big step up in class of opposition in his last fight on February 9 against lefthanded former three-time U.S. national amateur champion and 2000 Olympic alternate Jose Celaya – it was a close, hard fight, but Julio gradually wore him down and stopped him in the eighth round.
When Julio Junior was born in February, 1986, his father had a professional record of 49-0. He had won the WBC super featherweight world title 17 months earlier and made three successful title defenses.
Junior, at a lanky five-foot 11-inches tall, does not physically resemble his five-foot seven inch father, but there are some similarities in their careers and styles at this point. Both had very little amateur experience, and both made their pro debuts at 17 and developed slowly in their early pro fights.
Julio Senior won WBC super lightweight world title at the age of 22 in his fourty-fourth pro fight.
Rodolfo Chavez, Junior’s uncle and head trainer, and Senior’s older brother and former cornerman, said through an interpreter, “I started working Julio Senior’s corner right when he won the championship against Azabache Martinez. From then on, I was in his corner for every single fight he had. He had three different trainers, and I worked with all of them. There was Jesus ‘Surdo’ Felix, Cristobal Rosas, and Buffalo Martin.
“I’ve been training Junior from the first day he started getting serious about boxing. He was very small when he started going to the gym, he would put on the gloves when he was eight or nine. But about four or five years ago, when he was 16, he told us that he wanted to really train, and that’s when we officially started with him. I told him, ‘You know, you never fought in the amateurs. Don’t you want to start at the amateur level?’ He said, ‘No. I don’t want to do any amateur fights. I want to start as a professional. I want to be a professional from the get-go.
“We train in Culiacan. The gym is called ‘J.C.’ Julio Senior owns it. To me, it’s been surprising how much he learns. He’s a very quick learner, he picks everything up. It’s amazing how he’s able to grasp everything we throw at him, especially when he spars with top guys. I imagine that by next year he’ll be fighting even top-10 guys.”
Julio Senior was initially against his son becoming a fighter, and did not encourage him. Senior said he saw Junior’s first few pro fights as a trial similar to the one he had gone through early in his career. Early in Junior’s career, Senior said through an interpreter, “Even though I’m proud, i